AVON– Kelly Jean Gray, 42, died Saturday, Aug. 18, 2012, in herresidence. Kelly was born in Chesapeake, VA., and was a retiredrestaurant owner and manager. She was the daughter of Osborne Gibb Gray of Avon and the late Alta Jean Holloway Gray. Besidesher father, surviving are her daughters, Savannah Eden Jean Mulder ofBuxton and Kalee […]
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UPDATE: Summerfield will return to Dare to face charges tonight or tomorrow
Nathan Summerfield will be returned to Dare County by Sheriff’s Office deputies late tonight or early tomorrow morning to face charges of first-degree murder, according to an afternoon news release from Dare’s chief deputy Steve Hoggard. The exact time and location of the return is not being released because of security considerations. Summerfield, 27, of […]
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Waiting on the judge
It shouldn?t be too long before we know whether U.S. District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan of the District of Columbia will preside over the Cape Hatteras Preservation Association?s lawsuit to overturn the National Park Service off-road vehicle plan and final rule at Cape Hatteras National Seashore. The alternative is that he will transfer the case […]
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UPDATE: Summerfield extradition hearing is Friday
A first court appearance for Nathan Summerfield, the man charged with the murder of Ohio mother Lynn Jackenheimer on Hatteras Island during the July 4 holiday week, is scheduled for Friday, Aug. 17, in the Medina Common Pleas Court in Medina County, Ohio. The hearing is to address the extradition of Summerfield, 27, back to […]
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UPDATE: Man accused of murdering Ohio woman on Hatteras is captured
The man accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend, an Ohio mother of two, while they were vacationing on Hatteras Island was arrested this morning by law enforcement authorities in Ohio. At a late morning media conference, Peter Elliott, chief U.S. marshal for the Northern District of Ohio, said Nathan Summerfield, 27, was taken into custody about […]
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Commentary: ‘We the People’ politics By SANDY SEMANS ROSS
The decision to run for the Dare County District 1 Board of Commissioners seat as a write-in candidate was not an easy one to make but there are no other options. Many supporters worked hard to gather signatures needed to get my name on the ballot as an unaffiliated candidate. I was the Outer […]
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UPDATE: Defendants and intervenors respond to CHAPA’s objection to Boyle transfer
The federal defendants and the defendant-intervenors have responded to the Cape Hatteras Access Preservation Alliance’s objection to transferring its lawsuit over the National Park Service’s final off-road vehicle plan and special regulation. On July 26, U.S. District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan of the District of Columbia said he was inclined to transfer the case from […]
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‘Hook, Line, and Hatteras’ tells the history of charter fishing on the Outer Banks By JORDAN TOMBERLIN
By JORDAN TOMBERLIN By JORDAN TOMBERLIN Last Friday, Aug. 10, a team of six designers, fabricators, curators, and archivists from the North Carolina Maritime Museum system wrapped up the bulk of their work on the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum’s newest exhibit—“Hook, Line, and Hatteras: Charter Fishing on the Outer Banks.” The exhibit is the […]
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‘Hook, Line, and Hatteras’ tells the history of charter fishing on the Outer Banks By JORDAN TOMBERLIN
By JORDAN TOMBERLIN By JORDAN TOMBERLIN Last Friday, Aug. 10, a team of six designers, fabricators, curators, and archivists from the North Carolina Maritime Museum system wrapped up the bulk of their work on the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum’s newest exhibit—“Hook, Line, and Hatteras: Charter Fishing on the Outer Banks.” The exhibit is the […]
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The North Carolina Department of Transportation has awarded a contract to perform scour protection on three bents and rehabilitation of one bent on the Bonner Bridge over Oregon Inlet in Dare County. Bents are commonly used to support beams and girders. The scour protection will consist of rock filled wire baskets being placed on […]
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