The brown piping snaked along the beach near Oak Island’s western tip, making a trip from the public accesses and oceanfront homes a challenge at times.
But that wasn’t bothering Donnie Fredericks as he walked the beach with his family on a windy Tuesday morning.
“I’m just glad to see this part of the beach getting some fresh sand,” said the Ohio native and frequent visitor to the Brunswick County beach town, pointing to some beachfront homes relying on sandbags to hold back the encroaching ocean. “It was getting a little touch-and-go there.”…