Every time it rains on Ocracoke, islanders and visitors must run a gauntlet of large puddles on the village streets that often last for days before evaporating. This has been going on for many years and Wednesday night, the Ocracoke Civic and Business Association agreed to be the group to try to move forward to […]
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Hatteras Village Christmas Parade postponed until Dec. 21 Hatteras Village Christmas Parade postponed until Dec. 21 The annual Hatteras Village Christmas Parade, one of the most anticipated of holiday events on the island, has been postponed by the weather forecast. This year’s parade, scheduled for tomorrow, will be on Saturday, Dec. 21, starting at 2 […]
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The North Carolina Department of Transportation is making significant progress collecting and analyzing the critical information needed to determine the next steps in its effort to reopen the Bonner Bridge in Dare County. Engineers have evaluated the data from sonar scans taken Wednesday at the bridge, as well as the results of the first pile-driving […]
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The North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles’ mobile will make a three-day stay on Hatteras Island. Also, the Dare County Clerk of Court has changed its Hatteras on-site services. The DOT Division of Motor Vehicles will have a special December schedule for the mobile unit’s visit to the island to provide driver’s license services. The […]
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For most folks, the subject of sea turtles conjures images of nest excavations on the beach and enormous, old turtles gliding along the Gulf Stream, but for many on Hatteras and Ocracoke islands, it also evokes visions of cold-stunned sea turtles stranded along the coast in the winter. Each year, National Park Service rangers and […]
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Where were you when you heard the news that the Bonner Bridge was closing immediately for safety concerns on the afternoon of Tuesday, Dec. 3? Hope you were not up the beach at a doctor?s appointment, taking care of other business, or Christmas shopping. Because some who were had a big hassle getting back to […]
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After hearing from Hatteras Island commuters about the need for an additional early evening run on the Emergency Route between Stumpy Point and Rodanthe, the North Carolina Department of Transportation’s Ferry Division has agreed to add a 6:15 p.m. departure from Stumpy Point and an 8:45 departure from Rodanthe beginning Thursday. The commuter concerns were […]
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Dare County and North Carolina Department of Transportation officials responded to questions and concerns from Hatteras islanders at a community meeting on Tuesday night in Buxton. The meeting at Cape Hatteras Secondary School auditorium was attended by a standing-room only crowd of folks concerned about the current situation with the closure by DOT of […]
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BUXTON– Beth Gray Quidley, 84, died on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013 in a NagsHead nursing home. Mrs. Quidley was the daughter of the lateWilliam Andrew and Cora Quidley Gray and was the widow of the lateAmasa Jones Quidley, Jr. She was a homemaker and a member of theLighthouse Assembly of God Church in Buxton. Besides […]
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By JIM TROGDON I want to correct some errors in statements made since the Bonner Bridge closure, particularly by plaintiffs’ counsel on this issue, that occasionally are reported as fact. In this case, plaintiffs’ counsel is the Southern Environmental Law Center, which represents Defenders of Wildlife and the National Wildlife Refuge Association. 1. The North […]
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