On a damp August evening at the beach in Emerald Isle, a lull between downpours brought a group of men, women and children to the base of a dune marked off with bright pink plastic strips tied to four wooden stakes. Three nights earlier, a sea turtle nest had hatched, sending a flood of baby […]
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Leslie is currently a Category 1 hurricane. It is expected to pass close to Bermuda over the weekend, perhaps as a Category 2, and long-period swells – 6 to 9 feet by the weekend in coastal waters with a period of 12 to 13 seconds – will bring dangerously rough seas. The National Weather Service […]
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Leslie is currently a Category 1 hurricane. It is expected to pass close to Bermuda over the weekend, perhaps as a Category 2, and long-period swells – 6 to 9 feet by the weekend in coastal waters with a period of 12 to 13 seconds – will bring dangerously rough seas. The National Weather Service […]
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Leslie is currently a Category 1 hurricane. It is expected to pass close to Bermuda over the weekend, perhaps as a Category 2, and long-period swells – 6 to 9 feet by the weekend in coastal waters with a period of 12 to 13 seconds – will bring dangerously rough seas. The National Weather Service […]
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Leslie is currently a Category 1 hurricane. It is expected to pass close to Bermuda over the weekend, perhaps as a Category 2, and long-period swells – 6 to 9 feet by the weekend in coastal waters with a period of 12 to 13 seconds – will bring dangerously rough seas. The National Weather Service […]
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CHARLOTTE — The Outer Banks may be in the same state as this city, but amid the hub-bub and hustle at the Democratic National Convention that kicked off on Tuesday, the barrier islands may as well have been across the country. “The Outer Banks?” asked a Charlotte resident enjoying some convention sight-seeing. “That’s worse than […]
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CHARLOTTE — The Outer Banks may be in the same state as this city, but amid the hub-bub and hustle at the Democratic National Convention that kicked off on Tuesday, the barrier islands may as well have been across the country. “The Outer Banks?” asked a Charlotte resident enjoying some convention sight-seeing. “That’s worse than […]
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CHARLOTTE — The Outer Banks may be in the same state as this city, but amid the hub-bub and hustle at the Democratic National Convention that kicked off on Tuesday, the barrier islands may as well have been across the country. “The Outer Banks?” asked a Charlotte resident enjoying some convention sight-seeing. “That’s worse than […]
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CHARLOTTE — The Outer Banks may be in the same state as this city, but amid the hub-bub and hustle at the Democratic National Convention that kicked off on Tuesday, the barrier islands may as well have been across the country. “The Outer Banks?” asked a Charlotte resident enjoying some convention sight-seeing. “That’s worse than […]
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Five years ago today, The Island Free Press published its first edition. It was Hatteras and Ocracoke islands? first and only online newspaper. It was an experiment of sorts, since we didn?t know what we were in for or how the paper would be received. Five years later, we can say that online publishing is […]
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