Rocky Point
In Pender County, North Carolina.
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Coastal Review
September 16DEQ launches online guide for Topsail Nature Preserve
The Topsail Nature Preserve, also known as "The Point," was the focus of a conservation effort that culminated with North Carolina Costal Land Trust purchasing the property that was then transitioned to the Division of Coastal Management.
Government & CivicCoastal Review
August 19Latest in our series: As tensions grow among various users of public trust waters over site selection for North Carolina's growing shellfish mariculture industry, new lease applications filed with the state would cover a combined 55 acres of bottom and water columns in six…
Local BusinessCoastal Review
August 18A ceremony Monday on the beach by the Surf City Ocean Pier marked the start of a federal coastal storm risk management project that the town has sought for more than two decades, and it has inspired a ... "song."
EventsCoastal Review
August 13Officials in the three Topsail Island towns see improvement in the chronic street flooding that had long been a problem after an agreement to take on an island-wide resiliency project.
Government & CivicCoastal Review
August 12North Carolina Sea Grant and the North Carolina Coastal Federation are inviting oyster growers in Pender and Onslow counties to share their experiences and perspectives on the use of public trust waters.
GeneralCoastal Review
July 22Several downstream drinking water suppliers, including Brunswick and Pender counties, and the Cape Fear Public Utility Authority, have been notified that elevated levels of 1,4-dioxane were detected in a July 10 sample collected upstream from the Asheboro Wastewater Treatment…
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Rocky Point by the numbers
- Area
- 6.9 sq mi (17.86 km²)
- Median age
- 41.1
- Persons per household
- 2.8