🌱 What Carolina Beach’s new land buys mean for fire and recreation
Carolina Beach, North Carolina Patch AM: a 4 min readHi there, Carolina Beach! We've got your morning read ready! Read on to stay connected. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- What Carolina Beach’s new land buys mean for fire and recreation
- How Island Women are reshaping Carolina Beach’s Fancy Pants Croquet Soirée
Today's riddle: Why did the cookie go to the Doctor ? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Thursday: Some sun with a stray t-storm, with a high of 84 and low of 78 degrees.
- Friday: A t-storm around in the p.m., temps: high: 87, low: 78. 🌶 Hot!
- Saturday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 86 and low of 78 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• ‘Save money in the long run': Carolina Beach buys land for future fire department expansion (wect.com) — Carolina Beach is buying property next to its fire station for $475,000 to allow a future expansion of fire services as the town grows. Leaders are also investing in Bridge Barrier Road facilities and nine boardwalk-area parcels reserved for recreation, moves they say will cost money now but save significantly in the long run. 
• Island Women to take over Fancy Pants Croquet Soirée in Carolina Beach (wwaytv3.com) — A beloved Carolina Beach tradition, the Fancy Pants Croquet Soirée, is staying local as Island Women takes over the fundraiser from the Carolina Beach Mural Project. The event, which supports public art and community projects, will return April 18, 2027, with Island Women planning to build on its costume-and-croquet format for Pleasure Island residents.
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- Spectrum Paint Company, Inc. posted a job opening for Counter Sales - Part Time - Carolina Beach NC in Carolina Beach. Apply here.
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Because he felt CRUMMY ! (Thank you Michelle S. for sending it in!)
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