RODANTHE — Virginia McCuneO’Neal, 86, diedSunday, Jan. 23, 2011 at Spring Arbor of Outer Banks. Born in BarbourCounty, West Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Lawrence andMyrtle Wilfong McCune and was the widow of Oscar B. O’Neal. She retired as Postmaster from the U.S. Postal Service after 30 yearsof service, was a longtime […]
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The land of summer sun and fun becomes a winter wonderland…WITH SLIDE SHOW
By ANNE C. BOWERS An unexpected snowstorm blanketed the Outer Banks with snow on Saturday, Jan. 22. Only the eastern edge of North Carolina got the white stuff, starting at the Bonner Bridge over Oregon Inlet and stretching south towards Morehead City, N.C. Saturday’s weather forecast for Hatteras called for about an inch of snow […]
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By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN What one television weatherman called “an overachieving low,” brought heavy snow and blizzard-like conditions to Hatteras and Ocracoke islands on Saturday, Jan. 22. The rare heavy snow storm surprised not only islanders but also weather forecasters at The National Weather Service office in Newport, N.C. “We were not expecting […]
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Johnny Burgess Hooper
SALVO — Johnny Burgess Hooper,65, diedFriday, Jan. 21, 2011, in Norfolk, Va. Mr. Hooper was born inNorfolk and was a retired contractor and commercialfisherman. Heattended Lifeboat Community Church and in his youth was a member ofClarks Bethel United Methodist Church. Johnny served at aScoutMaster for 15 years with Boy Scouts of America Troop 179 and […]
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Merita Lee Iliff
BUXTON — Merita Lee Iliff (nee Bradley), 54, passed away Friday night,Jan. 21, 2011 at Norfolk General Hospital. Born in Bethesda,Md.,she was the daughter of Donald Frank Bradley Sr., currently of Fairfax,Va., and Edith Jennette Bradley, currently of Buxton. She ispredeceased by one brother, Jeffery Bradley. Merita will beremembered for her love of animals. In […]
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SELC says Pea Island is endangered, but is it really?
Earlier this week, The Southern Environmental Law Center issued its list of the Top Ten Most Endangered Places for 2011. Number 4 on the list is the Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge on the northern end of Hatteras Island. It is one of three sites in North Carolina that are on the list. The […]
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Catherine Ann Burrus
BUXTON – Catherine Ann Henry Burrus, 70, died on Jan. 19, 2011, inNorfolk Sentara General Hospital. Cathy was born in Victoria, Tex., on Sept. 13, 1940, the daughter ofthe late James Travis Henry and Mildred Presley Henry. She moved toHatteras Island almost a half century ago after she married ConradBurrus Sr., the love of her […]
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Ocracoke bids farewell to The Big Kids Club and honors its founder….WITH SLIDE SHOW
By SUNDAE HORN Blast month, the Ocracoke Youth Center sponsored a “Flat Stanley Returns” party and potluck at the Ocracoke Community Center. Thirty Ocracoke kids in kindergarten through second grade shared their Flat Stanley projects, which they had worked on at the after-school Big Kids Club. Janet Baker, known by all as Ms. Juju, got […]
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UPDATE: Hatteras village takes first step to re-open vacant medical center ….WITH SLIDE SHOW
A newly-created panel representing the Hatteras community was given the go-ahead from Dare County commissioners on Tuesday, Jan. 18, to find a health provider to fill the vacated medical center building in the village. The five-member Hatteras Village Medical Center Board of Trustees will become a not-for-profit corporation and will not be controlled or funded […]
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U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan says meetings with constituents must continue
At her first informal meeting with her Outer Banks constituents on Wednesday, Jan. 12, U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan moved easily among tables at the Dare Center, stopping at each one to chat and listen. Moments before, the North Carolina Democrat breezed into the room, greeting local officials with familiar back-pats and banter about rock fishing […]
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