On Saturday morning, Nov. 19, the Cape Hatteras Secondary School in Buxton was an unusually busy place. On one side of the school grounds, heavy equipment was being unloaded, and inflatable rides were being set-up, as volunteers and fair workers carried tables and chairs to the football field. And on the other side of the […]
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Award-winning Ocracoke ranger is known for his boundless energy and gregarious nature By CONNIE LEINBACH By CONNIE LEINBACH By CONNIE LEINBACH Ocracoke park ranger supervisor Kenneth C. Ballance never expected to be honored with a national award for excellence in the field of rangering. Ocracoke park ranger supervisor Kenneth C. Ballance never expected to be […]
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The Fullers are your typical Hatteras Island family with two young children. There’s curly-haired Grace, who will turn 5 in January and is too adorable for words, and Big Jack, who will turn 2, also in January, and whose size alone, despite his sweet nature, has prompted folks to say “Boy, I hope he’s not […]
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Bluefin tuna have been plentiful during February in recent years off North Carolina. But unfortunately for Outer Banks watermen, the commercial season has been over at the end of January. This winter may be different. A pending rule change in the Atlantic bluefin tuna fishery is expected to extend the season to allow more of […]
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The North Carolina Department of Transportation announced last week that Harold B. Thomas, currently acting as assistant director of operations, as the new director for the Ferry Division. He begins his new duties immediately. “Harold brings more than 17 years of leadership, management and maritime experience to this position,” said NCDOT Deputy Secretary for […]
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The fourth part of our report on The Island Free Press Survey: Hurricane Irene Response focuses on visitors to Hatteras and Ocracoke. Some 623 of them took the time to fill out the survey and to send us their comments ? 39 pages of their comments can be read by clicking on the link at […]
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Melinda Baker of Rodanthe was named a winner in the 2011 Outer Banks Photo Contest, sponsored by Outer Banks–based Village Realty. Baker’s photo won the top prize in the “I Do” category. The photo her sister and her husband on the beach at the Rodanthe pier following their June 18, 2011, wedding. As winner in […]
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When the dredge Currituck pulled out of Oregon Inlet last Thursday, Nov. 10, the navigational channel under the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge was easily 9 feet deep. By Saturday afternoon, it was about 3 feet, a stunning rate of shoaling even for the notoriously volatile waterway. “I don’t know what happened,” said Roger Bullock, […]
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For the most part, non-resident property owners on Hatteras and Ocracoke are happier with the preparation for and response to Hurricane Irene than residents said they were. The major points of contention with the non-resident owners were the length of time before they were allowed on the islands, especially Hatteras, to inspect their properties and […]
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If all goes the way that Eric Kaplan sees it going, Hatteras Island may have a new fishing pier in the near future. Kaplan is the driving force behind the just recently conceived Hatteras Island Ocean Center, which would be a fishing pier for southern Hatteras Island – and much more. Kaplan’s idea is that […]
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