Residents of a Brunswick County beach town are fighting a three-story house being built on the oceanfront, where major flooding has swept cars and homes away in the past.
Oak Island residents are fighting to protect the natural environment and their homes as a new home undergoes construction on what was previously deemed “unbuildable,” per Brunswick County tax records.
Around 15 East Beach Drive residents form the Coastal Guardians Coalition, named after the nearby sculpture garden, out of shared concerns about a new “mega home” potentially increasing erosion and flooding issues…