Island Free Press photographer Daniel Pullen didn’t get to surf or photograph surfing as much as he would have liked from late summer into the fall. Hurricane Irene got in the way. The hurricane came ashore south of Hatteras on Aug. 27, and storm surge from the Pamlico Sound cut several new inlets between Rodanthe […]
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A couple months ago, a friend called me and said she was on her way off island for the first time since the hurricane, and asked if I had any suggestions for her re-introduction to the Outside World. I laughed and said, “Above all else, as long as you remember to wear pants, you’ll be […]
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Hurricane Irene took so much from so many islanders, but some Cape Hatteras high school students decided they were not going to let Christmas be one of those things. They have spent the last three months raising money for holiday decorations for storm victims. High school seniors and best friends, Foster Mattingly and Victoria Gaskins, […]
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Several weeks ago, I wrote an article about a part-time Hatteras Island resident and his plan for a fishing pier and ocean center in Hatteras village. Eric Kaplan of Charlottesville, Va., who also has a home in Frisco, is the man with the vision for the Hatteras Island Ocean Center. Kaplan?s idea is that the […]
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National Park Service employees did the last of debris clean-up from Hurricane Irene on the north end of Ocracoke Island on Thursday, Dec. 1. District ranger Kenny Ballance explained that ferry riders had alerted him to large pieces of debris littering the soundside beach near the north end ferry docks. With the help of […]
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