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🌱 How Southport kept taxes flat while adding police and benefits

Southport, North Carolina Patch AM: a 4 min read

Greetings Southport! Your go-to source for what's happening in town is here. Stay in the loop and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How Southport kept taxes flat while adding police and benefits
  • Southport resident charged after major Brunswick County meth trafficking bust.
  • What recent dredging at Sunny Point means for waters near Southport

Also on today's calendar: Reenactment of the First 4th of July Celebration in Southport and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: Why don't eggs tell Jokes? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: A shower and t-storm; windy, with a high of 88 and low of 72 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Wednesday: A thunderstorm in spots, temps: high: 86, low: 72.
  • Thursday: Pleasant with clouds and sun, with a high of 86 and low of 78 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Southport budget set without tax increase by using fund balance (portcitydaily.com) — Southport’s new $28.1 million budget keeps the property tax rate at 31 cents per $100 value, avoiding a hike while preserving robust employee benefits. Aldermen plugged a roughly $333,000 deficit with fund balance transfers, cuts, and revised revenues, while still funding four new police officers and expanded merit and cost‑of‑living pay.
   

• Three arrested following Brunswick County meth trafficking investigation (wwaytv3.com) — A Brunswick County drug investigation led deputies to seize more than 100 grams of meth and arrest three people, including a 42-year-old Southport resident. The Southport man and another suspect from Supply face conspiracy charges, while a third suspect is charged with trafficking and other offenses after a traffic stop on Maco Road.
   

• USACE maintains critical navigation channels at Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point (einpresswire.com) — Major dredging work at Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point near Southport has just cleared hundreds of thousands of cubic yards of sediment to keep its navigation channels open. The $6.3 million project, using a low‑emission mechanical dredge, balances national defense needs with protections for endangered marine species and minimal disruption to vessel traffic.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • FOUND!!!!
    Thank you all for your efforts to locate this little girl just as the sun is setting! Hello Rivermist, neighbors, Ida Mae decided to roam outside of… (Nextdoor Rivermist)
  • Lost dog!!!
    Tri color Foxhound weighs about 50 lbs. Her name is Ida- Mae. If seen or found please call Bill or Peggy 910 515-9245 or 910 398-2920. She is chipped… (Nextdoor Rivermist)
  • Lowes Foods posted a job opening for Guest Service Clerk PT in Southport. Apply here.
  • IICRC posted a job opening for Contents/Cleaning Technician in Southport. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Southport here.

🗞 Nearby News

Oak Island

  • How NC State scientists solved a blueberry infestation mystery (cardinalpine.com)

Carolina Beach

  • Amusement company fined by state after rider injured on Carolina Beach attraction (wect.com)
  • Two arrested over weekend for hit-and-run, alleged assault on Carolina Beach officers (wect.com)
  • New NC law restricts how coastal cities can spend hotel tax revenue (wect.com)

Ok Southport! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: They might crack up... (Thank you Cat R. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Southport

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