Gusty winds on Friday afternoon destroyed the home of a family in the Flowers Ridge area of Buxton, as Tropical Storm Andrea passed through the area. Three fledgling ospreys took a terrifying ride when their nest broke loose from its mooring high atop a tree, crashing to the ground. It was Kim Mosher of Flowers […]
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Thirty-four members of the Class of 2013 at Cape Hatteras Secondary School of Social Studies received their diplomas at the commencement ceremonies on Saturday evening, June 10. The Class of 2013 marched into and out of the William P. Dillon Memorial Gymnasium to the tradition “Pomp and Circumstance,” played by the Cape Hatteras Secondary School […]
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We face transportation challenges on Hatteras and Ocracoke islands, but we are open for the summer season. Highway 12 is clear and the Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry is running, even with the approach of Tropical Storm Andrea, the first named storm of the 2013 hurricane season. We keep trying to put out the word that we are […]
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Technically, Lynne Foster is a “come-here” on Hatteras Island, a term meant to distinguish the natives from the interlopers. But between her genuine warmth and determined drive to help her adopted community, she has earned well-deserved “belongs-here” status. Foster was awarded Outstanding Citizen of the Year at Dare County’s 38th annual Dare Day celebration this […]
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Dredging operations in the Hatteras ferry channel were suspended today to allow the Dredge Merritt to get to safe harbor to ride out the expected high winds and choppy waves caused by Tropical Storm Andrea through Friday. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ plan is to get the Merritt back to work in the channel […]
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By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN The Outer Banks are under a tropical storm warning as the first named storm of the season heads toward eastern North Carolina. At 11 a.m., Tropical Storm Andrea was in the northeast Gulf of Mexico with winds at 60 mph and a forward speed of 15 mph. On this […]
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By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN A 55-year-old Kentucky man drowned on Friday, May 31, while swimming near milepost 68 at the Pony Pens on Ocracoke. According to National Park Service law enforcement ranger Jon Anglin, a call to Hyde County dispatch was received about 7:30 p.m. about a swimmer in trouble. The National Park […]
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Fair Haven United Methodist Church in Rodanthe is just one of the homes, businesses, and landmarks destroyed by the Outer Banks’ merciless weather these past two years. Fair Haven has taken its fair share of beatings over time from hurricanes and northeasters, but Hurricane Irene delivered a punch to the little church that has left […]
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By B.J. OELSCHLEGEL On Jan. 1, 2009, Hyde County applied new assessments to each parcel on the county tax roles. These values were the result of an 18- 24 month professional study of the market and were verified as being at 100 percent of market value. This re-evaluation was triggered by a growing discrepancy between […]
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National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis announced last week that he has selected Stanley J. Austin to serve as the agency’s Southeast regional director. Austin will begin his new duties in mid-July. “Stan is a proven leader with a track record of innovative problem solving, and I am delighted he has accepted this opportunity […]
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