Pender County considers scrapping tourism department in proposed budget

TOPSAIL BEACH, N.C. (WECT) – Rochelle Whiteside says Pender County is in her “blood and bones.”

“It’s a very sweet place that my family’s been in since before the Revolutionary War,” Whiteside said.

Her father built a beachside cottage in Topsail Beach back in 1951. Whiteside says it’s her slice of heaven on earth, but even she can’t afford to live there full time…

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