There was plenty of political news this week ? Hyde County fired a manager, Dare County elected new board leadership, and a close race for state Senate was finally decided. The blog this week includes some thoughts on those developments. HYDE COUNTY FIRES A MANAGER Hyde County took another step toward solidifying its reputation as […]
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Jones urges Obama to request hurricane relief for North Carolina’s inlets
Today Congressman Walter B. Jones, R-N.C., urged President Barack Obama not to forget the damage to North Carolina’s coastal inlets caused by Hurricane Sandy. Many, if not most of the inlets, suffered serious shoaling during the hurricane and the northeasters that followed it. The Obama administration is putting together a funding request to address damage […]
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Outer Banks Angling: Earning your stripes
Outer Banks Angling: Earning your stripes Outer Banks Angling: Earning your stripes December is here and most of the inshore fishing will fall off as water and air temperatures drop. The speckled trout fishing will generally pick up and puppy drum fishing can be good. However, most people have come to look at December as […]
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Enterprising islanders offering a ‘sand taxi’ for travelers without four-wheel-drive
For visitors, this tacks on three or four hours—sometimes many more—to an already time-consuming trip, and for residents, it made off-island travel for doctor appointments, work, school, or other errands extremely difficult. But on Nov. 10, two-wheel drivers caught a break. Jarvis Williams, who owns Cape Point Exxon in Buxton and who was contracted by […]
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Janie C. Hooper
SALVO– Janie C. Hooper, 93, of Salvo, died Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012, inRodanthe. Mrs. Hooper was born in Frisco and worked for 35 yearsfor Hatteras Island Resort and was a member of Clarkes-Bethel UnitedMethodist Church in Salvo. She was predeceased by her parents, Gertrude and Courtney W. Barnett, and her husband, Floyd W. Hooper. Survivingare […]
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Hyde commissioners fire county manager Mazie Smith
The newly installed Hyde County Board of Commissioners at their December meeting last night fired county manager Mazie Smith. The action came at the end of the three-hour meeting at the beginning of which newly elected commissioners Anson Byrd of Fairfield Township, John Fletcher of Ocracoke Township, and Earl Pugh Jr. of Lake Landing Township, […]
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DOT plans to open Highway 12 to all vehicles by Christmas
North Carolina Department of Transportation officials said today that the preferred short-term solution to repairing Highway 12 at the S-curves in northern Rodanthe will be replacing sandbags and dunes and repairing the highway where it was before it was damaged by Hurricane Sandy and a series of northeasters. Pablo Hernandez, resident construction engineer on the […]
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Checkpoint moves south; part of Pea Island refuge reopens
The northern checkpoint on the four-wheel-drive-only portion of Highway 12 moved over the weekend from the Oregon Inlet Fishing Center to just south of the temporary bridge at Pea Island Inlet. As a result, parts of Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge reopened on Sunday, Dec. 2. Highway 12 and the refuge had been closed since […]
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Mary Farrow Curles
HATTERAS– Mary Farrow Curles, 76 went to be with the Lord on Dec. 1, 2012 atthe Currituck House. Ms. Curles, a Hatteras native, was born on Nov. 4,1936, to the late Lester B. Farrow Sr. and the late Salina GaskinsFarrow. She was preceded in death by two sisters, Janet Farrow Fosterand Jean Bunting, and two […]
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DOT’s long-term solution to problems at S-curves not expected until March
As transportation officials struggle to make Highway 12 passable through Mirlo Beach and the S-curves, a decision on the long-term fix at the troublesome spot has been put off until late winter — more than a year later than originally expected. Beth Smyre, state Department of Transportation project manager, said that with the challenges created […]
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