TOPSAIL BEACH – The Town of Topsail Beach was named Best Restored Beach in 2016 by the American Shore and Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA) today. Only five beaches were selected in the ASBPA’s much-anticipated annual list of the nation’s best restored beaches. In addition to Topsail Beach, beaches in Galveston, TX, Highland Park, IL, Seabrook Island, SC, and Redondo Beach, CA were honored for their...

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Topsail Island is a trilogy and a duet Topsail Beach, Surf City and North Topsail are the three small towns that make up one Island “Topsail”. Each of the three towns are uniquely themselves with their own special treasures. Which one is better you ask? The answer is: Whichever one you happen to be in at the time. To further complicate matters Topsail Island may be divided into three towns...

Island Attitude When I stand on the sand and look to the sea it puts my life into perspective. So what if the dishes aren’t washed or that last pile of paperwork has not been completed? My life is good and all is right with me today. If once you have slept on an island You'll never be quite the same; You may look as you looked the day before And go by the same old name, You may bustle about in street...

It’s one for the money, two for the show three to get ready and go cat go, but don’t you step on my Sand Dunes. (You didn’t see that one coming did you?) I borrowed the lyrics from Elvis “The King” Presley to make an important point. Seriously Folks, locals and visitors alike. Mother Nature and sometimes mankind place the sand dunes there as our first line of defense. They are...