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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Daisy Stowe O’Neal
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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Summerfield, one other murder suspect won’t face death penalty
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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Celebrating Independence Day on Hatteras Island ….WITH SLIDE SHOW
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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Peggy Spencer O’Neal
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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UPDATE: NPS sets public meetings on infrastructure improvements
The National Park Service will conduct two public meetings to provide the basic information and to hear questions and comments regarding the proposal to improve infrastructure to provide new access points and to facilitate public access in Cape Hatteras National Seashore. Public meetings are scheduled as follows: Tuesday, July 16, on Hatteras Island at the […]
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UPDATE: MFS advisory committees will meet on shrimp trawling ban
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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Piping plover chicks at Ramp 43 about a week from fledging
The four piping plover chicks that hatched from a nest near Ramp 43 on June 13 are still in the area and foraging around a pond near the ramp and occasionally in surf on the ocean beach, according to Randy Swilling, natural resources program manager for the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. The three-week-old chicks, Swilling […]
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Hyde County ABC stores are finally in better financial shape
The Hyde County ABC stores are in the black after years of deficits and mismanagement, thanks to Ocracoke islander Keith Parker-Lowe’s management. “The ABC stores are in the best shape they’ve been in in several years,” noted Bill Rich, Hyde County manager after the first part of a public hearing on the ABC’s budget June […]
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NOAA considering new regulations for bluefin tuna quotas and share allocation
While an international panel is studying revisions of stock quotas of bluefin tuna, the federal agency that divvies up the U.S. share will consider new regulations that address allocation share along the East Coast, a long-standing bone of contention between New England and Southeast watermen. A draft amendment to the Highly Migratory Species Management Plan […]
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