On Oct. 1, the Department of Insurance received a rate filing to increase insurance premiums from the North Carolina Rate Bureau. The Bureau, which represents property insurance companies doing businesses in North Carolina, filed the rate increase for homeowners’, tenant and condominium insurance. The average increase statewide is 17.7 percent, but for the beach and […]
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Catherine Ann Jones
RODANTHE– Catherine Ann Jones, 54, died Oct. 10, 2012, at Gilchrist Hospice inColumbia, after a short battle with cancer, surrounded by her familyand friends. She was born Nov. 6, 1957 to William Calvin and Patricia Ann (Glass) Jones Sr. Shelived her early life in Frederick, moving to Baltimore when she was 7.After she finished junior […]
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Gill net closure delivers a tough economic blow to local fishermen By JORDAN TOMBERLIN
When the North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries announced that, effective Sept. 26, 2012 at 10 a.m., the shallow waters of the Pamlico Sound would close to large-mesh gill net operations in an effort to protect threatened and endangered sea turtles, the regulators effectively shut down the commercial southern flounder fishery for the remainder of […]
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More than pink and prizes: Annual Fun Run raises money, awareness, and spirits ….WITH SLIDE SHOW
The Sun Realty parking lot in Avon was awash in a sea of pink on Saturday morning, Oct. 6, as nearly 130 people—sporting all manner of rosy regalia in honor of breast cancer awareness month—gathered for the ninth annual Hatteras Island Cancer Foundation Fun Run. The race began with a symbolic dove release ceremony. Liz […]
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More than pink and prizes: Annual Fun Run raises money, awareness, and spirits ….WITH SLIDE SHOW
The Sun Realty parking lot in Avon was awash in a sea of pink on Saturday morning, Oct. 6, as nearly 130 people—sporting all manner of rosy regalia in honor of breast cancer awareness month—gathered for the ninth annual Hatteras Island Cancer Foundation Fun Run. The race began with a symbolic dove release ceremony. Liz […]
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More than pink and prizes: Annual Fun Run raises money, awareness, and spirits ….WITH SLIDE SHOW
The Sun Realty parking lot in Avon was awash in a sea of pink on Saturday morning, Oct. 6, as nearly 130 people—sporting all manner of rosy regalia in honor of breast cancer awareness month—gathered for the ninth annual Hatteras Island Cancer Foundation Fun Run. The race began with a symbolic dove release ceremony. Liz […]
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More than pink and prizes: Annual Fun Run raises money, awareness, and spirits ….WITH SLIDE SHOW
The Sun Realty parking lot in Avon was awash in a sea of pink on Saturday morning, Oct. 6, as nearly 130 people—sporting all manner of rosy regalia in honor of breast cancer awareness month—gathered for the ninth annual Hatteras Island Cancer Foundation Fun Run. The race began with a symbolic dove release ceremony. Liz […]
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We will likely pay more in property taxes next year – but how much more?
The 2012 election season is in full swing now, with signs supporting candidates popping up in yards and along the highway. Political ads are proliferating in newspapers. Next week is the first of the forums for candidates for the Dare County Board of Commissioners to answer voters? questions. The eight candidates vying for commissioner seats […]
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The word is out in the pirate community about Blackbeard’s Pirate Jamboree on Friday through Sunday, Oct. 26-28, and dozens of pirate aficionados are expected to descend on Ocracoke and Hatteras islands to participate. This first annual free event is sponsored by the Hatteras-Ocracoke Council of the Outer Banks Chamber of Commerce. An […]
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The word is out in the pirate community about Blackbeard’s Pirate Jamboree on Friday through Sunday, Oct. 26-28, and dozens of pirate aficionados are expected to descend on Ocracoke and Hatteras islands to participate. This first annual free event is sponsored by the Hatteras-Ocracoke Council of the Outer Banks Chamber of Commerce. An […]
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