After millions of years of erosion, winds, tides, currents, storms and hurricanes, the North Carolina coast is now decorated with barrier islands and three prominent capes. Each of these capes — Hatteras, Lookout, and Fear — has its own distinctive natural and cultural history. As a native of Carteret County, I am very familiar with […]
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It is summertime! And the cooking is easy! When seafood and produce are this fresh, there is no need for complicated recipes that disguise the pure flavors of the food. Every meal consists of something just out of the surrounding seas or picked that day from my garden, friends’ gardens on the island, or from […]
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It was a hot and humid July morning, and Windsor Jacques was at Diamond Shoals Restaurant, loading 15 hot lunches into the cab of his truck. Jacques is the vice president of Hatteras Island Meals, a local Meals-on-Wheels-style organization that delivers food to islanders who are elderly, ill, or just need a helping hand. Earlier […]
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Dare County has welcomed John Watts as the new Emergency Medical Services (EMS) director. Watts joined Dare County in June 2013, after serving as Environment of Care Manager at CaroMont Health in Gastonia, N.C. With over 30 years of experience in emergency services, Watts is highly regarded for his expertise in administration, training, policy development, […]
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Ocracoke islander Valerie Mason was on her way Monday to Wilmington to claim her prize as one of three North Carolinians who won $10,000 in the latest Powerball drawing. It was her biggest win in the years that she has been playing the game. She was happy for the win, she said, noting that she […]
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Assuming that access to Cape Point won?t reopen to off-road vehicles for at least another two weeks, this year will set a record for the amount of time that the popular fishing, shelling, and family gathering place has been closed to vehicles since 2008 ? and probably in the history of the seashore. Access to […]
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BUXTON– Elmore Ross Gray, Sr., 89, died Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2013 at hisresidence. Born in Avon, he was the son of the late Elmore Gray(deceased at Elmore’s third month of life) and Annie Gray Midgett andwas the widower of Charlotte R. Gray. He was raised by his mother,Annie, and his beloved father, Warren R. Midgett. […]
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Fishing is one of the main reasons that visitors come to the Outer Banks, and for years now, fishing piers here on Hatteras Island, and along the entire East Coast, have figured into the culture of beach vacations for anglers and for families. The piers that extend out into the ocean make it easier for […]
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For the first time since he began managing the Beachcomber Campground on Ocracoke, Sean Death has had to ask his employees to dust the bug spray bottles on the still-full shelves. “Last year at this time I was on my fourth or fifth order of bug spray,” he said, “but this year I’ve only ordered […]
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Malcolm Fearing is one of those Dare County natives who willingly inserts himself in local issues, some would say as an activist citizen, some would say as a burr. A persistent advocate for good government, he is a familiar figure at board meetings, often armed with reams of notes and stacks of documents. But he […]
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