Dredging operations got under way this morning in the Hatteras ferry channel to clear a 10-to-12-foot depth along the route between the ferry facilities on Hatteras and Ocracoke, with the goal of clearing the way for the ferry route to return to its original path in a few weeks. Shoaling in the channel has been […]
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BUXTON– Barbara Midgett Smithwick, 76, died Friday May 31, 2013, inElizabeth City. Mrs. Smithwick was a retired health care workerand a member of Fair Haven United Methodist Church. She waspredeceased by her mother and father, Luke Bradshaw and Ann MadesMidgett, her son, Bryan Midgett, and her brother, L.B. Midgett. Survivingare a son, Kyle Smithwick of […]
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I was recently taken aback by the sight of a dog bowl and a bag of treats placed on a colorful, neatly folded dog mat in the Hatteras Library. “What is a dog bowl doing here?” I wondered aloud. Helen Hudson, the library manager, stopped what she was doing to tell me all about the […]
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Cape Hatteras National Seashore Superintendent Barclay Trimble had his second media roundtable meeting with local reporters this week. The first meeting with the media after his arrival just before Hurricane Sandy last October was in February. The goal is to have one meeting each quarter. This week?s two-plus hour meeting was chock full of interesting […]
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It was a juicy saga that began in June 2010 and spurred a frenzy of worldwide publicity. A mate on the charter boat Citation, based out of Hatteras, forgot to buy his $15 fishing license. In a crazy twist, that oversight ends up creating a technicality that disqualifies the boat of more than $1 million […]
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The controversial gamefish bill that would have made three species of wild-caught fish unavailable to watermen and consumers in North Carolina was killed late Wednesday, making it the fourth time a gamefish measure has perished in the state. “It is officially dead,” said Rep. Paul Tine, a Kitty Hawk Democrat. “It will not run.” […]
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Not quite six years ago, North Carolina officially opened the eastern campus of the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching at the beautifully restored Coast Guard Station on Ocracoke Island. The state Senate now wants to shutter the place up. Islanders were thrilled that the $7 million state-funded renovation maintained the station’s authentic […]
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KILLDEVIL HILLS — Christopher Michael Wynn, 44, died Monday, May 27, 2013in Nags Head. Christopher was born in Columbus, Ohio, was acommercial fisherman, and had a passion for hunting, fishing, surfing,and cooking. Christopher loved to cook and enjoyed the company of hisfriends. He was a former basketball coach for Ocracoke School,where he was also an […]
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The Ocracoke pony herd welcomed a new member with the birth of Captain Marvin Howard, a colt born May 9 to the mare Jitterbug. The herd of Banker ponies, housed at the Ocracoke Pony Pen, now numbers 17, said Jocelyn Wright, lead biological science technician with the National Park Service on Ocracoke, which manages the […]
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Last week was an interesting one for companion bills in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate that would overturn the National Park Service off-road vehicle plan for the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. The bills were scheduled for back-to-back markups in House and Senate committees on Wednesday and Thursday. On Wednesday, H.R. 819, introduced […]
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