The North Carolina Department of Transportation’s Ferry Division announces that it has suspended its Swan Quarter-Ocracoke and Cedar Island-Ocracoke routes because of a coastal storm. Travelers are cautioned that other routes may be affected as the storm progresses. A low pressure system moving off the North Carolina coast today is bringing heavy rain and […]
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UPDATE: Ocracoke’s Charles Temple loses first round in ‘Jeopardy!’ Tournament of Champions
By CONNIE LEINBACH By CONNIE LEINBACH The Ocracoke community gave a standing ovation to high school English teacher Charles Temple in Gaffer’s Sports Pub Wednesday night after he lost in the first round on the “Jeopardy!” Tournament of Champions. Temple, 39, is among 15 contestants vying for the grand prize of $250,000. In May, […]
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Programs aim to help Hatteras families at Christmas
Christmas this year on Hatteras Island is going to be rough for many Hatteras Island families who homes and belongings were washed away or damaged by Hurricane Irene in August. Most of the physical damage was in the villages of Avon, Rodanthe, Waves, and Salvo, but families in the southern villages will also be feeling […]
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CHEC working against time to install permanent power poles at Pea Island Inlet
Cape Hatteras Electric Cooperative is working against time, tides, and Mother Nature to move its temporary power poles at Pea Island Inlet to permanent structures, farther from the eroding shoreline. After Hurricane Irene cut the new inlet five miles north of Rodanthe, CHEC erected temporary power poles on the north and south sides to restore […]
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Bertha Garrish O’Neal
OCRACOKE– Bertha Garrish O’Neal, 91, died Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2011 at homeafter a courageous battle with cancer. Mrs. O’Neal, a nativeofOcracoke, was the original owner of the Bluff Shoal Motel. Shewas a member of the Ocracoke United Methodist Church, the UnitedMethodist Women, and the Order of Eastern Star. Mrs. O’Nealenjoyed working in her yard, but the […]
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There’s trash everywhere, and it’s not all storm debris ¦WITH SLIDE SHOW
The final storm debris pickup on Hatteras is scheduled for next Tuesday, Nov. 8. After that date, we all hope our highway will once again be a scenic byway ? except for the pesky litterbugs tossing out their beer cans and candy wrappers. But even the old litter will be a better sight than what […]
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Students are collecting Christmas decorations for hurricane victims
Foster Mattingly and Victoria Gaskins, both seniors at Cape Hatteras Secondary School, are out to make sure that families in the villages of Rodanthe, Waves, and Salvo whose homes and belongings were lost or damaged in Hurricane Irene in August have a brighter Christmas. The students are active in the school’s DECA organization, which requires […]
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Hit musical, “Always…Patsy Cline,” coming to Buxton on Nov. 13
Hatteras islanders are in store for a rare treat when the hit musical, “Always…Patsy Cline,” lights up the stage at 7 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 13, at the Cape Hatteras Secondary School in Buxton. This performance is free and open to the public. Special invited guests will be the island’s volunteer fire chiefs and firemen […]
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Garden club members collect seeds to “re-green” storm-battered landscape
Local garden club members, area Master Gardeners, and businesses have joined in the Seeds for Salvo effort to “re-green” the battered landscape from Rodanthe to Avon. As the area is cleared of debris, the loss of plant life has become obvious in the wake of Hurricane Irene. Headed by Dare Master Gardener alumni Clair Sutton, […]
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Bonner Bridge lawsuit will not be decided anytime soon
By CATHERINE KOZAK By CATHERINE KOZAK The lawsuit over construction of the Bonner Bridge replacement will not be decided in federal court anytime soon. A recent filing in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina details a proposed schedule, which all parties agreed to, that stretches into late summer 2012. Defenders of […]
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