The various O’Neal families on Ocracoke are the big winners of the “Island Celebration” holiday house decorating contest, which was judged on Wednesday night. “Best Theme” winner is Bobby O’Neal on O’Neal Drive, Oyster Creek, with a Christmas mouse and Santa theme. “Most Traditional” is the home of Ronnie Van and Martha O’Neal, along Back […]
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Chris Hill surfs on a paddleboard. In fact, he does it professionally. That means he’s on the water a lot and is accustomed to sharing the ocean off this beach town on Topsail Island with a variety of sea creatures. “I’m used to seeing a lot of animals,” says Hill, known as “Chill” to paddlers. […]
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Remembering the Christmas Blizzard of 1989 December has almost been more like summer than winter in southeastern North Carolina the past two years. It wasn’t so different in 1989 – until a few days before Christmas. “It looked like just a typical December,” said Tim Armstrong, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service Forecast Office […]
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Hatteras and Ocracoke got an early Christmas gift this evening when Highway 12 reopened to all traffic shortly after 6:30 p.m. Rumors that the road would reopen this evening began making the rounds around noon today, and islanders were eagerly awaiting the final word as a sunny and cool day gave way to a fantastic […]
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The North Carolina Department of Transportation began paving this morning along a 0.4-mile section of Highway 12 at the S-curves just north of Rodanthe on Pea Island. The pavement on this portion of the highway was damaged during Hurricane Sandy in late October. By mid-day, the paving of the road was the topic of much […]
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The North Carolina Department of Transportation’s Ferry Division will run an amended schedule at its Cedar Island-Ocracoke, Swan Quarter-Ocracoke, Cherry Branch-Minnesott Beach, Southport-Fort Fisher and Currituck-Knotts Island routes Dec. 24-26 as a costs savings measure. The Bayview-Aurora route will not run an amended route, because of the need to provide service for workers at the […]
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Some call it an eyesore but to the throngs of the curious who stop to stare, the silver spaceship is probably one of the most fascinating objects on Hatteras Island. To visitors driving through Frisco, it screams, “Greetings, earthlings!” “I am told by the Dare County Tourist Bureau that it is the second most photographed […]
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It started with a trickle after Hurricane Sandy passed by the Outer Banks in late October with high winds and ocean and soundside flooding. Small piles of debris started appearing along roadways. In my neighborhood, it was understandable. Homeowners started gathering downed tree limbs, picking up stray pieces of lumber that floated in, and raking […]
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High winds, heavy seas, and a lunar tide combined this morning to shut down repair work and the four-wheel-drive access at the S-curves in northern Rodanthe. The latest weather event to delay repairs to the road damaged by Hurricane Sandy in late October was “disheartening,” said Pablo Herndandez, North Carolina Department of Transportation resident engineer […]
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The Hyde County Commissioners, in a special meeting last night, voted to hire board Chairman Barry Swindell of Currituck Township as a paid interim county manager until a new manager is hired. The commissioners, at their Dec. 3 meeting, fired county manager Mazie Smith, who had been in the position since January 2011. This most […]
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