Re-entry after a hurricane is always a messy business. It?s hard to please all of the folks who have a stake in when they can return ? residents, non-resident property owners, and visitors. And never have I seen a re-entry situation messier than the one we are still dealing with a month after Hurricane Irene. […]
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Island Cooking: Dolphin Days
These are the dolphin days – the steamy summery and early fall months when this tropical delicacy is pretty easily found hiding and feeding beneath the Sargassum beds in the Gulf Stream. That is, if you can find the beds. Dolphin now appears regularly on local dining tables, restaurant menus, and in seafood markets. Many […]
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NCBBA third annual Red Drum Tournament is on for Oct. 19-22
The North Carolina Beach Buggy Association’s (NCBBA) third annual Red Drum Tournament, headquartered at Frank and Fran’s tackle shop, in Avon will be held as scheduled Wednesday through Saturday, Oct. 19-22. “The Board of Directors feels that it’s important to the people of Hatteras Island for this tournament to be held,” NCBBA said in a […]
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Refuge manager sets the record straight on Highway 12 repairs on Pea Island
Refuge manager sets the record straight on Highway 12 repairs on Pea Island “There has been some obvious confusion about the role of the refuge in Highway 12 repairs, and there have been a lot of rumors about Fish and Wildlife slowing down the repair process. I want to set the record straight,” said Mike […]
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Louis Martin Buttke
FRISCO– Louis Martin Buttke (Bud), 83, husband of Karen Ann Buttke, son ofthe late Louis Francis Buttke and the late Helen Gould Buttke, passedaway on Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011 at his residence. Born inEdgewater, N. J., Bud served in the U.S. Maritime Service before movingto Bay Shore, N.Y., where he owned an auto body repair […]
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BRIDGING THE GAPS: DOT update on Highway 12 repairs ….WITH SLIDE SHOW
NCDOT update for Sept. 16 NCDOT update for Sept. 13 WITH SLIDE SHOW Good Weather is forecast for Highway 12 repair efforts (Sept. 10) WITH SLIDE SHOW High seas from Katia suspend road work Thursday night (Sept. 9) WITH SLIDE SHOW Pieces of temporary bridge arriving daily (Sept. 9) WITH VIDEO Progress on Highway 12 […]
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Really, Really Free Market is aiding all islanders in need
Really, Really Free Market is aiding all islanders in need By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN The same folks who brought you the Really, Really Free Market one weekend a month in Avon are now bringing you the Really, Really Free Market every day in Waves – along with a new group […]
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Those left homeless on Hatteras are living a nomadic lifestyle By ANNE C. BOWERS By ANNE C. BOWERS By ANNE C. BOWERS It was the day before the evacuation for Hurricane Irene was ordered, and Marilyn Midgett got the carpets cleaned in her Rodanthe home. One week later, her carpets were stripped out of her […]
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North Carolina’s loggerhead sea turtles will not be listed as endangered
Loggerhead sea turtles that spend at least part of their lives off the coast of North Carolina have been maintained as threatened on the federal Endangered Species Act list, unlike their U.S. Pacific Coast counterparts which are now listed as endangered. The final rule issued last week by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and […]
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County updates re-entry information for Rodanthe, Waves, and Salvo visitors
County updates re-entry information for Rodanthe, Waves, and Salvo visitors Dare County Emergency Management today advised visitors with upcoming travel plans to the Hatteras Island villages of Rodanthe, Waves and Salvo that visitor re-entry will not begin until a future date, sometime after Thursday, Oct. 6. That announcement pushed the possible reopening of the tri-villages […]
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