The National Park Service will implement the annual seasonal closures of village beaches to off-road vehicle (ORV) use within the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, beginning at 6 a.m. on Saturday, May 15. In addition, the beach driving speed limit is reduced from 25 mph to 15 mph in all locations open to ORV use, unless […]
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The National Audubon Society, Defenders of Wildlife, and the Southern Environmental Law Center weighed in yesterday on the National Park Service?s Draft Environmental Statement on off-road vehicle management on the Cape Hatteras Seashore. And they don?t like the Park Service?s preferred Alternative F ? one of six scenarios put forward in the document. So now […]
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Dare will not issue new permits this year but will use the old ones The 2008-2009 re-entry passes issued by Dare County Emergency Management in June, 2008 will remain valid for 2010-2011. No new re-entry permits will be issued this year. Re-entry passes are used for fast identification at check points following an emergency evacuation. […]
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“No wetlands, no seafood” is the logo on a bumper sticker from the North Carolina Coastal Federation (NCCF.) It is quite appropriate, therefore, that one of the group’s latest projects is restoring wetlands on Ocracoke Island. The federation teamed up with the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching (NCCAT) to replant an acre […]
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The National Park Service has announced the temporary closure of off-road vehicle Ramp 23, which is located approximately 0.3 of a mile south of Salvo on Hatteras Island. The ramp is temporarily closed for shorebird breeding activity, as prescribed under the terms of the court ordered consent decree. The ramp is closed to both pedestrian […]
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Yesterday, my good friend Cathy Burrus called me about making a comment on the National Park Service?s Draft Environmental Impact Statement on regulating ORVs on the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. Cathy attended the Park Service?s public comment meeting and she had a copy of the Coalition for Beach Access ?DEIS for Dummies.? But with only […]
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By B.J. OELSCHLEGE By B.J. OELSCHLEGE The five stages of loss are denial, then bargaining, sadness and regret, resentment and frustration, and, finally, acceptance and resignation. I can hear you wondering why I would be bringing up the stages of loss when I customarily write about real estate. The answer is that I am coming […]
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The overall winner in the Ocracoke Invitational Surf-fishing Tournament was the Oceanside Anglers team from Hatteras Island. The team caught 67 fish for a total of 187 points. The annual Ocracoke tournament was on Thursday and Friday, April 29 and 30. Sixty-nine teams of six members each fished in the tournament. “The fishing could have […]
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Mr. JosephAl Hodges,Sr., age 77, a resident of Pantego, N.C., diedMonday, May 3, 2010 at Pungo District Hospital in Belhaven, N.C. Gravesideserviceswill be held at 11a.m. on Thursday, May 6, atOakdale Cemetery in Washington. A memorial service in celebration oflife will also be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, May 6, at St. JamesEpiscopal Church in […]
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By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN A family reunion of sorts went terribly awry for Ernest “Lanny” Staples of Holly Spring, N.C., and his two children. Staples and the children – Jayda, 9, and Dylan, 6 – survived a tragic boat accident in Hatteras Inlet on Saturday, May 1, that claimed the life of one […]
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