In the winter of 1985, 15-year-old Margarita Gonzalez left her impoverished home in central Mexico and, with her sister and a group of strangers, set out for the forbidden land of plenty to the north. Now, 25 years later, she lives and works on Ocracoke Island. She is an American citizen, with her own home […]
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The Outer Banks Chamber of Commerce, The East Carolina Bank, The Willey Agency, and Comfort Inn North, would like to know what issues business owners and managers have on their minds. They encourage owners and managers to take the time to answer this year’s Viewpoint 2010 Legislative Opinion Poll of questions that will be discussed […]
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State fisheries regulators rejected a proposed ban on large mesh gill nets used for flounder fishing but adopted other restrictions to reduce the incidental capture of sea turtles in fishing nets at a meeting Thursday, Feb. 18, that was attended by about 400 people, mostly commercial fishermen. Now the state and fishermen are holding their […]
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Lady Hurricanes beat Manteo at home in second round of state playoffs …WITH SLIDE SHOW By JORDAN TOMBERLIN By JORDAN TOMBERLIN By JORDAN TOMBERLIN In sports, there are the games that you lose, there are the games that you win, and then, there are the games in which you triumph. It was a fight from […]
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By SUNDAE HORN By SUNDAE HORN Roanoke Island Animal Clinic in Manteo seems like any other veterinary practice with its waiting room full of dogs on leashes and cats in crates, its shelves of flea treatments and heartworm pills for sale, and the sounds of yips and meows coming from the examining rooms. Usually, the […]
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A change in federal law effective today allows firearms in many national parks. People who can legally possess firearms under federal and state law can now possess those firearms in the national parks in that state. The new law was passed by Congress and signed last May by the President. It ends a Reagan-era law […]
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The Bodie Island Lighthouse is getting a much needed and long awaited facelift. The $2.8 million project to restore and refurbish the lighthouse got underway late last year and is expected to take about 18 months. When the restoration is finished, sometime in early 2011, the Park Service is planning to allow the public to […]
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The National Park Service has provided the parties to the consent decree that settled a lawsuit against the Cape Hatteras National Seashore with its recommendations for 2010 pre-nesting closures to protect nesting shorebirds on the seashore beaches. Under the terms of the consent decree, the Park Service is required to provide these recommendations and maps […]
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It may still feel cold here. High and low temperatures are still below average and have been since about Christmas. However, there are signs that spring is on the way. The daffodils are sprouting in island gardens. Mourning doves are courting. Businesses are starting to get ready for the upcoming season. And the National Park […]
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JACKSONVILLE– Dalton Davis Williams, 81, died Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010, inJacksonville. Mr. Williams was born in Avon and was a memberofSaint John’s United Methodist Church. Hewas the son of the late Isaac Stanley and Louisa Price Williams. Survivingare his brother Oliver Linwood Williams of Lancaster, Calif., andseveral nieces and nephews. Mr. Williams was predeceased byhistwo […]
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