The Sunset Beach Town Council approved an amendment to the town’s unified development ordinance to increase the height limit for hotels and motels in the town’s mixed use zoning district.

The Trojan boys’ varsity basketball team split a pair of Mideastern Conference road games last week, running out of gas against Ashley in a 47-42 loss on Jan. 7 and then holding out for a 55-50 win over Topsail on Jan. 9.

As some readers may have seen reported in other local media outlets, The Brunswick Beacon attempted to hold a Brunswick County Commissioner candidate forum this fall ahead of the Nov. 5 General Election, but the Republican candidates running for the three commissioners’ seats declined our in…