The Pender Post

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Staff photo by Andy Pettigrew
Retired Union Rescue Squad Chief J.L. Giddeons holds two young trick-or-treaters at the squad’s Trunk-O-Treat celebration Saturday night. Willard residents turned out for the fun, held at the Union Rescue Squad on Highway 11. Other area events are scheduled for this weekend. Read more about the Halloween festivities on page A3. See more photos of the Union Rescue Squad event on page A16 and on our facebook site.

Pender County Commissioners met last Friday to compile a list of top priorities from public meetings with county residents. The board held a series of community meetings at several locations around Pender County last week, inviting residents to attend and bring their ideas to the table. Meetings were held in Maple Hill, Hampstead, Penderlea, Rocky Point, and Burgaw. Consultants Heather Lee and Stephen Straus with Developmental Associates of Chapel Hill acted as facilitators in both the citizen meetings and the board’s information session last Friday.
A list of about six top priorities for county government was derived from the meetings. more..

Early voting is, in the words of one elections observer, “going like gangbusters.” The General Elections are Tuesday, but early voting continues through Saturday at 1 p.m. at all one-stop sites. Local figures were not available at press time Tuesday, but statewide, early voting totals are approaching and in some places equaling the 2008 Presidential election. more...

in Maple Hill
Federal and state emergency aid is available to Pender County residents whose property was damaged by the two-pronged storm system that flooded the area late last month. Federal Emergency management Administration (FEMA) spokesman Ted Stuckey said that the recovery center in Maple Hill had received 140 applications more...

Surf City bridge meeting
Several hundred Topsail Island area residents turned out for the N.C. Department of Transportation meeting on Oct. 21 concerning the Surf City bridge. The DOT held the meeting to review the latest swing bridge updates, with 14 possible swing bridge replacement options presented by state officials. A final DOT decision on the bridge will be made in 2012. DOT officials presented more...