OK, OK, OK, Soooooo. . . . . . . You’ve got a real estate related question about vacation rentals. You can ask but I won’t answer until you listen to a story. Ready? It goes something like this: A really old man was sitting on a dock fishing. Nothing was biting but he continued to sit and patiently waited for the fish to bite. All of a sudden a frog jumps up on the dock beside the man. The frog says...
Experience Pender County’s Great Outdoors Pender County is an outdoor-lover’s paradise. With beaches, the Intracoastal Waterway, the Northeast Cape Fear River, the Black River, and a multitude of streams and creeks, we have boating, fishing, kayaking, canoeing, paddle boarding and jet skis adventures. With the Holly Shelter Game Lands, we have hunting and hiking. Go shelling on our beaches, walk a trail,...
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Not every college student heads to Florida or Cancun (or wherever they go these days) for their spring break. For the fourth year we welcomed a group of “Terps” from the University of Maryland’s “Alternative Break” program. These eleven students (plus their Associate Director, Boots Quimby) are from the Integrated Life Sciences Honor College at the university. Their name for their annual...
Each week we present an e-newsletter updating what's happening in Pender County tourism. To read this week's update, click here.
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Here's this week's tourism update from Pender County Tourism. Click here. If you wish to subscribe to the e-newsletter email tproctor@pendercountync.gov.
Pender County Tourism attended the annual state conference on tourism, Visit NC 365. Click here for this week's tourism update from the conference.
Check out these upcoming events. There's something for everyone! Click here.
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Read this week's Pender County Tourism Update to stay in tune with all that's happening. Click here to read the March 7 edition. If you wish to add your email address to this free update, email tproctor@pendercountync.gov.
Penderlea Homestead Museum, located at 284 Garden Rd., is open every Saturday. The museum is a perfectly preserved Penderlea home built in the 1930s. While Penderlea is historic, so is its church, Potts Memorial Presbyterian Church. Penderlea was the first New Deal farming community authorized by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Proposed by Hugh MacRae, Penderlea was designed to give unemployed and tenant farmers...
The Holly Shelter Game Land Shooting Range is well underway. According to a report for the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, the pistol and rifle range shelter is framed. Shingles have been installed on the rifle range shelter. The pistol shelter roofing is approximately 40 percent complete. Benches have been constructed in the pistol range. Benches in the rifle shelter are underway. A liner for the...
Topsail Island was, and remains today, a fishing destination. Before there were multi-story beachfront houses, there were fishing cottages. Once upon a time, Topsail Island was home to Salty’s Pier, Ocean City Pier, Scotch Bonnet Pier, Barnacle Bill’s Pier, the Surf City Pier and the Jolly Roger Pier. Doug Medlin, Surf City mayor pro-tem, remembers when a handful of business owners and fishing pier owners...
I used to run to meet the waves when I was a child. “Putting my best foot forward” for the first time each summer was a magical time for me. I can’t explain it. I can only relive it in the eyes of my six grandchildren. I’m native to Topsail and still experience wonder every time I walk on the beach. I am at peace with the world. …… it never gets old. Remember when you vacationed...
Swing Bridge, Draw Bridge and The Bridge, whatever you call it. The Surf City bridge has its days numbered. It is falling to the march of time. There are at least two camps you know Let’s keep it and wait for the boat parades go by. Let’s raze it and replace it with a long concrete winding snake connecting us to the mainland. Can you guess which camp I favor? I keep a paperback underneath my car...
There's so much to do in Pender County this weekend. Click here for this week's listing. If you would like to receive a free, weekly e-mail of upcoming events, email us at tproctor@pendercountync.gov. If your Pender County event is not listed, pleae email Stephanie Key with your information.
The Feb. 22 e-newsletter was published this morning. To stay updated click here. To subscribe, email tproctor@pendercountync.gov. It's free.
Burger King recently announced the fast food restaurant will offer hot dogs. In Pender County, we have the king of hot dogs – Paul’s Place Famous Hot Dogs. Since 1928, Paul’s Place has been a local favorite. Located at 11725 US Hwy 117 S, in Rocky Point, the Paul family opened a restaurant to serve fried chicken and barbeque. “My granddaddy cooked hogs on the wood fire,” said David...
The mailing address is the Town of Wallace, but few Pender County residents know they have an airport in their backyards. The Pender County commissioners and Matt Livingston, the town manager in Wallace, are raising public awareness. “A lot of people don’t know we have an airport,” said Livingston. We do. It’s named Henderson Field Airport and the call letters are ACZ. It’s located...
Here is the Feb. 15 Presidents Day edition of our e-newsletter. For more presidential facts, see our Facebook Page, Pender County Tourism. Click here to read the newsletter.
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It’s a jewelry store owner’s dream. Christmas and Valentine’s Day bring new engagements. Wedding dates are set and plans begin. In Pender County, we have perfect romantic backdrops for dream weddings. Couples travel hundreds of miles to have a beach wedding. They travel long distances to marry in the gazebo at Poplar Grove Plantation. The historic Train Depot in Burgaw is a popular setting for...
