By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN Stewart Couch, owner of Hatteras Realty and a Hatteras Island community leader, died while vacationing with friends in Nicaragua, according to his brother, John. John Couch said in a phone call this evening that Stewart was in the Central American country, pursuing one of his favorite pastimes, surfing. Couch […]
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UPDATE: Fourth suspicious fire reported in Waves Fourth suspicious fire reported in Waves The Dare County Sheriff’s Office says another suspicious fire was reported in the Waves community on Tuesday, Feb. 28, at 10 p.m. This fire involved a storage shed at 25215 E. Midgett Way. This is the same neighborhood as the three previous […]
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BUXTON – Raymond Stewart Couch, 61, passedsuddenly on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012, on the eve of Ash Wednesday, nearRivas, Nicaragua while vacationing with friends. Stewart Couch was the owner of Hatteras Realty. He was a giftedbusinessman and a pioneer and trendsetter in the vacation rentalindustry, having built the company from a fledgling operation in 1982to […]
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By IRENE NOLAN Dare County Sheriff Doug Doughtie will meet with members of the Hatteras Island community on Wednesday evening at 7 p.m. at the Cape Hatteras Anglers Club in Buxton to discuss security after a series of vehicle break-ins over the weekend. Chief Deputy Steve Hoggard said today that the Sheriff’s Office had received […]
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WAVES –Nellie Midgett Farrow, 99, of Waves, NC, died on Monday, February 20,2012 in a Nags Head nursing home. Mrs. Farrow was a native ofWaves and a homemaker. She was the daughter of the late Zion S.and Lucretia Midgett, and was also preceded in death by five olderbrothers. She was a member of the Fair […]
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MOORESVILLE, N.C. — Harry Gaskill, 83,passed away Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012. Harry was born on HatterasIsland and retired as a longshoreman in Norfolk, Va. After retirement, he returned to Hatteras Island, which he alwayscalled home. There he and his wife, Inez, began an adventurefilled with restaurant ownership, commercial fishing, and other smallbusinesses. His main hobby […]
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Federal District Judge Terrence Boyle has scheduled a status conference on the consent decree that settled a lawsuit over off-road vehicle use at the Cape Hatteras National Seashore for Friday, Feb. 24, at 11 a.m. at the Federal Courthouse in Raleigh. Boyle scheduled the conference on Jan. 27 ? before the Cape Hatteras Access Preservation […]
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The President’s Day weekend promises to be rainy and windy on the Outer Banks. Strong low pressure will strengthen as it approaches eastern North Carolina on Saturday and moves off the coast Sunday. According to the National Weather Service office in Newport, N.C., the potential threats to the area include: The President’s Day weekend promises […]
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HATTERAS- William Howard Rooney, Jr., 76, died Feb. 16, 2012 athis home. He was the son of William Howard and Jean StephensonRooney of Alexandria, Va. Howard, as he was know by family and friends,graduated from St. Stephen’s Episcopal School in 1953 and Virginia Techin 1957. Howard is survived by his devoted wife of 52 years, Charlotte […]
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There were no smiles in sight, but first day of permit sales at Hatteras was uneventful By ANNE C. BOWERS By ANNE C. BOWERS By ANNE C. BOWERS There were sparks but no flames at the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse Wednesday morning when the National Park Service began selling mandatory permits to drive on the beach. […]
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