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 […]
Editor’s Blog | Full Article
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 […]
Local News | Full Article
Ocracoke Real Estate: The Grieving Process
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 […]
Local News | Full Article
Joseph Al Hodges, Sr.
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 […]
Obituaries | Full Article
Hatteras Island teams win in Ocracoke Invitational Surf-fishing Tournament
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 […]
Local News | Full Article
One person dies when boat capsizes in Hatteras Inlet, but five are rescued
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 […]
Local News | Full Article
Theodore Raleigh Hartung
BUXTON– Theodore Raleigh (Bootsie) Hartung, beloved husband, father, andgrandfather passed Saturday, May 1, 2010 at Virginia Beach GeneralHospital. Ted was a native of Portsmouth, Va., and grew up in PrentisPark. He was the son of Theodore S. Hartung and Marion Y. Hartung. Tedplayed on the 1956 Wilson State Champion Football Team. He attendedWestern Kentucky University, […]
Obituaries | Full Article
The public has spoken on the DEIS, and they donât like it
The National Park Service invited the public to comment on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement on its off-road vehicle plan at a series of five meetings this week. They came and they spoke. They spoke solidly in favor of more access than the Park Service is proposing in its preferred alternative, Alternative F, in the […]
Editor’s Blog | Full Article
Beginning May 1, the National Park Service Outer Banks Group will be providing scheduled public programs for the spring at Wright Brothers National Memorial, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, and Cape Hatteras National Seashore. These spring program schedules will run through May 27. Learn about the Wright brothers, their flight experimentation and success at the […]
Local News | Full Article
Night driving prohibited on beaches from May 1- Sept. 16
Beginning May 1, all Cape Hatteras National Seashore beaches are closed to off-road vehicles (ORVs) between the hours of 10 p.m. and 6 a.m., in accordance with the court ordered consent decree. Enforcement of the restriction will begin at midnight on Friday, April 30. The 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. prohibition on beach driving […]
Local News | Full Article
