SOUTHPORT, NC (WWAY) — The Southport Police Department is asking for the public’s help as investigators work to identify those responsible for widespread vandalism that damaged hundreds of items placed along the city’s Fourth of July parade route. According to the department, officers were first notified around 7:30 a.m. on Friday, July 3, after City of Southport Public Works employees discovered several chairs along North Howe Street that had b…