# Coastal Review: A Daily News Service of the North Carolina Coastal Federation

> We are an award\-winning, nonprofit news service providing unbiased, in\-depth and investigative reporting about issues on the North Carolina coast\.

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- [Home](https://coastalreview.org/)
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## Posts
- [Chance encounter reveals shared family history of service](https://coastalreview.org/2026/04/chance-encounter-reveals-shared-family-history-of-service/): Joan Collins, director of outreach and education with the Pea Island Preservation Society Inc\., relates how she happened to meet Johnnie Van Willis of Marshallberg and the discovery of what their two families have in common\.
- [Service set for North Topsail Beach Alderman Larry Strother](https://coastalreview.org/2026/04/service-set-for-north-topsail-beach-alderman-larry-strother/): The late North Topsail Beach Alderman Larry Strother died April 12 at the age of 79\.
- [Coastal Federation to break ground for mariculture hub](https://coastalreview.org/2026/04/coastal-federation-to-break-ground-for-mariculture-hub/): The planned Shellfish Mariculture Hub in Carteret County will provide logistical support such as shared refrigeration, equipment and water access\.
- [Public sways officials to ax parkway plan's preferred NC route](https://coastalreview.org/2026/04/public-sways-officials-to-ax-parkway-plans-preferred-nc-route/): State transportation officials, in response to public feedback, said Wednesday that the North Carolina portion of the formerly preferred Carolina Bays Parkway Extension Alternative 4 will not be built as initially proposed\.
- [Pit viper stare\-down](https://coastalreview.org/2026/04/pit-viper-stare-down/): Two cottonmouths, aka water moccasins and known scientifically as Agkistrodon piscivorus, came face to face while foraging Sunday at the North Carolina Coastal Federation’s 6,000\-acre North River Wetlands Preserve, with one rising up and the other backing down\. One of six venomous snakes in North Carolina, the cottonmouth is the most aquatic, preferring wetter habitats\. It's a pit viper, having a pit on its face that senses heat\. The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission offers tips on how to coexist with snakes\. Photo: Doug Waters

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