UPDATE: Dredge working in Hatteras Inlet channel; ferries are running again By IRENE NOLAN

By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN The side-caster dredge Merritt arrived at Hatteras Friday evening and went to work on the shoaled up Rollinson Channel in Hatteras Inlet early Saturday morning. By late afternoon, the Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry, shut down for most of the week by the narrow and shallow channel, was running again.  Today, ferries […]

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We all love to hate earmarks. Those funds allocated in the federal budget by individual legislators for special projects or purposes in their districts are a waste of taxpayer money, right? Some of the more infamous examples of egregious earmarks over the years include funding for a teapot museum in western North Carolina and an […]

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British Cemetery ceremony is smaller this year, but still solemn ….WITH SLIDE SHOW By CONNIE LEINBACH

An abbreviated ceremony at the British Cemetery on Ocracoke remembering the sinking of the British trawler HMT Bedfordshire off the coast during World War II went off smoothly today under clear, sunny skies. This 70th anniversary of the sinking on May 11, 1942, almost was canceled because Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry service has been suspended for much […]

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FOR MORE INFORMATION  Travelers can make a reservation for the Swan Quarter-Ocracoke route by calling 800-BY-FERRY (293-3779) and pressing 2 or online at www.ncferry.org.   For updates, sign up to receive messages on Twitter by going to www.twitter.com/ncdot_ferry. Additional information is also available by calling the Swan Quarter Terminal at 252-926-1513. For more information on the status of the Hatteras-Ocracoke route, call the Hatteras terminal at 252-986-2353.

Additional ferry runs will take place this Saturday, Sunday and Monday on the Swan Quarter-Ocracoke route to aid travelers affected by suspension of the Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry runs because of extreme shoaling of the Hatteras Inlet. The new Motor Vessel Sea Level that was christened today will be used on the new runs.   Additional runs […]

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Guest Column: What makes a mom?

Nine little darling faces stare up at me, and my heart melts at the utter cuteness of them.  Four are yellow and five black, but all nine ducklings shared the same 28 days in an incubator and hatched within hours of each other . Little chirps escape their pistachio-shaped beaks as they speak to me.  […]

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Guest Column: What makes a mom?

Nine little darling faces stare up at me, and my heart melts at the utter cuteness of them.  Four are yellow and five black, but all nine ducklings shared the same 28 days in an incubator and hatched within hours of each other . Little chirps escape their pistachio-shaped beaks as they speak to me.  […]

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