Those yellow-shirted folks at the ferry docks asking for your identification are doing the job the Coast Guard requires them to do—security screening of a certain percentage of cars using the ferry.
Hatteras Pinfish Tournament is all about catching the biggest smallest fish . . . WITH SLIDE SHOW
“We picked the smallest fish you could catch and turned it into the biggest smallest fish!” say the organizers of the second annual Pinfish Tournament that just concluded at the waterfront in Hatteras village. Last year, Kelsey Aiken of Hatteras, a senior at East Carolina University, and his former roommate, Greg Nachman, a Richmond native […]
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Pulitzer-Prize winning author to speak at Hatteras Civil War commemoration
Pulitzer-prize winning author James McPherson headlines as one of three expert speakers at the upcoming “Flags Over Hatteras” Civil War sesquicentennial commemoration conference held by the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum. As a part of the Aug. 25 – 27 event, McPherson presents “The Forgotten War: Coastal North Carolina, 1861-1865.” “The capture of forts Hatteras […]
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Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station will celebrate Heroes Day and centennial on Aug. 4
12:00 S.S. Mirlo Rescue Story & Sea Chantey Singer John Golden Ramp of 1874 Station 1:00 Beach Apparatus Drill Starts at 1874 Station (Teams USCG Motor Lifeboat Station Oregon Inlet & Station Hatteras Inlet) 2:00 Water Rescue Demo (Chicamacomico Banks VFD Water Rescue Unit) On the Beach 3:00 USCG Search & Rescue Demo (SAR), Jayhawk […]
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Frank H. Denz
AVON — Frank H. Denz, 88, diedAug. 2, 2011, at SentaraBarco Nursing Home. Frank was born in Bronx, N.Y., on Aug. 19,1922. He served in the Navy during World War II aboard thesubmarine, U.S.S. Tambor, in the Pacific. After the war hejoinedthe Merchant Marine, then the U.S. Postal Service from whichheretired. Frank’s love of the water brought him […]
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Should local watermen be allowed to sell their harvest at local farmersâ markets? WITH A READER POLL
Joanne Throne of Avon was the moving force behind the formation of the Hatteras Island non-profit group, which calls itself Coastal Harvesters. She envisioned bringing fresh, locally produced food to residents and visitors. Farmers would not only sell their fresh produce but local watermen would sell their fresh catches. This falls in line with a […]
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UPDATE: NCDOT awards $215.8 million contract to replace Bonner Bridge
After two decades of extensive environmental study and public outreach, the North Carolina Department of Transportation today awarded the contract to replace the Bonner Bridge in Dare County. Secretary Gene Conti awarded the $215.8 million contract to the design-build team of PCL Civil Constructors Inc. and HDR Engineering Inc. of the Carolinas. The contract amount […]
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Sitting in a wheel chair with a colorful bandage from her right knee to toe, 6-year-old Lucy Mangum expressed no fear or anger toward a shark that mangled the leg while she was swimming at Ocracoke last week. “He didn’t mean to do it,” she said. “I tried to swim away.” But she also told […]
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The ‘Best of Summer’ seafood dinner to enjoy with friends
As many of you know, I am a dedicated advocate of seasonal food and this is prime time! Summer suppers are meant to be easy and it is not hard to achieve when there is such a variety of fresh seafood and produce around. For a dinner with some good friends, I decided to use […]
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“North Carolina’s Ocean Fishing Piers, from Kitty Hawk to Sunset Beach,” Al Baird. $14.99
GeeGee Rosell, proprietor of Buxton Village Books, has gathered up a list of new releases for your summer reading pleasure. Her picks include historical fiction, fishing and beachcombing guides, poetry, and a nifty new guide to visiting The Cape Hatteras Lighthouse. And, in this year when we celebrate the 150th anniversary of the start of […]
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