NEW HANOVER COUNTY — Castle Hayne is one step closer to getting a bottle shop following the county’s planning board meeting.

The New Hanover County endowment announced Shannon Winslow will take over as chair of the organization’s board of directors.

The North Carolina State Board of Elections today rejected all of Judge Jefferson Griffin’s election protests, which could have removed 60,000 votes from the race.

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