Friday night’s sectional final match between the Cape Hatteras Lady Hurricanes and the Jones Senior High Lady Trojans may not have been the most exciting game the Canes have played this year—or even this week—but they scored a decisive victory, nonetheless, beating the Trojans 50-46 and moving on to the fourth round of the NCHSAA […]
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More than 20 federal lawmakers joined several thousand fishermen from around the country in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, Feb. 24, in a three-hour rally supporting national fisheries reform. The first reports from journalists on the scene tabbed attendance at between 3,000 and 5,000 with fishermen standing elbow-to-elbow next to the U.S. Capitol. The rally was […]
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By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN In a letter sent this week, Marc Basnight, the powerful President pro Tempore of the state Senate and a Manteo Democrat, urged President Barack Obama to end the ‘bureaucratic” standstill” that has stalled the replacement of the aging Herbert C. Bonner Bridge over Oregon Inlet. He called the delay […]
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The long wait to see what access to the Cape Hatteras National Seashore beaches might be like in the future is apparently almost over. The National Park Service?s notice that the Draft Environmental Impact Statement and preferred alternative for off-road vehicle use at the seashore are available to the public could be published in the […]
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By SUNDAE HORN By SUNDAE HORN Roanoke Island Animal Clinic in Manteo seems like any other veterinary practice with its waiting room full of dogs on leashes and cats in crates, its shelves of flea treatments and heartworm pills for sale, and the sounds of yips and meows coming from the examining rooms. Usually, the […]
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State fisheries regulators rejected a proposed ban on large mesh gill nets used for flounder fishing but adopted other restrictions to reduce the incidental capture of sea turtles in fishing nets at a meeting Thursday, Feb. 18, that was attended by about 400 people, mostly commercial fishermen. Now the state and fishermen are holding their […]
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Lady Hurricanes beat Manteo at home in second round of state playoffs …WITH SLIDE SHOW By JORDAN TOMBERLIN By JORDAN TOMBERLIN By JORDAN TOMBERLIN In sports, there are the games that you lose, there are the games that you win, and then, there are the games in which you triumph. It was a fight from […]
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The Outer Banks Chamber of Commerce, The East Carolina Bank, The Willey Agency, and Comfort Inn North, would like to know what issues business owners and managers have on their minds. They encourage owners and managers to take the time to answer this year’s Viewpoint 2010 Legislative Opinion Poll of questions that will be discussed […]
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By SUNDAE HORN By SUNDAE HORN On Saturday, Feb. 6, during a nasty coastal storm, National Park Service personnel found 19 live stranded sea turtles on Ocracoke beaches and carried them to safety. “We had strong winds Friday night, and the high tides were up to the dunes,” said NPS biotechnician Jocelyn Wright. “The next […]
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In the winter of 1985, 15-year-old Margarita Gonzalez left her impoverished home in central Mexico and, with her sister and a group of strangers, set out for the forbidden land of plenty to the north. Now, 25 years later, she lives and works on Ocracoke Island. She is an American citizen, with her own home […]
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