Following a thorough environmental review, the North Carolina Division of Coastal Management has issued a Coastal Area Management Act major permit to the state Department of Transportation to construct a replacement for the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge in Dare County and to demolish the existing bridge after the new structure is completed. The permit was […]

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The number of Hatteras Island businesses with illegal signs has been significantly reduced by Dare County’s push this year to enforce its sign ordinance. According to Donna Creef, county planning director, the number of businesses with illegal temporary signs in unincorporated Dare, such as sandwich boards or magnetic letter boards, is down to about 20, […]

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The number of Hatteras Island businesses with illegal signs has been significantly reduced by Dare County’s push this year to enforce its sign ordinance. According to Donna Creef, county planning director, the number of businesses with illegal temporary signs in unincorporated Dare, such as sandwich boards or magnetic letter boards, is down to about 20, […]

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Following a thorough environmental review, the North Carolina Division of Coastal Management has issued a Coastal Area Management Act major permit to the state Department of Transportation to construct a replacement for the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge in Dare County and to demolish the existing bridge after the new structure is completed. The permit was […]

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The number of Hatteras Island businesses with illegal signs has been significantly reduced by Dare County’s push this year to enforce its sign ordinance. According to Donna Creef, county planning director, the number of businesses with illegal temporary signs in unincorporated Dare, such as sandwich boards or magnetic letter boards, is down to about 20, […]

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Following a thorough environmental review, the North Carolina Division of Coastal Management has issued a Coastal Area Management Act major permit to the state Department of Transportation to construct a replacement for the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge in Dare County and to demolish the existing bridge after the new structure is completed. The permit was […]

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William Dorsett Ward

GREENVILLE, N.C. — William Dorsett Ward, 57,passed away Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012, after a two-year battle againstcancer.  He fought the disease with determination, dignity, andwit and with love and support of his family, close friends and, most ofall, faith in his Lord. A memorial service will be held Friday at 11 a.m. in the Wilkerson […]

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For a tourist town, bathrooms are a big deal. For a tourist town surrounded by water, public access to the water is a necessity. For a tourist town dependent on the cleanliness of that water, stormwater runoff from the street should not be flowing into that water. Somehow, what seems like obvious planning details have […]

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For a tourist town, bathrooms are a big deal. For a tourist town surrounded by water, public access to the water is a necessity. For a tourist town dependent on the cleanliness of that water, stormwater runoff from the street should not be flowing into that water. Somehow, what seems like obvious planning details have […]

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New rules on suspension, revocation of recreational fishing license are effective Oct. 1

Beginning Oct. 1, coastal recreational fishermen can lose their fishing licenses for violating fishing rules. Recreational fishermen will fall under the same license suspension, revocation and reissuance schedule as commercial fishermen, and that schedule will change Oct. 1, as well. “Fishermen will face longer license suspensions for most violations,” said Louis Daniel, director of the […]

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