Hatteras Island residents took the Dare County Commissioners to the woodshed and beat them up a bit on their response to Hurricane Irene. The residents were somewhat more kind to Dare County Emergency Management. In addition, residents did not have much good to say about the National Park Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife […]
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Jason Elbert ‘J.E.’ Buckner
Elbert ‘J.E.’ Buckner BUXTON– Jason Elbert “J.E.” Buckner, our beloved husband, daddy and pap leftus to go to be with Jesus in Heaven. He died suddenly on Nov. 7, 2011. J.E.is the son of the late Otto and Della Buckner of Mars Hill, N.C., andwas preceded in death by his brother, Harold Buckner, and sister, […]
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Hurricane Irene survey, Part 1: Residentsâ responses on evacuation and re-entry
This is the first of the many reports that the Island Free Press will publish about the response to our reader survey on Hurricane Irene. The survey was posted on our website on Sept. 12. From then until we took it offline on Oct. 24, we had 2,211 responses from Hatteras and Ocracoke residents, non-resident […]
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Island Living: Have yourself a merry little Christmas – island-style
So the first Christmas my family spent on Hatteras Island was, for lack of a better word, a little weird. I was a kid in Massachusetts when our family decided, somewhat spur of the moment, to head south to Hatteras for the holidays. We packed up the presents, the lights, the tinsel, and drove 14 […]
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High winds and heavy seas bring ocean overwash to northern Hatteras….WITH SLIDE SHOW
A coastal storm that moved off the North Carolina coast on Friday and then intensified brought high northeast winds and heavy seas to coastal areas on both Friday and Saturday. Hatteras and Ocracoke were under a wind advisory, heavy surf advisory, and coastal flood advisory for much of Friday and Saturday. The heavy surf advisory […]
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Pamlico Sound ferry routes suspended because of coastal storm
The North Carolina Department of Transportation’s Ferry Division announces that it has suspended its Swan Quarter-Ocracoke and Cedar Island-Ocracoke routes because of a coastal storm. Travelers are cautioned that other routes may be affected as the storm progresses. A low pressure system moving off the North Carolina coast today is bringing heavy rain and […]
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Programs aim to help Hatteras families at Christmas
Christmas this year on Hatteras Island is going to be rough for many Hatteras Island families who homes and belongings were washed away or damaged by Hurricane Irene in August. Most of the physical damage was in the villages of Avon, Rodanthe, Waves, and Salvo, but families in the southern villages will also be feeling […]
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UPDATE: Ocracoke’s Charles Temple loses first round in ‘Jeopardy!’ Tournament of Champions
By CONNIE LEINBACH By CONNIE LEINBACH The Ocracoke community gave a standing ovation to high school English teacher Charles Temple in Gaffer’s Sports Pub Wednesday night after he lost in the first round on the “Jeopardy!” Tournament of Champions. Temple, 39, is among 15 contestants vying for the grand prize of $250,000. In May, […]
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Bertha Garrish O’Neal
OCRACOKE– Bertha Garrish O’Neal, 91, died Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2011 at homeafter a courageous battle with cancer. Mrs. O’Neal, a nativeofOcracoke, was the original owner of the Bluff Shoal Motel. Shewas a member of the Ocracoke United Methodist Church, the UnitedMethodist Women, and the Order of Eastern Star. Mrs. O’Nealenjoyed working in her yard, but the […]
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There’s trash everywhere, and it’s not all storm debris ¦WITH SLIDE SHOW
The final storm debris pickup on Hatteras is scheduled for next Tuesday, Nov. 8. After that date, we all hope our highway will once again be a scenic byway ? except for the pesky litterbugs tossing out their beer cans and candy wrappers. But even the old litter will be a better sight than what […]
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