Meet the Outer Banks SPCA pet of the week, Tigger, courtesy of their latest video produced by Dare County’s CURRENT TV. For more information on Tigger, and the many other Outer Banks pets currently up for adoption, visit the Outer Banks SPCA website at https://www.obxspca.org/, or their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/obxspca/
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September 28, 1929 – August 14, 2022 BUXTON — Ray Dale Gray, Sr., 92, of Buxton, NC was called home Sunday, August 14, 2022. Ray passed peacefully at home surrounded by his family. He was born in Hatteras on September 28, 1929, to the late Rosa Gaskins Gray and Damon Meekins Gray. He was predeceased [...] Obituaries | Full ArticleCarol June Cornelius, 78, passed away on August 11, 2022. She was born in New Ulm, MN on March 8, 1944. Carol was married to the late John Cornelius, and they moved from Pennsylvania to the Outer Banks in 1987. She opened Oceanside Bakery where she loved to bake. Carol was a caring and loving [...] Obituaries | Full ArticleNora’s Wish Chicamacomico Treasures & Nostalgia is commemorating its namesake’s birthday and the anniversary of the Mirlo Rescue with a full week of events from Monday through Friday, August 15-19. These dates had been honored with a traditional fish fry in support of Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station Historic Site since the tiny cottage shop’s establishment in [...] Community News Brief | Full ArticleHyde County Board of Education continues request for larger approp ...
August 11, 2022 | Local News | From The: Ocracoke Observer
Ocracoke Observer staff report Since July 1, the Hyde County commissioners and the Hyde County Board of Education have been involved in a mediation process regarding county’s appropriation for school services which were cut by $400,000 for the county’s FY 2022-2023 budget that went into effect on July 1. See Mediation underway in budget dispute between [...] Local News | Full ArticleState recreational water quality officials today lifted a water quality swimming advisory at an ocean-side site in southern Hatteras village. The advisory was lifted because water testing shows that bacteria levels have dropped below the state’s and Environmental Protection Agency’s standards set for swimming and water play. The advisory was posted Aug. 4 at the [...] Local News | Full ArticleSeptember 30, 1933 – August 7, 2022 SALVO — Irene Estelle Midgett passed peacefully on Sunday, August 7, 2022, embraced by the loving arms of God and her daughters Patricia and Alberta, sister Jean and brother Earl. She is predeceased by her mother and father, William E. and Melvina Gray Whidbee, sister Velma Anderson, brother [...] Obituaries | Full ArticleNew World Festival Of The Arts Returns To Manteo Next Week For 40t ...
August 10, 2022 | Island Features
Celebrate fine art at the 40th Annual New World Festival of the Arts, which will be held on the Manteo waterfront on Tuesday, August 16, and Wednesday, August 17. The free, family-friendly outdoor festival will be held from 10 am to 5 pm each day offering visitors the opportunity to peruse the works of over [...] Island Features | Full ArticleNew Little Free Library installed in Hatteras village
August 10, 2022 | Island Features | By: Joy Crist
Hatteras village has a new Little Free Library, thanks to the efforts of two interns from the Hatteras Island Ocean Center who are spending their summer on Hatteras Island. Evin Burton and Brock Hinson – both students at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia – spearheaded the unique project, which took a few weeks to complete from [...] Island Features | Full ArticleHatteras Village Civic Association to acquire Hatteras Island Ocea ...
August 9, 2022 | Local News | By: Joy Crist
The Hatteras Island Ocean Center, located in northern Hatteras Village, will soon be under new ownership, due to an upcoming acquisition by the Hatteras Village Civic Association. Conceived and founded by Eric Kaplan, the Ocean Center first opened in 2013. In recent years, Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia has operated the center, with students from the [...] Local News | Full ArticlePublic invited to provide input on proposed boating safety zone ne ...
August 9, 2022 | Seashore News
From Aug. 18 through Sept. 1, 2022, Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) invites public input on a proposal to establish a Motts Creek No Wake Zone, which would encompass the U.S. Coast Guard’s Station Oregon Inlet and the Seashore’s marina, boat ramps and kayak launch near Oregon Inlet. A public meeting is scheduled for 6-7 [...] Seashore News | Full ArticleVIDEO: Outer Banks Forever showcases new ‘Pathways to Your Natio ...
August 9, 2022 | Seashore News | From The: OBX Today
By Kassidy Watson-Perry Local non-profit Outer Banks Forever is dedicated to the protection and enhancement of our Outer Banks national parks in ways both large and small. In partnership with the National Park Service, Outer Banks Forever is thrilled to announce their biggest undertaking to date — the “Pathways to Your National Parks” project. Following [...] Seashore News | Full Article-
UPDATE MONDAY, AUGUST 15, 2022 – 10:30 AM The water conservation notice is no longer in effect for Avon water customers. The Dare County Water Department appreciates users’ cooperation in reducing the water consumption until the equipment is repaired and production is restored to full capacity. —————————————– Due to a leak in the water line [...] Local News | Full ArticleGreat Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. has announced that the dredges Ellis Island and Liberty Island have made significant progress over this past week. As of yesterday morning (Wednesday, August 10, 2022) over 90 percent of the total contract volume (1.2 million cubic yards of sand) has been placed in the Buxton beach nourishment [...] Local News | Full Article
UPDATE MONDAY, AUGUST 15, 2022 – 10:30 AM The water conservation notice is no longer in effect for Avon water customers. The Dare County Water Department appreciates users’ cooperation in reducing the water consumption until the equipment is repaired and production is restored to full capacity. —————————————– Due to a leak in the water line [...] Local News | Full ArticleGreat Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. has announced that the dredges Ellis Island and Liberty Island have made significant progress over this past week. As of yesterday morning (Wednesday, August 10, 2022) over 90 percent of the total contract volume (1.2 million cubic yards of sand) has been placed in the Buxton beach nourishment [...] Local News | Full Article
Hyde County Board of Education continues request for larger approp ...
August 11, 2022 | Local News | From The: Ocracoke Observer
Ocracoke Observer staff report Since July 1, the Hyde County commissioners and the Hyde County Board of Education have been involved in a mediation process regarding county’s appropriation for school services which were cut by $400,000 for the county’s FY 2022-2023 budget that went into effect on July 1. See Mediation underway in budget dispute between [...] Local News | Full ArticleState recreational water quality officials today lifted a water quality swimming advisory at an ocean-side site in southern Hatteras village. The advisory was lifted because water testing shows that bacteria levels have dropped below the state’s and Environmental Protection Agency’s standards set for swimming and water play. The advisory was posted Aug. 4 at the [...] Local News | Full ArticleHatteras Village Civic Association to acquire Hatteras Island Ocea ...
August 9, 2022 | Local News | By: Joy Crist
The Hatteras Island Ocean Center, located in northern Hatteras Village, will soon be under new ownership, due to an upcoming acquisition by the Hatteras Village Civic Association. Conceived and founded by Eric Kaplan, the Ocean Center first opened in 2013. In recent years, Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia has operated the center, with students from the [...] Local News | Full ArticleOn Monday afternoon, August 8, a Dare County Sheriff’s Deputy in the C- District attempted to stop a vehicle for traveling in excess of 100 mph headed north on N.C. Hwy. 12. The vehicle failed to yield for the Deputy’s blue lights and siren. When the suspect and deputy got near the Avon Post Office, [...] Local News | Full ArticleGreat Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. has announced that the company has made significant progress since the dredge Ellis Island joined the dredge Liberty Island in Buxton on Tuesday, August 2, 2022. These two dredges used two separate landing points, and together they have delivered approximately 200,000 cubic yards of sand along the shoreline of Buxton over the past [...] Local News | Full ArticleAtmospheric and oceanic conditions still favor an above-normal 2022 Atlantic hurricane season, according to NOAA’s annual mid-season update issued on Thursday, August 4, by the Climate Prediction Center, a division of the National Weather Service. “I urge everyone to remain vigilant as we enter the peak months of hurricane season,” said Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo. [...] Local News | Full Article$1,000 reward offered for identifying person(s) responsible for st ...
August 4, 2022 | Local News | By: Joy Crist | 1
The Avon Property Owners Association is now offering a $1,000.00 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or people responsible for stealing the “Welcome to Avon” sign, per an August 4 update from the Dare County Sheriff’s Office. The Sheriff’s Office received a report from a local Avon resident on July [...] Local News | Full ArticleAn advisory against swimming was issued today within the Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS) at an oceanside site in Hatteras village, where state recreational water quality officials found bacteria levels in the water that exceed the state’s and Environmental Protection Agency’s recreational water quality standards. The advisory is for an area at the CHNS beach [...] Local News | Full ArticleUPDATE: Missing Buxton boater has been found alive near Rodanthe
August 4, 2022 | Local News | By: Joy Crist | 1
A Buxton man has been found alive and safe after going missing in the Pamlico Sound on Tuesday, per an update from the U.S. Coast Guard 5th District Mid-Atlantic Public Affairs office. Per the Coast Guard, 38-year-old John Hess’ boat had become disabled, but eventually washed ashore near Rodanthe. Hess was found by a nearby construction crew [...] Local News | Full ArticleUPDATE: Fire at Salvo surf shop on Wednesday night extinguished; R ...
August 4, 2022 | Local News | By: Joy Crist
THURSDAY UPDATE: A fire that occurred at the Duck Village Outfitters in Salvo on Wednesday, August 3, was extinguished overnight, and the residents and employees of the unoccupied structure were unharmed, according to a recently launched GoFundMe campaign for the building’s owners, Bob and Tanya Hovey, as well as the residents living above the store. “We must [...] Local News | Full ArticleIs Hyde County’s fight over school funds over?
August 3, 2022 | Local News | By: Kipp Tabb | From The: Outer Banks Voice
Commissioners restore $400K in cuts, another $75K may be sought On July 28, after a month-long dispute over school funding, the Hyde County Board of Commissioners voted 3-2 to raise the county’s share of the schools’ annual budget to the $1.712 million figure the schools had requested. That was up from the $1.3 million the [...] Local News | Full ArticleThe Ocracoke Express passenger ferry resumed operations on Wednesday afternoon, August 3, after service was suspended due to a mechanical issue that occurred on July 27. “Great news! The Ocracoke Express passenger ferry will be going back in service TODAY with the 1 p.m. departure from Hatteras!” stated the North Carolina Ferry System in an [...] Local News | Full ArticleLighthouse restoration needs exceed $8 million available
August 15, 2022 | Seashore News | By: Jennifer Allen | From The: Coastal Review
Cape Lookout National Seashore has about $8 million to go toward repairs of the 1859 lighthouse, but that’s not nearly enough to cover a total rehabilitation. Seashore Superintendent Jeff West said recently that not only does he and the rest of the folks at the park want to repair and renovate the 163-foot lighthouse, they also want to get it back to the shape it was in when construction wrapped up in 1859. With a total renovation, “The lighthouse will sit there without any maintenance other than painting for about another 50 to 60 years, which would be the long-term, cheapest way to do that,” said West. The 56-mile protected seashore is made up on a handful of uninhabited barrier islands in Carteret County and is home to assorted historic structures, including the Cape Lookout Lighthouse. West shared the latest on the lighthouse renovations Aug. 4 during a “Parlor Talk” at th [...] Seashore News | Full Article
The 2022 shorebird nesting season is winding down, and visitors can expect to see more Hatteras and Ocracoke Island beaches reopening in the coming days and weeks, per an update from the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. This past week, a one-mile stretch of beach near South Beach Road, (also known as old ORV Ramp 45), [...] Seashore News | Full ArticlePublic invited to provide input on proposed boating safety zone ne ...
August 9, 2022 | Seashore News
From Aug. 18 through Sept. 1, 2022, Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) invites public input on a proposal to establish a Motts Creek No Wake Zone, which would encompass the U.S. Coast Guard’s Station Oregon Inlet and the Seashore’s marina, boat ramps and kayak launch near Oregon Inlet. A public meeting is scheduled for 6-7 [...] Seashore News | Full ArticleVIDEO: Outer Banks Forever showcases new ‘Pathways to Your Natio ...
August 9, 2022 | Seashore News | From The: OBX Today
By Kassidy Watson-Perry Local non-profit Outer Banks Forever is dedicated to the protection and enhancement of our Outer Banks national parks in ways both large and small. In partnership with the National Park Service, Outer Banks Forever is thrilled to announce their biggest undertaking to date — the “Pathways to Your National Parks” project. Following [...] Seashore News | Full ArticleIn 1876 to help prevent lighthouse keepers from becoming bored, the United States Lighthouse Establishment created rotating libraries to move between different light stations. By rotating the books roughly every 6 months, lighthouse keepers and their families had ample opportunity to not only read lots of books but had a constant supply of new reading [...] Seashore News | Full ArticleNPS announces opportunities to bid on federal government contracts ...
August 5, 2022 | Seashore News
The National Park Service has several open government contracts for businesses to bid on at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site and Wright Brothers National Memorial. Businesses that are interested in bidding on federal government contracts must do so through the System for Award Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov. Contract Opportunities at Fort [...] Seashore News | Full ArticleNational Seashore biologists find rare leucistic loggerhead sea tu ...
August 1, 2022 | Seashore News | By: Joy Crist
On July 23, the first sea turtle nest of the 2022 nesting season hatched along the Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS). Since then, several more nests have hatched, and park biologists have started nest excavations. During a recent excavation on July 27, a live, leucistic loggerhead sea turtle was found at the bottom of the [...] Seashore News | Full ArticlePriority ORV ramps will open at 6:30 a.m. starting August 1
July 29, 2022 | Seashore News | By: Joy Crist
Cape Hatteras National Seashore’s priority ORV ramps will open at 6:30 a.m. starting on August 1, per an update from the National Seashore. All other designated oceanside ORV ramps open at 7 a.m. Priority ORV ramps within the National Seashore are ramps 2 and 4 on Bodie Island, ramps 25, 27, 43, 44, 48, and [...] Seashore News | Full ArticleWright Brothers National Memorial is proud to welcome Dr. J. “Bob” Balaram, of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to help celebrate National Aviation Day on Aug. 19 and 20, 2022. Dr. Balaram is the originator of the concept that became NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, and served as its chief engineer during its development, test, and operations. [...] Seashore News | Full ArticleThe Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS) recently announced a new summertime program, Kayak with a Ranger, which explores the salt marshes and surrounding waters of the Pamlico Sound Starting on Monday, July 25, and running through Labor Day, September 5, CHNS will be offering this program on Mondays and Fridays at 8:30 a.m. Pre-registration is [...] Seashore News | Full Article
New World Festival Of The Arts Returns To Manteo Next Week For 40th Year
August 10, 2022 | Island Features
Celebrate fine art at the 40th Annual New World Festival of the Arts, which will be held on the Manteo waterfront on Tuesday, August 16, and Wednesday, August 17. The free, family-friendly outdoor festival will be held from 10 am to 5 pm each day offering visitors the opportunity to peruse the works of over 45 East Coast artists. “I exhibit at juried shows across the country, but the New World Festival of the Arts holds a special place in my heart,” said Florida jewelry artist and metalsmith Barbara Umbel. “The care that the Dare Arts committee puts into producing their show is second to none. I love returning each year to Manteo- such a charming historic town.” Ceramics, jewelry, wood design, photography, paintings, fiber art, and sculpture are some of the media that artists will be showcasing and selling at the event. “This will be my first year participating in the New Wor [...] Island Features | Full Article
The Wildlife Resources Commission announced Tuesday that the 40th and final edition of the waterfowl print and stamp is available online at the N.C. Wild Store while supplies last. The artwork features a pair of wood ducks painted by the award-winning artist, Ron Louque. The commission said Louque had won a record of 31 conservation stamp contests and [...] Island Features | Full ArticleThe 9th annual Ocracoke Fig Festival begins tomorrow afternoon (Aug. 4) with a sold out dinner with guest Restaurateur and Chef Ricky Moore, of Saltbox Seafood Joint in Durham. Chef Ricky was recently named the 2022 James Beard Foundation “Best Chef in the Southeast.” He will judge the Fish ‘n’ Figs category and join Ocracoke [...] Island Features | Full ArticleReminder: Really, Really Free Market returns to Avon on August 6
August 3, 2022 | Island Features | By: Joy Crist
After a several-year hiatus due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the Really, Really Free Market in Avon is returning on a seasonal schedule, starting with its first summertime market on August 6 from 9:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. at the Avon Fire Station. The Really, Really Free Market started more than a decade ago, and became [...] Island Features | Full ArticleIt is too easy for me when cooking regularly to fall into familiar food choices. This week I decided to go Japanese, a cuisine I don’t usually prepare. I came across a delightful blog by Namiko Chen, a young Japanese cookbook author and recipe curator whose mission was to preserve the recipes her mother taught [...] Island Features | Full ArticleCalling All Bakers (and Chefs): Enter the Ocracoke Fig Festival Ba ...
August 2, 2022 | Island Features
Join in the Fun at the 9th Annual Ocracoke Fig Festival, which is happening this weekend from Thursday, August 4 to Saturday, August 6. This year, there are four Award Categories for the annual Ocracoke Fig Festival Bake-Off: Traditional Ocracoke Fig Cake Recipe (You can find the traditional recipe in local cookbooks, or at ocracokepreservation.org.) Traditional [...] Island Features | Full ArticleNOAA proposes expanding right whale protections
August 1, 2022 | Island Features | From The: Coastal Review
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is asking for public comment on proposed changes that would expand mandatory speed restrictions for vessels to reduce the likelihood of collisions with north Atlantic right whales. Ship collisions are a leading cause of North Atlantic right whale injury and death. The proposed changes would expand mandatory speed restrictions [...] Island Features | Full ArticleTop
Thanks to volunteers, sponsors, and enthusiastic visiting sailors, it looks like Hatteras Island will continue to be a sought-after venue for festival-style sailing events, as evident by the success of the first-ever Annual Wind and Waves Regatta which was held on the weekend of May 14. Notwithstanding some real logistic challenges, with communications cut off [...] Watersports | Full ArticleAs the unofficial start to the summer season kicks off this weekend, the Surfrider Foundation chapters in North Carolina are launching a campaign to establish a specialty license plate for drivers who “protect & enjoy” the state’s treasured beaches, waters, and waves. The specialty plate features a sunrise beachscape design with the Surfrider Foundation logo [...] Watersports | Full Article
Thanks to volunteers, sponsors, and enthusiastic visiting sailors, it looks like Hatteras Island will continue to be a sought-after venue for festival-style sailing events, as evident by the success of the first-ever Annual Wind and Waves Regatta which was held on the weekend of May 14. Notwithstanding some real logistic challenges, with communications cut off [...] Watersports | Full ArticleAs the unofficial start to the summer season kicks off this weekend, the Surfrider Foundation chapters in North Carolina are launching a campaign to establish a specialty license plate for drivers who “protect & enjoy” the state’s treasured beaches, waters, and waves. The specialty plate features a sunrise beachscape design with the Surfrider Foundation logo [...] Watersports | Full ArticleThe 13 Worrell 1000 competitors made an impressive landing near ORV Ramp 49 in Frisco on Thursday afternoon, May 19, on one of the final legs of their race up the Eastern Seaboard to the Virginia Beach finish line. The teams departed Atlantic Beach, NC, on Thursday morning to start an approximately five-hour trek to [...] Watersports | Full ArticleAfter a two-year hiatus, one of the most iconic and dangerous sailboat races in the world is once again heading to Hatteras Island, with a Frisco landing scheduled for Thursday, May 19. The Worrell 1000 Race launched from Hollywood Beach, Florida, on May 9, marking the start of an approximately 1,000-mile catamaran sailboat race up [...] Watersports | Full ArticleFrom the surfin’ circuit to Surfin’ Spoon
April 1, 2022 | Watersports | By: Michelle Wagner | From The: Outer Banks Voice
New film looks at the life of Jesse Hines As a kid, Outer Banks photographer Mike Leech remembers having posters of former local pro surfer Jesse Hines on his wall. “I’ve known of him for a long time,” explains the 20-year-old Leech. But it wasn’t until about four years ago that Leech actually got [...] Watersports | Full ArticleOrganized year-round sail training is more than just a recreational sporting opportunity for some Hatteras youth and their parents. Summer camps and short-term introductory programs are fine for those who only have a week or two to get involved, but if bigger objectives are in mind, year-round training is what it takes to be competitive with [...] Watersports | Full ArticleWorrell 1000 gearing up for May 2022 event, and a Hatteras Island ...
March 6, 2022 | Watersports | By: Joy Crist
After a two-year hiatus, one of the most iconic and dangerous sailboat races in the world is once again heading to Hatteras Island, with event organizers already gearing up for the May 2022 competition. In the past week, organizers of the Worrell 1000 Race announced the unveiling of a new logo, and stated that the [...] Watersports | Full ArticleThe Wind & Waves spring regatta on Hatteras Island is all about fun for your whole family After a long, cold winter, make this sailing getaway on the Outer Banks your family’s newest spring tradition. The annual Wind & Waves regatta celebrates the change of seasons with sailing, surfing, beaches, and bonfires. This weekend of fun will have [...] Watersports | Full Article
Island Real Estate: Three key takeaways from the June 2022 OBAR Statistical Report
July 25, 2022 | Real Estate | By: Stephen Smith
Things are moving right along this summer on the Outer Banks. We’ve had some hot weather lately and a great vacation season so far. One question I hear frequently is “When will the housing market cool off?” It’s all about inventory - as long as we are well below historical inventory levels and demand remains high, there will be pressure on prices to keep on rising. There were three main takeaways from the June Outer Banks Association of Realtors report. Inventory is still low As you can see from the graph above, we are just now recovering enough inventory to be at last year’s level. And the green bars show that we are well behind the levels from 2019, which was our last “normal” year, pre-Covid. We are catching up, but still have to more than double our current inventory level. Sales volume is slowing down 2021 was a banner year for sales volume (total number of sales) but [...] Real Estate | Full Article
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July 22, 2022 | Real Estate | From The: WOBX
by Clark Twiddy In a report from Bloomberg News published last week, the probability of an economic downturn over the next 12 months stands at nearly 50 percent, up sharply from 30 percent odds just one month prior. This is according to the latest monthly survey of economists and, if anything, other indicators point to an increasing [...] Real Estate | Full ArticleThe Outer Banks Association of REALTORS® (OBAR) has released their May 2022 real estate statistical report. The report highlights year-to-date and month-to-month sale comparisons for residential, commercial, and lot/land properties included in OBAR’s Multiple Listing Service (MLS). The report shows 2022 year-to-date sales for all property in the MLS has declined slightly for the last [...] Real Estate | Full ArticleThe Outer Banks Association of REALTORS® has released April’s real estate statistical report. There was an increase in total volume sold which means that the market is still HOT! April saw a 4% increase in total volume sold which equates to an increase in $32 million when compared to this time last year. Not surprisingly, [...] Real Estate | Full ArticleIsland Real Estate: Hatteras Island home sales and trends for 2022
April 22, 2022 | Real Estate | By: Stephen Smith
The housing market is hot right now, but which areas are the hottest? Are there any locations where home price appreciation is still lagging behind? Soundfront or Oceanfront? What does the market look like so far in 2022? With all of the changes this year in the national real estate market, (notably skyrocketing interest rates [...] Real Estate | Full ArticleIsland Real Estate: Three predictions for the Hatteras Island real ...
March 23, 2022 | Real Estate | By: Stephen Smith | 2
The US housing market has been on a sustained streak of rising prices, shrinking inventory, and increased demand since the spring of 2020. Hatteras Island actually lagged behind other areas “up the beach” in price increases for most of 2020, but quickly caught up in 2021. Now that we’ve had a good run, as they [...] Real Estate | Full ArticleThe N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries recently certified a new state record Red Hind (Epinephelus guttatus). Jared Lambert of Wilmington caught the 7-pound, 11.2-ounce fish near Frying Pan Tower on Aug. 6. The previous state record Red Hind weighed 7 pounds, 1.6 ounces, and was caught off Cape Lookout in 2021. Lambert’s fish measured 23.06 inches total length (from the tip of the snout to the tip of the compressed tail) and had a 23-inch girth. The fish was landed using a Star Rod and a Penn 6/0 reel with a live pinfish on 60-pound test. For more information on state record fish, go to the division’s State Saltwater Records webpage or contact the North Carolina Saltwater Fishing Tournament staff at saltwater.citations@ncdenr.gov. [...] Fishing | Full Article
Meet the Outer Banks SPCA pet of the week, Tigger, courtesy of their latest video produced by Dare County’s CURRENT TV. For more information on Tigger, and the many other Outer Banks pets currently up for adoption, visit the Outer Banks SPCA website at https://www.obxspca.org/, or their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/obxspca/Nora’s Wish Chicamacomico Treasures & Nostalgia is commemorating its namesake’s birthday and the anniversary of the Mirlo Rescue with a full week of events from Monday through Friday, August 15-19. These dates had been honored with a traditional fish fry in support of Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station Historic Site since the tiny cottage shop’s establishment in [...] Community News Brief | Full ArticleMeet the Outer Banks SPCA pet of the week, Blu, courtesy of their latest video produced by Dare County’s CURRENT TV. For more information on Blu, and the many other Outer Banks pets currently up for adoption, visit the Outer Banks SPCA website at https://www.obxspca.org/, or their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/obxspca/Current TV, in partnership with the Town of Duck, has released a recruitment video highlighting the important public service that is provided by the dozens of volunteer firefighters who serve throughout Dare County’s 15 fire districts—and encouraging others who are interested in serving the residents and visitors of the Outer Banks community to sign up [...] Community News Brief | Full ArticleDare County Library Announces “Oceans of Possibilities” Summer ...
August 5, 2022 | Community News Brief
Dare County Library’s 2022 Summer Reading Program “Oceans of Possibilities” is coming to a close next week. All summer long, this free program has attracted hundreds of children to library programs—and, more importantly, kept them reading while they are out of school for the summer! “Oceans of Possibilities” Summer Reading Program’s Final Events: Kill Devil [...] Community News Brief | Full ArticleMeet the Outer Banks SPCA pet of the week, Fred, courtesy of their latest video produced by Dare County’s CURRENT TV. For more information on Fred, and the many other Outer Banks pets currently up for adoption, visit the Outer Banks SPCA website at https://www.obxspca.org/, or their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/obxspca/October 19, 2004 – August 12, 2022 KILL DEVIL HILLS — Devin passed away peacefully at home in the loving arms of his mother and father on August 12, 2022. On October 19, 2004, Devin was born in Nags Head, NC at The Outer Banks Hospital to Daniel Emilio Williams and Melissa Ann Williams. Devin is [...] Obituaries | Full ArticleSeptember 28, 1929 – August 14, 2022 BUXTON — Ray Dale Gray, Sr., 92, of Buxton, NC was called home Sunday, August 14, 2022. Ray passed peacefully at home surrounded by his family. He was born in Hatteras on September 28, 1929, to the late Rosa Gaskins Gray and Damon Meekins Gray. He was predeceased [...] Obituaries | Full ArticleCarol June Cornelius, 78, passed away on August 11, 2022. She was born in New Ulm, MN on March 8, 1944. Carol was married to the late John Cornelius, and they moved from Pennsylvania to the Outer Banks in 1987. She opened Oceanside Bakery where she loved to bake. Carol was a caring and loving [...] Obituaries | Full ArticleSeptember 30, 1933 – August 7, 2022 SALVO — Irene Estelle Midgett passed peacefully on Sunday, August 7, 2022, embraced by the loving arms of God and her daughters Patricia and Alberta, sister Jean and brother Earl. She is predeceased by her mother and father, William E. and Melvina Gray Whidbee, sister Velma Anderson, brother [...] Obituaries | Full ArticleJuly 26, 1921 – August 4, 2022 Helen Clements, 101, went to her heavenly home on August 4, 2022, surrounded by her family. Helen was born on July 26, 1921, in Baltimore, Maryland to the late William and Christine Hall. She was preceded in death by her loving husband of 69 years, Irvin Clements, her parents, [...] Obituaries | Full ArticleJanuary 13, 1936 – August 4, 2022 MANTEO — Marian Hope Dough, 86, of Manteo, NC went to be with the Lord on Thursday, August 4, 2022, at home surrounded by family. Hope leaves behind her devoted husband of 51 years, Walter Allen Dough; sister and best friend, Kathy Spencer; a loving granddaughter, Tabitha Collins [...] Obituaries | Full Article
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