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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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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Murder suspect makes first appearance in Dare County court

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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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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