In what may have been the party of the century, Ocracoke Island celebrated beloved native son Kenny Ballance’s retirement from his position as Ocracoke district ranger for the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. After 35 years, Kenny retired in October from the National Park Service and threw a party on Oct. 19, his birthday, inviting islanders, […]
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In what may have been the party of the century, Ocracoke Island celebrated beloved native son Kenny Ballance’s retirement from his position as Ocracoke district ranger for the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. After 35 years, Kenny retired in October from the National Park Service and threw a party on Oct. 19, his birthday, inviting islanders, […]
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In what may have been the party of the century, Ocracoke Island celebrated beloved native son Kenny Ballance’s retirement from his position as Ocracoke district ranger for the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. After 35 years, Kenny retired in October from the National Park Service and threw a party on Oct. 19, his birthday, inviting islanders, […]
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Last week, one of Hatteras Island?s own returned from a seven-month deployment as a machine gunner with Dog Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marines in Afghanistan. He is Marine Cpl. William Colin Barnett, 21, son of Charlie and Donna Barnett of Hatteras village and Denise and Michael Ziegler of Easton, Md. Though he spent much of […]
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BY CATHERINE KOZAK Coastal Review Online Even as a federal lawsuit challenging a proposed replacement for the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge in Dare County is churning its way through a federal court, another legal action has suspended the state permit allowing construction of the bridge over Oregon Inlet to begin. The Southern Environmental Law Center, […]
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Outer Banks Angler: The heat is on Outer Banks Angler: The heat is on By ROB ALDERMAN By ROB ALDERMAN While fall weather is gradually cooling things down, the fall fishing is heating up. Reports of red drum are coming in from all directions. The big boys have moved in and are biting fairly decently. […]
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The Seneca Guns – mysterious booms that rattle windows and nerves of coastal residents – were quiet this past summer. The fearsome rumbles occur with no warning and leave no clues to reveal their origins. To be sure, the next Seneca Guns event will trigger frantic calls to local emergency management agencies. It probably will […]
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The Seneca Guns – mysterious booms that rattle windows and nerves of coastal residents – were quiet this past summer. The fearsome rumbles occur with no warning and leave no clues to reveal their origins. To be sure, the next Seneca Guns event will trigger frantic calls to local emergency management agencies. It probably will […]
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Before there were paved roads, before there were bridges, even before there was electricity on Hatteras there was charter fishing. And men named Vernon Willis, Nelson Stowe, Luther Burrus and Ernal Foster took anglers to the Gulf Stream without benefit of radio, Loran, or sonar. These men were the pioneers and the business they began […]
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More than 60 costumed riders turned out for Bike the Light…WITH SLIDE SHOW By JOY CRIST More than 60 costumed riders turned out for Bike the Light…WITH SLIDE SHOW By JOY CRIST Another year, another gang of zombie doctors, jellyfish, and pirates taking a leisurely bike ride to the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse. Saturday, Oct. 13, […]
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