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Providing local, honest news to the Surf City, Holly Ridge, Sneads Ferry, Topsail Island and Hampstead areas of North Carolina


Coastal Common Sense June 2025
It's that time of year again. Springtime at the seacoast is the wonderful weather time that is the sweet, dry harbinger of humid days and...

Kim McGahey
Jun 63 min read


Coastal Common Sense
The ends justify the means. It's an old saying used by revolutionaries throughout history and recently by Marxists in our country trying...

Kim McGahey
May 22 min read


Coastal Common Sense
Common sense is something we should all aspire to, but it has been strangely displaced in our culture by a longing for instant...

Kim McGahey
Apr 42 min read


Coastal Common Sense
Natural disasters have dominated our lives and the news cycle for the past couple years. The blame game rages on from both sides of the...

Kim McGahey
Feb 283 min read


Coastal Common Sense II
Toto has finally pulled the curtain back on the great and powerful Oz. What was once intentionally hidden from the public's eyes by our...

Kim McGahey
Feb 283 min read


Coastal Common Sense
There's a new sheriff in town - and I don't mean Pender County sheriff. I mean a law enforcement official that 77 million Americans voted...

Kim McGahey
Jan 32 min read


Coastal Common Sense: Christmas Cookies
Once upon a time in a tiny town down by the ocean, there lived a humble little girl. She wasn't rich and she wasn't famous, but she was...

Kim McGahey
Dec 6, 20243 min read


Coastal Common Sense
No matter who won the November 5 presidential election, the difference between liberals and conservatives has been etched in stone for...

Kim McGahey
Nov 2, 20243 min read


Coastal Common Sense
There is a crucial election coming up November 5th. The stakes are high and the question on the ballot is which direction will our...

Kim McGahey
Oct 4, 20242 min read


Coastal Common Sense
We have been discovered. After decades of relative obscurity, sitting quietly in the peaceful surf and secluded dunes, Topsail Island has...

Kim McGahey
Sep 6, 20242 min read


Coastal Common Sense - August 2024
"In order to form a more perfect union;" words that oversaw the continuous intellectual battle between the likes of John Adams and Thomas...

Kim McGahey
Aug 2, 20242 min read


Coastal Common Sense
Joe Biden's Department of Injustice has created the Frankenstein of an already monstrous administration by elevating Meritless Garland to...

Kim McGahey
Jul 5, 20242 min read


Coastal Common Sense
Dragnet was a black and white TV show from the 60's that starred a detective character named Joe Friday and his famous dead pan tagline...

Kim McGahey
May 3, 20243 min read


Coastal Common Sense April 2024
Please and thank you. Three small words that used to mean so much. In our self-absorbed, personal entitlement culture have we lost the...

Kim McGahey
Apr 5, 20243 min read


Coastal Common Sense
The Topsail Beach Town Commissioners think they have dodged a bullet with the withdrawal of the Olsen family development application for...

Kim McGahey
Mar 1, 20243 min read


Coastal Common Sense 2024
What seems to be perpetual chaos and terminal inactivity in the United States Congress could easily be remedied. By turning the attention...

Kim McGahey
Feb 2, 20243 min read
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