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CAPE FEAR MEMORIAL BRIDGE CLOSURE: UPDATES, RESOURCES, AND CONTEXT
The WHQR News Team has recapped several major stories for the year, and now, it’s your turn to let us know what events you think were most important and have had the biggest impact on our community.Then, tune in the week of December 26-30 when WHQR will be airing its 2011 Top Ten Countdown.

#2 News Story of 2011: Municipal Elections

 

Voters came out to the polls for this year’s municipal elections as SBI investigations were underway in Oak Island and Carolina Beach.

WHQR’s Asia Brown reports that this year’s elections made it to #2 on the WHQR top ten story countdown.

In Oak Island, mayoral incumbent Betty Wallace defeated Bob Seidel by nearly 50 percentage points.

In Carolina Beach, former mayor Ray Rothrock beat opponents Pat Efird and Dan Wilcox.

On the northern edge of New Hanover County, voters in Castle Hayne took a firm stance against incorporation with 75 percent opposing the measure.

In Wilmington, incumbent Bill Saffo won by more than 40 percentage points and will continue serving in the mayor’s post.

As usual, municipal election voting rates were low with just 17 percent of New Hanover County voters making it to the polls.

After growing up in Woodbridge, Virginia, Michelle attended Virginia Tech before moving to Wilmington to complete her Master in Fine Arts from the University of North Carolina in Wilmington. Her reporting and nonfiction writing have been featured on NPR’s All Things Considered, within the pages of Wrightsville Beach Magazine, and in literary journals like River Teeth and Ninth Letter. Before moving to Wilmington, Michelle served as the general manager for WUVT, a community radio station in Blacksburg, Virginia. She lives with her husband Scott and their pups, Katie, Cooper, and Mosey.