Last Tuesday, I posted a blog, entitled ?The Last Beach Fire?? Quite a few comments about this were posted at the end of the blog, but the next day I had an e-mail from an Island Free Press reader who was confused by the new regulations proposed in the National Park Service?s Final Environmental Impact […]
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Judge Boyle schedules status conference on Dec. 2 in Raleigh
U.S. District Court Judge Terrence Boyle has scheduled a status conference on the consent decree that settled a lawsuit against the National Park Service over its lack of an off-road vehicle management plan at the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. The conference will be on Thursday, Dec. 2, at 2 p.m. in Courtroom 2 on the […]
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Bob Spangler finishes his 50-mile run and raises money for island non-profits…WITH SLIDE SHOW
Bob Spangler’s 50-mile run from Oregon Inlet to Hatteras Inlet on Saturday, Nov. 27, began well before daylight – at 4:09 a.m. at the south end of the Bonner Bridge. It ended 121/2 hours later at the Hatteras Inlet Ferry Docks, just as the sun was setting in the western sky. Along the way, Spangler, […]
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Geraldine Meekins Tandy
FRISCO — Geraldine Meekins Tandy, 64, passed away at her residence onFriday, Nov. 26, 2010. Born on Sept. 26, 1946, she was thedaughter of the late Edison Willis Meekins and the late Audrey MaeField Meekins. Mrs. Tandy will be remembered as an active member of the HatterasIsland community including 32 years as a preschool teacher […]
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Angela Dawn Touchet
GOLDSBORO,N.C. –Angela Dawn Touchet (TSGT USAF), 40, passed away on Thursday, Nov. 25,2010, at Wayne Memorial Hospital. Angela was born in Keflavik, Iceland, on Oct. 14, 1970. Shewas agraduate of East Carolina University and was previously employed withKindercare in Greenville and earned her master’s degree in informationtechnology. Angela was currently working in intelligence fortheUnited States […]
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Hyde property owners are likely to see a property tax increase in 2012
Hyde County property owners should expect a tax increase in 2012, according to Interim County Manager David M. Smitherman. Smitherman made his comments when he attended the Ocracoke Civic and Business Association meeting on Nov. 10 to discuss the county budget in detail. When he became the interim manager in June, the budget was “out […]
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UPDATE: Hyde County’s liquor business is about to break even
Continued requests by the commissioners to see financial details of the operations of Hyde County’s two ABC stores yielded a report at the Nov. 15 board meeting by Kenneth W. Chillcoat, a certified public accountant from Washington, N.C. Chillcoat’s balance sheet showed that the liquor business is about break-even. Operations show total gross income at […]
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Hatteras Island Rescue is recognized for supporting the Weather Service’s rip current forecasting
The Hatteras Island Rescue Squad has been awarded a certificate of appreciation by the National Weather Service office in Newport, N.C, for the group’s help in the rip current forecasting program. “As Meteorologist-in-Charge, I’d like to express my gratitude and that of the entire staff of the National Weather Office in Newport for your dedicated […]
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Access groups respond to Park Service’s FEIS
According to a news release, access organizations are conducting a comprehensive analysis of the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area, released by the National Park Service on Nov. 15. The Outer Banks Preservation Association (OBPA), North Carolina Beach Buggy Association (NCBBA), the Cape Hatteras Anglers Club and others […]
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The Last Beach Fire?
There were many weighty and complicated issues in the recently released National Park Service Environmental Impact Statement on Off-Road Vehicle Rulemaking at the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. But the one I keep coming back to and going over in my mind is the change in beach campfire regulations under the Park Service?s preferred alternative. I […]
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