Ocracoke residents received a reprieve June 10 from taking their trash to the convenience site starting July 1—the height of the tourist season—when Hyde County Manager Mazie Smith announced that the plan to discontinue curbside trash pick-up on Ocracoke has been postponed until Jan.1. The commissioners, on May 2, had voted unanimously to discontinue curbside […]
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By CONNIE LEINBACH By CONNIE LEINBACH By CONNIE LEINBACH It’s not every day that the person who cuts your hair is your high school commencement speaker. But then, Ocracoke isn’t like anywhere else. It’s a place where the person who cuts your hair can get to know you almost as well as your parents. Susie […]
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Smoke from the Pains Bay wildfire on the Dare County mainland has continued to plague the Outer Banks. Depending on which way the wind blows, the smoke plume has headed southeast toward Hatteras and Ocracoke or northwest toward the northern Outer Banks. Last week, smoke conditions required continual air quality alerts for the area north […]
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Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin announced this week that the hearing on the rate increase to the dwelling fire and extended coverage requested by the North Carolina Rate Bureau has been rescheduled. The hearing had been scheduled for June 21. The new date is Monday, July 25, in the Jim Long Hearing Room on the third […]
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OCRACOKE – Martha Roberts Lynn, formerly of Woodbridge, Va., died onTuesday June 7, 2011 at her home in Ocracoke. She waspreceded indeath by her husband, Carl Seymore Lynn Jr. She is survived by herdaughter, Mary Tabb Howard; her 4 sons, William H. Lynn, Andrew C.Lynn, Richard R. Lynn, Carl S. Lynn III; nine grandchildren; sixgreat-grandchildren, […]
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Thousands of people have now seen a six-minute YouTube video of two National Park Service rangers wrestling with a suspect in the sand, trying to handcuff him. The incident happened on Sunday, May 27, at Ramp 45 at the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. It was taped apparently by a spectator who can be heard making […]
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BY JORDAN TOMBERLIN
NOAA will lead a another summer research expedition to locate and study the wrecks of World War II ships sunk in 1942 off North Carolina during the Battle of the Atlantic, specifically the Battle of Convoy KS-520. The shipwrecks are located in an area known as the “Graveyard of the Atlantic,” which includes sunken vessels […]
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HATTERAS — Elizabeth Anne Styron, 65, passed away on Sunday, June 5,at Colony Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in NagsHead. Anative of Hatteras village, she was the daughter of the late Edgar LeeStyron and the late Cathleen Stowe Styron. Ms. Styron will beremembered for her love of reading and fishing. Sheespeciallyenjoyed competing in surf fishing […]
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The Hatteras-based charter boat that gained worldwide notoriety last year for being disqualified from more than $1 million in winnings thanks to a lapsed $15 fishing license, won’t be fishing in next week’s Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament. Organizers apparently don’t want to risk more sticky publicity or making legal matters worse. “The Citation has […]
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