Brunswick County Stormwater Permit Overturns and Coastal
Brunswick County has been approving, denying, and re-approving development at a pace that's hard to keep up with even if you're watching it full-time. I'm
The Handbook
Every entry I've written for buyers working the Carolina coast — flood zones, HOA fine print, insurance, and the questions worth asking before you sign anything.
Carolina Beach's Coastal Resilience Survey: What Property
Carolina Beach sits on a barrier island that's done a fair amount of moving around over the years. The northern end of Pleasure Island, squeezed between
Dare County Coastal Storm Impacts: Road Closures, Beach
Dare County real estate has a specific kind of reckoning that buyers from inland markets rarely anticipate. It's not the storm itself — it's the week
How to Clean Ceiling Fans Without Making a Mess
Learn how to clean ceiling fan blades, remove sticky buildup, contain falling dust, and safely reach high fans without damaging the finish.
NCDOT warns N.C. 12 closures possible as coastal storm
Every time a coastal storm lines up on the N.C. 12 corridor, I get the same reminder I used to get running charters past Cape Point: there's exactly one
NCDOT Warns of N.C. 12 Closures and Beach Nourishment
When NCDOT puts out a warning that N.C. 12 is about to close and beach nourishment operations are pausing because a storm is moving up the coast, most
EPA Repeals PFAS Water-Pollution Guidance: Impact on Cape
The Cape Fear River has been carrying Chemours' PFAS load downstream for decades. Everybody who has spent any time around Wilmington knows that story —
EPA Repeals PFAS Water-Pollution Guidance: What Coastal
When I was running charters out of Beaufort, we had a saying about current charts: the chart is a snapshot, not a promise. You still check the water
EPA Repeals PFAS Water-Pollution Guidance: What It Means
The Cape Fear River basin has a PFAS problem that predates most of the houses currently for sale along it. Chemours has been discharging GenX — a
EPA repeals PFAS water-pollution guidance, raising concerns
The Cape Fear River has been carrying PFAS downstream since the 1980s. Most people around here didn't find out until 2017, when a newspaper investigation
Town and property owners ask S.C. Supreme Court to review
When a property dispute makes it to the South Carolina Supreme Court on a petition for certiorari, that's not a footnote — that's a flare going up. It
Buxton groin repair project remains on track for
The groin repair project at Buxton has a substantial completion target of December 15. That's the headline. But if you're looking at oceanfront or