Sometimes you have to look very hard to find the bright spots in life, but on Monday in Raleigh, I didn’t have to look – the bright spots came to me. I was arrested at the Legislative Building on Monday night, although I was not part of the official protest. I went to hold my […]
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U.S. District Court Judge Terrence Boyle has scheduled another status conference in the case of a lawsuit filed against the National Park Service by environmental groups in 2007 over the lack of an off-road vehicle plan at the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. The status conference will be on Wednesday, July 31, at 11 a.m. in […]
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Legend has it that Blackbeard buried his treasure on the island of Ocracoke, and every once in a while some enthusiastic believer goes treasure hunting for a stash of gold. He’s not likely to find buried gold, but there is most definitely treasure to be found on these barrier islands. The beaches of our coast […]
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State Rep. Paul Tine, who represents Hyde County in the General Assembly, has asked to meet with state highway patrol officials about why it was necessary to send six troopers to Ocracoke on the July Fourth weekend. This is the second time this year that the presence of state troopers has caused a stir on […]
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At around the same time people on the Outer Banks started the busiest week of the year serving the tourist community, North Carolina’s new law on unemployment insurance was implemented. The law that went into effect on July 1 reduces the cap for new claims for weekly state unemployment insurance benefits from $535 to $350, […]
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HATTERAS– Daisy Stowe O’Neal, 89, went to her heavenly home, July 8, 2013. Shewas born in Hatteras on March 16, 1924 to Walter and Nora Stowe. She issurvived by Ephraim O’Neal, her husband of 69 years. She was a faithfulwife, mother, and Granny. Called Mrs. Daisy by the many people who knewher, she was well […]
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Two men being held in Dare County under separate murder charges will not be facing the death penalty, an assistant prosecutor told a judge on Monday. Enrico Mascaro of Nags Head and Nathan Summerfield of Ashland, Ohio, each wearing orange jumpsuits, were led into the courtroom one at a time for a brief appearance in […]
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Throngs of people gathered on the beach surrounding Avon Pier on Thursday evening, July 4, to celebrate America’s birthday by watching fireworks. Traffic on Highway 12 was at a stand still in Avon as people jockeyed to find parking places of which there were few. Lines of people flowed along the road towards the […]
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PeggySpencer O’Neal, 81, of Ocracoke died Thursday July 4, 2013 in Norfolk,Va. Mrs. O’Neal was born in Ocracoke and was the daughter of thelate Robert Washington “Washie” and Minerva “Minnie” Alwater Spencerand the wife of the late David Farrow O’Neal. She was amember of Ocracoke United Methodist Church and was formerly employedwith Pony Island Restaurant, […]
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Four advisory committees to the Marine Fisheries Commission will meet jointly on Tuesday, July 30, to discuss a petition for rulemaking that proposes reclassifying most internal coastal waters as secondary nursery areas. The meeting will be held at 12:30 p.m. July 30 at the New Bern Riverfront Convention Center, 203 South Front St., New Bern. […]
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