By CONNIE LEINBACH The North Carolina Ferry Division has added two evening ferry runs between Ocracoke and Swan Quarter in response to citizen concerns about ferry suspensions the last few weeks because of heavy shoaling in the Rollinson Channel between Ocracoke and Hatteras. Beginning Wednesday, Jan. 9, in addition to the winter schedule already in […]
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An Outer Banks Wedding: Hatteras-style
So if were up to me, I would have eloped to Vegas months ago to get married by the closest available Elvis impersonator. Unfortunately for me, I do believe that my close family and friends, whom I love dearly and don’t want to disappoint, either: A) Do not recognize Elvis as a religious figurehead and […]
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How will a new legislature and governor influence environmental policy?
After months of preparation and following an election that further consolidated legislative power in the hands of Republicans in the state House and Senate, the new North Carolina General Assembly session will be gaveled in Wednesday, Jan. 9. Meanwhile newly sworn-in Gov. Pat McCrory, who took the oath of office Saturday, Jan. 5, held his […]
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Betty Anne Todd
Betty Anne Chapman Todd, 65, resident of 506 West Kirksey Drive in Greenwood, S.C., died Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013. Bornin Greenwood on Aug. 27, 1947, she was a daughter of the late AllenOtis and Elizabeth Lewis Todd. Betty Anne received a bachelor’sdegree in English from Lander College and later received her master’sdegree in library science […]
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Displaying history rescued from the deep is a tricky business
Back in the 1970s, no one thought twice of removing anything off of sunken World War II U-boats, from brass plaques to crew journals to torpedo hatches. To this day, a treasure trove of historic items salvaged from U-boats sunk off the Outer Banks is safely stashed away in the private homes of divers. And […]
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Support for our national parks
There is a reader who has started posting frequently and anonymously on my recent blogs and who is very fond of referring to a poll that, he ? or she ? says proves that Hatteras and Ocracoke islanders who are not happy with the National Park Service?s new off-road vehicle plan are a small minority […]
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North Carolina hurricane relief also tied up in U.S. House
The U.S. House of Representatives’ failure to act on the Hurricane Sandy Supplemental Appropriations Bill will also affect aid to North Carolina, especially funds for the state’s inlets which saw significant shoaling during the hurricane in late October. The bill passed the Senate on Dec. 28, and the House was expected to act on the […]
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Shoaling continues to shut down Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry
Travelers using the Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry route could encounter suspensions and weight restrictions due to extreme shoaling of the Hatteras Inlet channel. The shallow channel situation has created a safety issue that requires constant monitoring by the N.C. Department of Transportation’s Ferry Division. For the past several weeks, operations have been suspended daily during low […]
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Good weather brought out the crowds for annual Ocracoke oyster roast…..WITH SLIDE SHOW
Favorable weather and the lure of succulent seafood brought out the crowd last Saturday for the annual Oyster Roast to benefit the Ocracoke Working Watermen’s Association. About 250 people stood or sat to shuck cooked oysters and peel shrimp outside the Fish House in the village. Along with the 30 bushels of oysters and 225 […]
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John F. Alwine
BUXTON — John F. Alwine, 79, passed away peacefully on Jan. 2, 2013. Heis survived by two daughters, Robin of Avon and Diana of VirginiaBeach, Va., and his son-in-law and dear friend, Robert Schwingel ofAvon. He is also survived by his sisters, Mary of Ft. Wayne,Ind., and Marilyn of Spring Hill, Tenn., and brothers, Jim […]
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