This is a recent e-mail from an Island Free Press reader: What type of comments do you think would have the greatest impact? Maybe stories of what Hatteras Island and the beach mean to people, or more along the lines of numbers and stats? This question from Jessie McAninch has been typical of inquiries from […]
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‘My Heart Will Always Be in Carolina’ celebrates 10 years on TV with new programs
Coastal Production Company will celebrate 10 years of production of “My Heart Will Always Be in Carolina” with the release of a new series of programs on UNC-TV beginning this month. “All of the new programs for this year are good, but I believe several of them may be some of the best we have […]
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Ocracoke Real Estate: Why a ‘fire tax’ is needed on the island
By B.J. OELSCHLEGEL By B.J. OELSCHLEGEL I have been involved with only one fire in my life and it was chaotic. I was sitting quietly in a Quaker meeting when someone whispered that there was a fire in my subdivision. I raced out to The Jackson Tract. As I rounded the corner, it was obvious […]
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A tale of two Banker ponies
B y IRENE NOLAN It was a week of beginnings and endings for the Banker ponies of Hatteras and Ocracoke. The first milestone came on Monday, one of the first warm spring days of the year, when Ocracokers celebrated the birth of a new Banker pony in the island’s herd at the Pony Pen. The […]
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They are showing us the science?
Sometimes, if you don?t want to hear the answer, you should not ask the question Earlier, this week the National Park Service issued a media release that said the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) had published ?A Review and Synthesis of the Scientific Information Related to the Biology and Management of Species of Special Concern at […]
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By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN The Hatteras Island Cancer Foundation’s 10th annual spring dance and fundraiser on Saturday night, March 20, at the Hatteras Civic Center was billed as a “toast to 10 years of sharing and caring.” The dress was “Black-tie, Hatteras-style” for this 10-year milestone. The foundation, which assists island cancer patients […]
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Silent Spring: Where are all Ocracoke’s frogs and toads?
When Rachel Carson published her environmental classic, “Silent Spring,” in 1962, she was referring to the silence of songbirds, quoting a line from a John Keats’ poem that reads, “The sedge is withered from the lake and no birds sing.” The silence Ocracokers have been noticing recently is not that of songbirds, but of the […]
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Guest Column: A report on the public meeting on wind-turbine project
By TOM HRANICKA By TOM HRANICKA On Thursday, March 19, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) had a “scoping” meeting at the Dare County Justice Center in Manteo. The purpose of the meeting was to gather input on issues and concerns that the public and various stakeholders thought should be addressed in the Environmental […]
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Report on Judge Boyle’s status conference on the consent decree
By JAMES LEA By JAMES LEA Federal district court Judge Terrence Boyle convened a status conference on Friday, March 19, 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 suit was filed in October, 2007, […]
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UPDATE… Serendipity is returning to movie-star status ….WITH SLIDE SHOW
The vintage-style “Blue Room” wallpaper began going up this week in the Hatteras Island beach house made famous by the romance movie “Nights in Rodanthe.” Serendipity was saved from probable demise at the edge of the Atlantic Ocean by its new owners Ben and Debbie Huss of Newton, N.C. The couple is in Rodanthe this […]
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