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The River Church of Carolina Beach will host a sunrise Easter service at the Carolina Beach Fishing Pier at 6:45 a.m. (Port City Daily photo/Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash) SOUTHEASTERN N.C. — After Covid caused many religious services to go virtual the greater part of 2020, church-goers will be able to worship together once again in some form or fashion this Easter weekend. Numerous services are planned for Sunday, Apr. 4, like The Bridge Presbyterian Church in Leland’s sunrise service at Brunswick Riverwalk. There are also other events, like an outdoor family festival on Saturday ...

Taking Care of Business Author: Dec 9, 2020 In 2019, about 4,000 metric tons of low-density polyethylene was made for shrink-wrap in the marine industry.  Adobe Stock What happens to all that plastic shrink-wrap after your boatyard crew pulls it off and launches your boat in the spring? That’s the question the Rhode Island-based nonprofit Clean Ocean Access wants boaters all across the United States to ask as part of its Shrink Wrap Recycling and Life Cycle Analysis program. The program started in April 2019 and just got a boost by way of a partnership with TerraCycle, a New Jersey-based r...

11th Hour Racing awards 12 new grants Published on December 16, 2020 Driven by its mission to inspire solutions for the ocean, 11th Hour Racing announced today 12 new grants to address plastics pollution, coastal restoration, food waste, and water quality. 11th Hour Racing awarded $781,500 in grants, funded by The Schmidt Family Foundation, to projects in the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, and the U.S., bringing the total of 2020 grants to $2.2 million. The grants were awarded to the following organizations: Billion Oyster Project (NY, U.S.) will expand its oyster...