By GAEL HAWKINS By GAEL HAWKINS The Ocracats project was founded in the early ‘90s by a small group of concerned Ocracoke volunteers who trapped feral cats for transport to the local vet for spaying and neutering or emergency medical care. Ocracats, which was granted non-profit status in 2002, also imported vets from the Raleigh […]
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“…It was a very inspiriting sound to walk by, filling the whole air, that of the sea dashing against the land…” –Henry David Thoreau Having wandered for more than an hour with my friend Rita along the salt flats at Ocracoke Island’s north end, I set out to walk in earnest. Thoreau’s account of his […]
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has agreed to move the dredge Currituck to Oregon Inlet to provide faster, more effective dredging capabilities for that crucial navigation channel. The Currituck will begin work Saturday, April 16, and will immediately begin dredging around the clock. The current vessel stationed in the inlet, the dredge Merritt, will […]
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If you read the comments on this blog ? or on other Outer Banks message boards ? then you know Crotalus. Crotalus is, of course, his screen name. His e-mail is crotalus horridus, which is the scientific name of a species of rattlesnake. He?s been posting for several years now on blogs and message boards. […]
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By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN Time has run out for the North Carolina Department of Revenue to petition the state Supreme Court for discretionary review of the Court of Appeals ruling in favor of the Cape Hatteras Electric Cooperative regarding the payment of sales and franchise taxes from 2000 until 2009. Accordingly, CHEC’s board […]
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NPS preparing for possible government shutdown that will close seashore By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN The National Park Service is preparing for a possible shutdown of government services tonight — Friday, April 8, at midnight. There has been only one brief public comment on the shutdown from the Park Service’s Outer […]
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BUXTON — Emaline Marie Paiano (nee Olson), 80, of Old Lighthouse Roadpassed away at the Outer Banks Hospital on Friday, April 8,2011. Born in Pittsburgh, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Stanley C.Olson and the late Helen Burek Olson. She is also predeceasedbyher husband, Charles Joseph Paiano. Mrs. Paiano is survived by her daughter, […]
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NPS gets extension for final ORV rule at Boyle status conference By JAMES LEA By JAMES LEA By JAMES LEA A relaxed, convivial atmosphere filled the federal courtroom in Raleigh yesterday afternoon as Federal District Court Judge Terrence Boyle led the fourth review of the consent decree that has controlled public access to the beaches […]
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Park Service is preparing for government shutdown By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN The National Park Service is preparing for a possible shutdown of government services tomorrow night — Friday, April 8, at midnight. There has been only one brief public comment on the shutdown from the Park Service’s Outer Banks Group, […]
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“The breakers looked like droves of a thousand white horses of Neptune, rushing to the shore, with their white manes streaming far behind; and when, at length, the sun shone for a moment, their manes were rainbow-tinted.” — Henry David Thoreau Sitting on a dune near the north end of Ocracoke Island, I study Thoreau’s […]
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