The North Carolina Department of Transportation’s Ferry Division has announced the addition of two extra runs at its Swan Quarter-Ocracoke and Cedar Island-Ocracoke routes beginning May 25, 2010. “This is an exciting announcement,” said interim director Charlie Fearing. “We are pleased to offer people a more flexible ferry schedule to better meet their travelling needs.” […]
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Fisheries Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced last month their intent to seek a change in status for the loggerhead sea turtles that are found in the waters off North Carolina and nest on coastal beaches. The services proposed to change the turtle’s status from threatened […]
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With winter fading into spring and sunny days finally displacing the rain, a jump in the ocean will soon be on most everyone’s mind. But the simple truth is we shouldn’t have had to wait this long for that swim. Why is that, you might ask? Well, my answer to that is that when my brother […]
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There was a lot of swell on the ocean this winter – more so than in the past few years. But a lot of times there was too much swell to surf with the northeasters that came through on an almost weekly basis in January and into February. However, that wasn’t the news headline […]
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The National Park Service has turned down a request by three North Carolina members of Congress to extend the public comment on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement on its off-road vehicle management plan. U.S. Congressman Walter B. Jones, R-N.C., and Sens. Richard Burr, R-N.C., and Kay Hagan, D-N.C., asked National Park Service Director Jon Jarvis […]
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A large crowd turned out on Saturday, April 17, to dedicate the Dare County Parks and Recreation Department’s ball field in Buxton to a Hatteras islander who played baseball in the major leagues. Dare County and Hatteras Island Babe Ruth Baseball hosted the dedication, which coincided with the opening day ceremonies for the Babe Ruth […]
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No one lives on Portsmouth Island anymore, but it’s still home in the hearts of former residents and their descendants, and the island has claimed the hearts of many visitors, who once they go there, can’t help but go back again and again. That’s what happened to me. My first trip to Portsmouth nearly 30 […]
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(Rob Alderman is the host and producer of the” The Outer Banks Angler” fishing program and the owner of The Outer Banks Angler store located in Buxton. You can find out more on his adventures at www.OuterBanksAngler.com.)
Everyone has seen the ?for dummies? books. Various Web sites say the series began in 1991 with ?DOS for Dummies,? and, as of last year, there were about 1,700 ?dummies? titles. These days there is even ?dummies.com,? which features videos for dummies. I don?t know about you, but I bought several of those books years […]
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By CATHERINE KOZAK By IRENE NOLAN
