Beginning early Tuesday morning, law enforcement officers from the U.S. Marshals Service, the sheriff’s offices of the affected counties, the North Carolina Division of Community Corrections, and the Plymouth Police Department set out to verify that all registered sex offenders in Dare, Hyde, Tyrrell, and Washington Counties were in compliance with North Carolina guidelines. Operation […]
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Beginning early Tuesday morning, law enforcement officers from the U.S. Marshals Service, the sheriff’s offices of the affected counties, the North Carolina Division of Community Corrections, and the Plymouth Police Department set out to verify that all registered sex offenders in Dare, Hyde, Tyrrell, and Washington Counties were in compliance with North Carolina guidelines. Operation […]
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The Dare County Board of Commissions delayed action on the proposed changes to the county noise ordinance after a steady stream of about two dozen people came to the microphone to speak against it at a public hearing on Monday, Aug. 20. They were almost all Hatteras Islanders — business owners, their employees, contractors, fishermen, […]
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Labor Day weekend is less than a week away and to most locals and visitors, the holiday marks the end of summer — a sign that another year’s peak tourist season is over. This means a drop in visitation and money flowing into our economy, which is both welcomed and hated by most of the […]
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The Dare County Board of Commissions delayed action on the proposed changes to the county noise ordinance after a steady stream of about two dozen people came to the microphone to speak against it at a public hearing on Monday, Aug. 20. They were almost all Hatteras Islanders — business owners, their employees, contractors, fishermen, […]
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The Dare County Board of Commissions delayed action on the proposed changes to the county noise ordinance after a steady stream of about two dozen people came to the microphone to speak against it at a public hearing on Monday, Aug. 20. They were almost all Hatteras Islanders — business owners, their employees, contractors, fishermen, […]
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The Dare County Board of Commissions delayed action on the proposed changes to the county noise ordinance after a steady stream of about two dozen people came to the microphone to speak against it at a public hearing on Monday, Aug. 20. They were almost all Hatteras Islanders — business owners, their employees, contractors, fishermen, […]
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With hunched shoulders and a meek expression, accused murderer Nathan J. Summerfield made his first appearance today in Dare County District Court. Under questioning by Dare County District Judge Edgar Barnes, Summerfield affirmed that he received a copy of the warrant charging him with first-degree murder for killing Lynn Jackenheimer “with malice and forethought” on […]
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The National Weather Service in Newport, N.C., Dare County, and The Island Free Press will host a hurricane awareness town hall meeting on Friday, Sept. 14, from 11 a.m. until about 1 p.m. at the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum in Hatteras village. The meeting is part of the Day at the Docks, a celebration […]
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It’s been a year since historic tides on the Outer Banks from Hurricane Irene hatched equally historic numbers of mosquitoes, prompting comparisons to locust plagues and bloodsucking vampires. Two aerial spraying sweeps by Dare County mosquito control killed off most of the insects, but apparently the extreme infestation inspired a new boutique market. No less […]
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