Ramp 44 reopens and pedestrian access now allowed to Cape Point By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN The National Park Service has reopened Ramp 44 to Cape Point. The ramp is open to all, including off-road vehicles, to the south for eight-tenths of a mile. Also the park has restored pedestrian, but […]
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NCCAT’s Ocracoke campus looking at cuts in staff, seminars
NCCAT’s Ocracoke campus looking at cuts in staff, seminars NCCAT’s Ocracoke campus looking at cuts in staff, seminars BY CATHERINE KOZAK BY CATHERINE KOZAK Decreases in staff at the Ocracoke campus of the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching are unavoidable, but the full pain of a 50 percent budget cut by the […]
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Here we are commenting — again
The public now has yet another chance to comment on new regulations for off-road vehicles at the Cape Hatteras National Seashore that will have a major impact on our economy, culture, and lifestyle for years to come. The National Park Service published its proposed regulation for ORVs at the seashore on July 6. Public […]
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Voters in the northern Hatteras Island villages of Avon, Rodanthe, Waves, and Salvo approved the sale of liquor by the drinks in restaurants in a referendum today. The vote was 248 in favor and 119 opposed. According to the unofficial results from the Dare County Board of Elections Director Melva Garrison, the voter turnout was […]
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The time has come for liquor by the drink on ALL of Hatteras Island
Voters in the northern Hatteras Island villages of Rodanthe Waves, Salvo, and Avon will have a chance to level the playing field for some of their neighbors who own restaurants when they go to the polls next Tuesday, July 12, to vote on whether liquor by the drink should be legal in Kinnakeet Township. Restaurateurs […]
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Leonard Larkin ‘Lee’ Browning
BUXTON — Leonard Larkin “Lee”Browning, Jr. 90, passedaway at his residence on Thursday, July 7, 2011. Lee was bornMarch 28, 1921 in Birmingham, Ala., son of Leonard and Ada ReddBrowning. A graduate of Georgia Tech, he took time out from college toserve in the Pacific Theater as an army signal corps officer duringWorld War II. […]
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UPDATE: DOT says it has adequately addressed concerns raised by lawsuit and will continue work as planned
By CATHERINE KOZAK By CATHERINE KOZAK Despite a last minute lawsuit seeking to stop the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge replacement project, work will continue as planned unless a federal judge says otherwise, a spokesperson for the state Department of Transportation said on Wednesday. “We’re going to stay on our timeline,” said Greer Beaty, DOT’s director […]
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Public Comments: The public comment period will be open from today until Sept. 6. Comments must be received on or before midnight (Eastern Daylight Time) on Tuesday, Sept. 6. The NPS says that it does not anticipate extending the public comment period beyond Sept. 6 because of the court deadline for completing the final rule. You may submit comments on the Proposed Rule, identified by the Regulation Identifier Number: (RIN) 1024-AD85, by any of the following methods:
Park Service publishes proposed ORV rule; public comment period is open By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN The National Park Service’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for the management of off-road vehicles at the Cape Hatteras National Seashore was published today in the Federal Register. The publication initiates 60 days of public comment […]
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Ocracoke Real Estate: Moving forward on travel trailers as residences
By B.J. OELSCHLEGEL By B.J. OELSCHLEGEL It was 5:30 p.m. when I pulled into the very crowded parking lot of The Ocracoke Community Center. The meeting for The Ocracoke Planning Advisory Board had been advertised with the topic for discussion being travel trailers as residential structures. I’ve been part of the board for five or […]
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Environmental groups sue to stop Bonner Bridge Replacement Project
By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN The Defenders of Wildlife and the National Wildlife Refuge Association, represented by the Southern Environmental Law Center, today filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina to stop the Bonner Bridge replacement project. The lawsuit challenges last year’s decision by state and U.S. […]
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