This week we start in Carolina Beach, with three different issues: the increasingly costly fencing for the town’s greenway project, differing standards for golf cart taxis and their traditional counterparts, and a church tries to fleece the town over property for a new water tower.
After Carolina Beach, we take a look at both sides of the story of a downtown nightclub owner who was fined $14,300 for an overcrowding offense — apparently his first citation. Is this a case of an elected official looking out for his constituents, or what some readers have called “the good old boy network” working behind the scenes?
Last, we take a look at our latest Brews and Bites stories — including Rumcow, a full-service restaurant from the owners of Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, the young new owner of Capricho, and we visit opening night at axe-throwing bar Axes and Allies.
If you missed any of the stories we talked about this week, you can catch up here, then take a deeper dive with our weekly podcast.
Carolina Beach plans to scrap $32,000 worth of fencing, restart project with more expensive option
Is there a double standard for Golf cart taxis in Carolina Beach?
Carolina Beach rejects ‘egregious’ land offer from church asking tenfold its land value
City Council member asks city manager to intervene, lower ‘painful’ fine for downtown club owner
Whatever happened to . . . New Hanover County’s $5.4 million land purchase for jail expansion?
