The National Park Service last week announced that it has honored Outer Banks Group Superintendent Mike Murray with the Director?s Award for Superintendent of the Year for Natural Resource Protection. I spent the end of last week working on a blog, posted last Friday, on the delays in the seashore?s off-road vehicle rulemaking, which will […]
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Civil War events on Hatteras will be in spotlight for 150th anniversary
By CONNIE LEINBACH By CONNIE LEINBACH Capturing two Confederate forts on Hatteras Island were the first wins by the Union in 1861 during the first of the five-year Civil War, historian Drew Pullen noted during talks this winter on Hatteras and Ocracoke, which were part of the National Park Service’s “Know Your Park” series. The […]
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Cape Hatteras Wounded Warriors Vacation Project gets underway
Cape Hatteras Wounded Warriors Vacation Project gets underway By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN Wounded Marines and sailors and their families will soon be visiting Hatteras Island as part of the Cape Hatteras Wounded Warriors Vacation Project. The two Hatteras men who started the project are now involved in raising funds and […]
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A whale of a tale
By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN It’s not unusual to see whales off the coast of the Outer Banks in the winter. But this winter, there seem to be more reports than usual, including sightings of an unusual whale in these waters. The most dramatic is a blog and video by Mike Campitelli, who was […]
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Ocracoke’s youth sports teams have a winning year
By CONNIE LEINBACH By CONNIE LEINBACH Even though Ocracoke is small doesn’t mean it can’t show its might. That strength was shown this year in its youth basketball, which came “a million miles,” notes school Principal Dr. Walt Padgett. That’s because this year the teams had their best year yet. In February, the girls’ middle […]
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The Hatteras Island Cancer Foundation’s 11th annual spring dance on Saturday, March 19, brought about 125 islanders and visitors to the Hatteras Village Civic Center to raise money for cancer patients. This year’s theme was “Crusin’ to Calypso.” The surreal tropical decor gave everyone a feeling that the cold, windy winter was gone and spring […]
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More delays before we see the final ORV rule?
In the 2008 consent decree that ended a lawsuit against the National Park Service by environmental groups, park officials were required to complete an off-road vehicle management plan by Dec. 31 and to have a final special regulation implemented by April 1. As we all have probably noticed by now, in the three years since […]
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Abbreviated sound ferry schedule will continue through April 12
The North Carolina Department of Transportation’s Ferry Division will continue to run its abbreviated schedule on its Ocracoke-Cedar Island route through Tuesday, April 12. In addition, the Ferry Division will cancel runs to Swan Quarter on Wednesday and Thursday, March 30 and 31, and on Wednesday, April 6. The Motor Vessel Silver Lake is currently […]
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Citation owners will continue their fight to claim $1 million Big Rock tournament prize
Owners of the Hatteras-based Citation are taking their fight to a higher court in an effort to regain more than $1 million in winnings denied them in the 2010 Big Rock Marlin Tournament. An appeal was filed this week in Carteret County to challenge the March 14 ruling in Superior Court that upheld The Big […]
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Hatteras charter boat crewman injured in Oregon Inlet accident
UPDATE: Hatteras waterman hurt in boating accident will have slow recovery By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN Graham Harrison, the 20-year-old Hatteras watermen who was injured when a charter boat ran hard aground near Oregon Inlet on Monday, is home from the hospital, but his mother says his recovery will be slow. […]
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