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 Guest Column: It’s just a hobby for them“It’s just a hobby for them, but it’s the way we earn our living,” said Jamie Reibel, a charter boat operator from Manteo. And so, once again, fishermen and their allies from all of the coastal North Carolina communities, boarded buses or carpooled or drove trucks -- this time to Raleigh on Monday, May 6, to meet in the capital’s Legislative Office Building to present their case to lawmakers in opposition to House Bill 983. HB983 was introduced into the North Carolina General Assembly’s House of Representatives on April 17 by Reps. John Bell and Tom Murry and sent to the House Commerce and Job Development Committee. It is called the 2013 Fisheries Economic Development Act, but referred to as the gamefish bill. It would designate three species – red drum, speckled trout and estuarine striped bass -- as gamefish, meaning that they could only be caught by hook-and-line anglers and not commercial fishermen. Read more  Guest Column: Property Revaluation 101 Earlier this week, Dare County’s tax assessor made a presentation to the Dare County Board of Commissioners on the countywide revaluation of property. Notices will go out on Monday, Feb. 25, on the new valuation of your property. And here are some things you need to know about property revaluation.
However, there are still some questions about ferry tolls that need answers. Read
more  Guest Column: The best path to a safe bridge and reliable highway The issue of the Bonner Bridge replacement and access to Hatteras and Ocracoke islands has become an ever-increasing source of stress to our residents and visitors. There is the fear of physical danger involved in a bridge collapse and the anxiety about Highway 12 that accompanies each weather system that has been frustrating us even more since Hurricane Sandy and a series of northeasters. Here is the best and quickest way to have a safe bridge and reliable highway. Read more | ||||||||||||
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