National Park Service Outer Banks Group (Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, Wright Brothers National Memorial, and Cape Hatteras National Seashore) fall program season will run from Tuesday, Sept. 3, through Monday, Oct.14. A variety of programs are offered, and all programs are free. Wright Brothers National Memorial: Daily at 10:00 a.m., 12:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m., […]
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As the residents of the Core Banks and the Crystal Coast are up in arms about a proposed federal rule that could put additional regulations on their beaches to protect sea turtles, regulators are considering whether the area for the threatened species should be expanded to Cape Hatteras. Included in its 19-page comments to the […]
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The Coast Guard medevaced a 44-year-old man aboard a yacht Sunday that was taking on water in the Atlantic Ocean approximately 14 miles east of Ocracoke Inlet. A crew member aboard the Lady Windridge, a 149-foot yacht, contacted Coast Guard Sector North Carolina Command Center watchstanders at approximately 2:45 a.m. reporting their boat had seven […]
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ANNAPOLIS,Md. – Mary Joyce Havard, 86, passed away at home on Aug. 25, 2013,surrounded by her family. Raised in West Pittston, PA., Mary moved tothe Washington, D.C., area in 1950 with her husband and began workingfor the director of the Medical Society of Washington D,C. Mary laterworked as a research assistant for the editor of […]
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Before I get into this week?s blog, I want to let all of you know that Cape Point access has been restored for ORVs and pedestrians along the shoreline on the north side. Part of the area is still closed to protect least tern chicks, but the good news is that you can now drive […]
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Placed just off the side of Highway 12, the banner announcing the Day at the Docks catches the attention of people cruising into Hatteras village. For newcomers to the area, the large red and blue banner inspires curiosity, but, for those within the community, it evokes a sense of pride. Day at the Docks is […]
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Three Moral Monday events were held across the state on Monday evening, Aug. 19, but the charismatic leader of the grass roots social justice movement in North Carolina chose to attend the one that was held in Manteo. “Let me tell you why I’m here,” Rev. William Barber II told the crowd of almost 700, […]
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By TERRY CARTWRIGHT Hatteras During Hurricane Emily my husband, son, and I stayed at my Granddad Monroe’s because we had a trailer and knew it wasn’t safe. We took video of the storm as it came by. Looking around, I noticed water coming in the house around the walls. I remember my Granddad saying water […]
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While the good news from Raleigh recently is that legislators have left the ferry tolls status quo – no tolls, the word from officials is that Ocracoke islanders will still need to be vigilant about the ferry system. “The game has changed and the rules have changed,” noted S. Henri McClees, one of a team […]
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By CONNIE LEINBACH You can’t really go wrong with helping build oyster habitat, said Gene Ballance about his and James Barrie Gaskill’s work constructing oyster-shell reefs along Springer’s Point and on Beacon Island in the Ocracoke Inlet. “Oysters are good for several things,” Ballance continued. They create fish and crab habitat, they filter the water, […]
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