Bills, petition target increase in homeowners’ insurance rates Rep. Paul Tine, a Democrat who represents Dare, Hyde, Beaufort, and Washington counties, along with Reps. Susi Hamilton (D – New Hanover), Frank Iler (R – Brunswick), and Jerry Dockham (R – Davidson) submitted House Bill 519, Property Insurance Rate Making Reform, last week. The purpose […]
Real Estate | Full Article
The 24 additional runs on the Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry route added by the N.C. Department of Transportation’s Ferry Division for the Easter holiday period will be discontinued after Monday, April 8. They had been added to accommodate the increased traffic demand for the holiday. On Tuesday, April 9, the route will return to its previous […]
Local News | Full Article
A resolution up for a vote next Monday evening by the Dare County commissioners and a position paper from a regional water resources group in Onslow County are the latest indications of the fast-growing coastal opposition to using coastal aquifers to eliminate wastewater from hydraulic fracking. The position paper by the Onslow Water Resources Group […]
Island Features | Full Article
The Weather Channel has released its first 2013 Atlantic hurricane season outlook, calling for another active season. The forecast calls for a total of 16 named storms, nine of which are expected to become hurricanes, including five major hurricanes (Category 3 or higher on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale). These forecast numbers are above the […]
Local News | Full Article
They?re back again. For the third time since 2009, the Coastal Conservation Association of North Carolina plans to seek ?gamefish? status for three species of fish ? striped bass, red drum, and speckled trout. CCA, a non-profit group that promotes sport fishing interests, lobbied to have bills introduced in the General Assembly in 2009 and […]
Editor’s Blog | Full Article
HelenWarden “Sis” Black passed away peacefully with family members at herside on April 4, 2013 in Annapolis, Md. She was 89 years old. She wasborn in St. Johnsbury, Vt., on Dec. 18, 1923, the daughter of the lateDavid Royal and Hazel Ramage Warden. She was raised in Bluefield, W.Va., and graduated from Beaver High School, […]
Obituaries | Full Article
National Park Service contract crews have begun repair work on several popular oceanside parking areas and beach access ramps on Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands this week. The crews are from contractor DOT Construction of Beaufort, N.C., and subcontractor, Barnhill Contracting Co. The work, expected to be completed by the end of June or earlier in […]
Seashore News | Full Article
AVON– Billy E. Norrell, 82, passed away on Wednesday, April 3,2013 at Sentara General Hospital in Norfolk,Va. He was born on Nov. 16, 1930 in SouthCarolina. Billyjoined the United States Navy in 1949 and servedfor 30 years, serving in the Korean andVietnam wars and was a highly decorated officer in electronicwarfare. He retired in 1979, achieving the rank of Commander. Billy’s greatest loves other than his wife and family were fishing, bowling, and being Granddaddy. Billyis survived […]
Obituaries | Full Article
Ocracoke Real Estate: Are we ever going to catch a break? I have often felt like the Lone Ranger, living in one of the small communities in which our livelihoods, homes, and property are totally at the mercy of the weather. When you are in the middle of it, you think that you are […]
Real Estate | Full Article
BUXTON– Evelyn Gard Hedrick, 78, mother of three, Nannie to many, died inElizabeth City on April 1, 2013 after a valiant battle with numeroushealth obstacles. Her last days were spent planning a celebration withher family. Greeting her in heaven are her parents, Herbert A. andAgnes Hooker Gard, brother Herbert A. Gard Jr., and grandson, EhanHooper. […]
Obituaries | Full Article
