UPDATE: Ocracokers are in shock about Republicans’ renewed effort to put tolls on Hatteras Inlet ferry By CONNIE LEINBACH

By CONNIE LEINBACH By CONNIE LEINBACH Democratic state Sen. Stan White wants the North Carolina Republican Senate leadership to tell him the difference between enacting and raising ferry tolls along the coast and the Senate’s desire not to raise taxes. White was talking in a late-afternoon interview after Wednesday’s Senate session, during which his budget […]

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William Avner Midgett Sr.

WAVES — William Avner Midgett Sr., 75,died Tuesday June 13, 2012 in Norfolk, Va.  Mr. Midgett was bornin Waves and was retired from the U.S. Coast Guard where he served hiscountry honorably in Vietnam and was an expert rifleman. He recentlyretired from the N.C. State Division of Ferries and was a commercialfisherman.  He was the son […]

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By CONNIE LEINBACH

Hyde County Hotline, the nonprofit agency based in Swan Quarter, recently opened Tapestry, a Studio on Ocracoke. It is a retail operation for Hotline’s recycle project business model. Proceeds from the shop/studio fund Hotline’s crisis intervention and advocacy services to victims of domestic abuse and sexual violence in Hyde County.    Based on the successful […]

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By CONNIE LEINBACH

Hyde County Hotline, the nonprofit agency based in Swan Quarter, recently opened Tapestry, a Studio on Ocracoke. It is a retail operation for Hotline’s recycle project business model. Proceeds from the shop/studio fund Hotline’s crisis intervention and advocacy services to victims of domestic abuse and sexual violence in Hyde County.    Based on the successful […]

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Monitor Marine Sanctuary’s possible expansion raises suspicions By CATHERINE KOZAK Coastal Review Online

Soured by what they view as onerous government restrictions on fishing, boating and beach driving, Outer Banks divers are skeptical of a proposed update of the Monitor National Marine Sanctuary that would include any possibility of future expansion. But sanctuary officials said the draft plan does not propose or advocate an expansion. It only proposes […]

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