Summertime drivers in Hatteras and Ocracoke villages have long struggled with navigating the narrow, congested streets that, during vacation season, are filled with cars, off-road vehicles, delivery trucks and RVs, and are flanked on all sides by scooters, pedestrians, runners, and cyclists. Particularly on Ocracoke, where the village streets are especially narrow, parking is at […]
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Several local commercial fishermen began distributing 3,000 bushels of oyster shells in Pamlico Sound behind Ocracoke on Tuesday, Aug. 3, to build habitat and supplement their income. The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries will pay the fishermen $2 a bushel to distribute the shells as part of the N.C. Coastal Federation’s $5 million federal economic […]
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By B.J. OELSCHLEGE By B.J. OELSCHLEGE I don’t want to jump the gun, but I see a pattern in our real estate market. As though someone flipped a switch, the activity in buyer traffic has begun to boil. New folks are walking through the door and clients, who have made previous inquiries, are returning with […]
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The Cape Hatteras National Seashore is bringing back its sea turtle Nest Watch volunteer program for the 2010 summer and fall season. Under the direction of Park Service’s resource management staff, the goal of the Volunteer Park (VIP) Program is to ensure the success of sea turtle hatchlings as they emerge from their nests and […]
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Cape Hatteras National Seashore has already broken a record this year for sea turtle nests ? 131 as of Thursday, Aug. 5. The previous record was 112 nests in 2008. In 2009, nests were slightly down, but still above average at 104. You need not jump to the conclusion that nesting is up because of […]
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(Editor’s note: Ruth Fordon and Gael Hawkins are board members of Ocracats, the group that sponsored the July clinic on Ocracoke.) Monday, July 19, was a day the members of Ocracats had been preparing for several months. Still, we are amazed at the number of details it takes to plan and host a clinic of […]
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Capt. Donald Austin, a long-time N.C. Department of Transportation Ferry Division employee in Ocracoke, has been awarded the Order of the Long Leaf Pine from Gov. Bev Perdue. This special certificate was presented to him Thursday, July 29, in between ferry runs in Ocracoke by Assistant Director of Operations Harold Thomas. Austin was instrumental in […]
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