🌱 How a Southport film shoot helped spark a Hollywood love story
Southport, North Carolina Patch AM: a 4 min readHi Southport! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How a Southport film shoot helped spark a Hollywood love story
- How close can Southport residents actually get to these restricted sites?
Today's riddle: Why did the cookie go to the Doctor ? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Thursday: Humid with a t-storm in spots, with a high of 85 and low of 76 degrees.
- Friday: A t-storm around in the p.m., temps: high: 87, low: 77. 🌶 Hot!
- Saturday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 86 and low of 78 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Sarah Michelle Gellar Gushes Over ‘Handsome' Freddie Prinze Jr. as '90s Icons Cozy Up in Rare Photos (usmagazine.com) — Southport gets a nostalgic shout-out as the place where Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr. first bonded while filming I Know What You Did Last Summer and commuting to Wilmington. The story mostly focuses on their long-running Hollywood marriage, recent workout photos, and how their early friendship grew into a decades-long relationship. 
• 5 places in Wilmington you probably can't visit (cardinalpine.com) — Several high-security or exclusive sites near Southport, including the Brunswick Nuclear Plant just two miles north of town and the massive MOTSU ammunition terminal, are largely off-limits to the public. The story also highlights restricted access to Figure Eight Island, historic Orton Plantation, and the Port of Wilmington, explaining what each place does and why visiting is so tightly controlled.
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Hood's Creek: Rusty Hooks, Southport, NC 6:00 PM →
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Kids Marsh Crabbing & Fishing (2026) →
Village Creek Access, Federal Rd, Bald Head Island
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Business Networking After Hours August →
Always Ready Cars, 4019 Long Beach Rd SE, Southport
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Board of Education Meeting
Southport Elementary The Center of Applied Sciences and Technology (The COAST), 1109 O
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Oak Island Concert Series →
Middleton Park, 102 SE 47th St, Oak Island
6:30 pm
Thursday August 6
Friday August 7
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- DOUBLE INDEMNITY
Just off 211 This morning I woke with the sound of pouring rain. Isn’t that the greatest of sounds after the last two months of Mojave mornings? … (Nextdoor Arbor Creek) - Good Morning,
Does anyone go to Sacred Heart or St. Mary's Catholic Church? Its hard to meet people at mass but would love to have some fellowship. (Nextdoor St. James Plantation)
- Troon Golf, L.L.C. posted a job opening for Troon-The Clubs at St. James-Dishwasher in Southport. Apply here.
- Truist Financial Corporation posted a job opening for Relationship Banker or Senior Relationship Banker - Oak Island in Oak Island. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Southport here.
🗞 Nearby News
Oak Island
- Waterspouts spotted near Grand Strand beaches. Will they form here? (thestate.com)
Carolina Beach
- Two loggerhead yearlings at NC Aquarium ready for release after year of rehab (wcti12.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Because he felt CRUMMY ! (Thank you Michelle S. for sending it in!)
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