Whistling Ducks, Heat And Tar Balls Greetings from the island everyone! I hope that all of you are doing well and hanging in there with this brutal heat. Being on my 24th year total on this barrier island, this is the driest and hottest summer I’ve experienced. The dim light at the end of the […]
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Island Life… by Clint Bennetsen
Seadrift Chamber of Commerce
Join us at our meetings on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at 6:00 p.m. at the Seadrift Train Depot. Our next meeting is Tuesday, September 19th. Market Days is held at the Train Depot the last Saturday of each month from 8-12 – vendors are always welcome – and there’s no fee! Check out […]
Everyday Hero
Troy “Shorty” Beaudry “Shorty came to my rescue on a Sunday afternoon when I locked myself out of my car. Shorty is POC’s go to guy.” -D.R. “Shorty and Nathan O’Neil rescued a stranded boater and Shorty climbed aboard the circling boat and brought it to a stop.” -T.D “After helping put out our house […]
Community Center Facelift Project
We are busier than ever continuing to raise money to complete the Facelift Project on the POC Community Center. Thanks to hours of hard fundraising efforts by our board of directors and much needed help from the POC Chamber of Commerce, we were able to raise the $150,000.00 needed for Phase 1 in less than […]
Redfish
Red snapper season is currently still open and snapper fishing is good. Evan Clifton snagged these while fishing the Gulf of Mexico with Jay Walters and family out of POC on the vessel Going Deep.