The Shoreline, Pine Knoll Shores, NC
The monthly newspaper of the Town of Pine Knoll Shores began in May 1973 as a two-page 9 x 14 single-spaced newsletter, written by two residents, Betty Doll and Mary Hammon. They realized that residents and prospective homeowners needed a way to get to know each other, share ideas, and learn about what was going on in their newly- formed community. By June 1973, the newsletter had a name, Pine Knoll Shore-Line. Over the years, the Shore-Line evolved from its beginnings as a mimeographed newsletter to today’s professionally printed newspaper, The Shoreline, still managed by volunteers. The Shoreline, then and now, helps make the town a community and gives it a recorded history.
There have been a few times when the newspaper was not published, as noted below:
- 1973: January – April (First issue was May 1973.)
- 1977: October, November
- 1978: January, February; April, May; July – December
- 1979: January – August
- 1981: May
- 1982: May
- 1992: October
- 2003: Not published
- 2004: January – May
- 2018: October
- 2020: May