A crowd that Park Service Hatteras District Ranger David Carter put at 100 to 150 people marched peacefully down Lighthouse Road, past barricades, and out to the closed beach at the site of the old Cape Hatteras Lighthouse about mid-day on Saturday, Oct. 5. There were no incidents, Carter said, and after milling around on […]
Seashore News | Full Article
Unless you have been in a cave or completely unplugged from the world, you must know that there has been a massive federal government shutdown that has totally closed down the beaches and other facilities at the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. Technically, all of the seashore beaches are closed, but the Park Service is not […]
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Here on Hatteras and Ocracoke in recent years we?ve had more than the usual number of reasons to feel that we are under siege by forces beyond our control. For the last three years, we?ve seen hurricanes take out our fall shoulder season. Two ? Earl and Irene — wiped out the important Labor Day […]
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By all accounts, the third day of the federal government shutdown that has closed the beaches and other facilities at the Cape Hatteras National Seashore was uneventful again. Although all beaches and parking areas are technically closed to the public, folks continued to park at many and walk over to the beach. Again, they were […]
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The second day of the federal government shutdown that has closed all the Cape Hatteras National Seashore beaches was another perfect beach day. And it seemed that plenty of people were managing to get to the beach by finding a place to park, closed or not, and walking over the dunes or through private property. […]
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The Southern Environmental Law Center today asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in Richmond, Va., to overturn a North Carolina federal district judge’s ruling that would allow construction to begin on the Bonner Bridge replacement project. In a news release, the North Carolina Department of Transportation said, “The appeal will mean […]
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It was a perfect beach day on Hatteras and Ocracoke, but most residents and visitors didn’t get to enjoy it on this first day of a federal government shutdown. The skies were blue and the temperatures in the mid-70s. The surf was described by some who got to try it out as “fun,” though the […]
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