By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN During the summer months, the Cape Hatteras National Seashore provides three lifeguarded beaches. The beaches are usually open Memorial Day through Labor Day. This year, the lifeguarded beaches at Coquina Beach on Bodie Island and the Ocracoke Day Use Are will open on Saturday, May 29. Paul Stevens, the […]
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National Park Service summer programs at Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, Wright Brothers National Memorial, and Cape Hatteras National Seashore will start on Friday, May 28. A wide variety of programs will be offered daily through Labor Day. Also, on May 28, the visitor centers at those three parks will begin summer hours of 9 […]
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After the 2008 sea turtle nesting season, Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC), the National Audubon Society, and Defenders of Wildlife (DOW) first started claiming that the consent decree had improved sea turtle nesting at Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area (CHNSRA). I got upset because I had naively expected the whole truth and nothing but […]
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By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN A ferry traveling from Ocracoke to Hatteras ran aground early this afternoon on a shoal between Hatteras Inlet channel markers 8 and 9. The incident happened about 12:27 p.m. in an area in the channel that is apparently shoaling, according to Lucy Wallace, communication officer for the North Carolina […]
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Two Hatteras islanders have gotten together to write a blueprint for the National Park Service?s sea turtle management on the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. It?s entitled ?Sea Turtle Management ? A Common Sense Approach for the Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area.? The 51-page document was submitted by the Outer Banks Preservation Association as part […]
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BUXTON– Virginia “Ginger” O’Neal Meekins, 60, passed away at her residenceon Sunday, May 23, 2010. Born in Wanchese, she was thedaughterof the late James Bristo O’Neal and the late Alice BrothersO’Neal. She is also predeceased by one brother, RandallO’Neal. Mrs.Meekins is survived by her husband, Stanley E. Meekins, of theresidence; three daughters, Crystal Rose Meekins […]
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The Island Free Press got more than the usual number of letters to the editor when Ramp 23, just south of Salvo, was closed two weeks ago on Friday, May 7, for least tern breeding activity. Most of those who contacted us were fishing on the beach south of Ramp 23 and were really steamed […]
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The North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission decided by the slimmest of margins on Friday morning, May 15, that bucking a regional weakfish management plan wasn’t in the best interest of the state. To bring the state into compliance with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) weakfish plan, rules limiting commercial fishermen to a 100-pound […]
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Serendipity, the Hatteras Island beach house that has captured the imagination of the public, started a new life this week on the seashore in Rodanthe. It has been relocated, renovated, and redecorated. The house, which was threatened with collapsing into the encroaching Atlantic Ocean during many storms in recent years, has always interested islanders and […]
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Serendipity, the Hatteras Island beach house that has captured the imagination of the public, started a new life this week on the seashore in Rodanthe. It has been relocated, renovated, and redecorated. The house, which was threatened with collapsing into the encroaching Atlantic Ocean during many storms in recent years, has always interested islanders and […]
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