By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN The Cape Hatteras National Seashore 2009 annual reports for protected species and a report on the status of off-road vehicle management plan and negotiated rulemaking were released last week and are available to the public on the Park Planning (PEPC) Web site under the Interim Protected Species Management Strategy […]
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By JOHN HEAD By JOHN HEAD We are at a loss for words to share what we have experienced during our recent trip to Haiti. Bob McBride, Dwight Burrus, Johnny Wallace, and I traveled to the earthquake-ravaged island two weeks ago. How can you describe the smell of rotten flesh or the blank stare of […]
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A few weeks ago, Jim Keene, president of the North Carolina Beach Buggy Association, sent me an e-mail after there was some discussion on local blogs about the Cape Hatteras National Seashore?s 1978 draft management plan to regulate off-road vehicles. Attached was a January, 1979, newsletter from the North Carolina Beach Buggy Association (NCBBA). Keene […]
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BUXTON– Irma Ruth Gray Lange, 95, died Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010, in NagsHead. Mrs. Lange was born in Avon and was a homemaker andformerowner/operator of the Hatteras Gift Shop. She was a member oftheBuxton United Methodist Church, Cape Hatteras Order of the Eastern StarChapter #303, and a longstanding member of the Cape Hatteras AnglersClub. She […]
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FRISCO– William Horace Barksdale, 68, died Monday, Feb.1, 2010 at hisresidence. Mr. Barksdale was born in Calhoun County, Alabama,andwas a retired supervisor linesman for Cape Hatteras ElectricCo-op. He was the son of the late Herman and Janie Ruth EavesBarksdale and the husband of Ann King Barksdale of the residence. Besideshis wife, Mr. Barksdale is survived […]
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Sitting and picking around the wood stove at the Community Store is what’s happening on the music scene at Ocracoke Island this winter. Young and old, professional and amateur, musicians who want to share their songs come together for two hours on Friday evenings, bringing with them their guitars, mandolins, drums, or whatever instruments they […]
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Who is Brett Barley? Most everyone on Hatteras Island knows the answer to that question, but now the world surfing community wants to know about the kid who blazed onto the scene in the Volcom Pipeline Pro event in Hawaii. On Hatteras, 20-year-old Brett Barley of Buxton is the son of “Jimbo” and Suzanne, the […]
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Four Hatteras islanders arrived on Haiti last week to assess the needs after last month’s devastating earthquake of 17 church orphanages, overseen by a Haitian man, Mac-Onel Georges, whom members of The Church on Hatteras have worked with for several years. The islanders are church members John Head, Bob McBride, Dwight Burrus, and Johnny Wallace. […]
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News that the Pamlico Sound bay scallop fishery opens Monday, Feb. 1, spread around Hatteras Island like butter on a hot griddle. The state announced the opening Friday, Jan. 30, after analyzing results from sampling tests run in eastern Pamlico Sound late in January. The estimate of bay scallop abundance was the highest recorded in […]
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Two meteorologists from The National Weather Service in Newport came to Hatteras on Tuesday, Jan. 26, with a message for us. They want to hear from us to help them improve their coastal flooding forecasts, especially for soundside flooding. And there may be an opportunity this weekend for us to help them out. Meteorologists Brian […]
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