Island Escape Package!

Come enjoy our island at a great time of year. The beach is quiet, the rates have dropped… its a great time to get away! Long walks along the uncrowded shore – just you, your loved one and the pelicans and seagulls. Read more

Orton Plantation 100th Anniversary

Orton Plantation, which opens for the 2010 season today, is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the gardens with the Spring 2010 season. Extensive renovations have been made in the gardens to open up panoramic views to the Cape Fear River, remove competing vegetation, redesign and enhance the flower beds and restore and preserve the colonial rice fields. Read more

There’s something special about Beach Romance

There’s something special about Beach Romance
There’s nothing better than romance, unless it’s romance on the beach. In her latest book, “The Widows of Sea Trail,” by local author Jack DeGroot, Read more