By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN A 55-year-old man from Westlake, Ohio, drowned yesterday while swimming in the ocean off Ocracoke. According to Park Service Ranger Sam Salter, the incident happened at Ramp 59 at the north end of Ocracoke. The man and his wife were both in the water. She made it out safely, […]
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By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN A 55-year-old labor leader from Westlake, Ohio, drowned yesterday while swimming in the ocean off Ocracoke. He was identified by a family friend and the Cleveland Plain Dealer as Seth Rosen, District 4 vice-president of the Communications Workers of America. According to Park Service Ranger Sam Salter, the incident […]
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Outer Banks Angling: Weather or not By ROB ALDERMAN
It seems like yesterday that I moved to the Outer Banks, although in reality it was more than 10 years ago. I’ve been very fortunate in my recreational fishing career in that decade. I’ve fished alongside with some of the area’s best. I had a chance to host a local fishing show. I’ve caught the […]
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Turtles are nesting in record numbers – just don’t credit the new restrictions
The public relations machines at the Southern Environmental Law Center, the National Audubon Society, and Defenders of Wildlife are probably ramping up even as you read this to declare another victory over off-road vehicles at the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. The environmental groups sued the National Park Service in 2007 over its lack of protections […]
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By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN The Dare County Sheriff’s Office today said that the body found on Saturday in Frisco is that of Lynn Jackenheimer of Ashland, Ohio, was has been missing since about July 4. The body was taken to Greenville, N.C., for an autopsy, and the release from the sheriff’s office said […]
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A preservation success story: Saving Ocracoke’s last fish house By Catherine Kozak Coastal Review Online
Six years ago, Ocracoke Island nearly lost its identity as a fishing village, and with it, the soul of the community’s traditional livelihood. The island’s last remaining fish house had been put up for sale. And without a fish house, fishermen would be forced to leave the island to sell their catch or stop fishing. […]
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By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN Dare County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Capt. W. Charles Nieman said today that the office was still waiting for the results of an autopsy to be performed on a body that was discovered Saturday afternoon in Frisco. Nieman said the body is in Greenville, N.C., for the autopsy and the […]
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By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN A dead body in a bag was located this evening in Frisco by a person who was in the Village of Salt Creek, a secluded subdivision on the soundside of Hatteras Island between Frisco Rod and Gun and the Quarterdeck restaurant. Dare County Commissioner Allen Burrus confirmed that he […]
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No quick resolution of Bonner Bridge replacement lawsuit is likely
It?s been more than a year since Defenders of Wildlife and the National Wildlife Refuge Association, represented by the Southern Environmental Law Center, filed a lawsuit to stop the Bonner Bridge replacement project. The lawsuit, filed on July 1 of last year in the U.S. District Court for North Carolina?s Eastern District, charged that the […]
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The N.C. Department of Transportation’s Ferry Division will participate in a planned Homeland Security exercise at the Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry route beginning at 7:30 a.m., Thursday, July 12. The exercise will not interrupt ferry service. The NCDOT Ferry Division will join with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Transportation Security Administration VIPR Team, Dare County […]
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