There are hard questions no one wants to ask when you are diagnosed with breast cancer – questions that have more to do with the curiosity factor. In my experience, one of those questions would be “Does every woman who is diagnosed with breast cancer lose her breasts?” And then “What does a chest without […]
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By CATHERINE KOZAK By CATHERINE KOZAK Wind turbines will not be on the horizon any time soon off Hatteras Island, but there could be a wind energy project to the south with an Outer Banks name. Last week, right after Duke Energy Carolinas made a surprise announcement that it was not going to pursue a […]
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By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN A federal judge in Washington, D.C., yesterday denied a motion by the Cape Hatteras Access Preservation Alliance (CHAPA) to block the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s latest attempt to declare parts of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore critical habitat for wintering piping plovers. U.S. District Chief Judge Royce Lamberth […]
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I’d like to welcome Hatteras and Ocracoke Island fishing fans to the new Island Free Press weekly fishing reports. It’s the goal of the IFP and its writers to continue to provide the most information about the islands that you consider being your heaven on earth. The dog days of summer are not always known […]
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By IRENE NOLAN A historic number of citizens – more than 3,800 people – sent comments regarding the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge replacement project to the N.C. Department of Transportation during the public comment period that ended Aug. 9. About 95 percent of those comments favor replacing the 48-year-old bridge immediately with the short bridge […]
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Some of my earliest and most treasured memories are of visits to Hatteras Island. My first vacation on the island was when I was 2 years old, back in 1977. I’m 35 now, and Cape Hatteras is still my favorite place on earth, and I vacation and fish on the island once or twice a year. This […]
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The Run for Hatteras Challenge is now underway. Hatteras Island resident Bob Spangler has challenged himself to run 50 miles on Friday, Nov. 26. The run will begin at the south end of the Bonner Bridge over Oregon Inlet and end at the Hatteras Ferry Docks. Spangler’s goal in attempting this grueling effort is twofold. […]
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BUXTON– Edward “Buddy” Farrow, 51, died Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010 in Norfolk,Va. Born in Portsmouth, Va. he was the son of Rose Anne CullipherDuRose of Haines City, Fla., and the late Perly L. Farrow, Jr. Inaddition to his mother, Buddy is survived by a son, Dylan Farrow ofBuxton; two sisters, Patricia Leigh Wolfe of New […]
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DennieMilton Sutherland, 64, of Warrenton, Va., died on Aug. 15, 2010 inHatteras village. Hewas born on May 29, 1946 in Wytheville, Va., a son of Shirley GrubbSutherland and the late John Milton Sutherland of Wytheville, Va. Dennieworked for many years as the manager of The Paint Shop inWarrenton. He was currently serving as […]
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While Hatteras Island residents and visitors have been preoccupied this year with public hearings on ORV rulemaking and the Bonner Bridge replacement, folks on the northern beaches of Dare County have been having a robust debate about beach nourishment. Specifically, they have been debating the pros and cons of a proposed 1 percent increase in […]
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