This past Monday, Feb. 18, Hatteras Island Meals, Inc. hosted the first of a series of public meetings aimed at reorganizing and rebuilding the financially strapped organization. Hatteras Island Meals is a local, volunteer-based, nonprofit organization that delivers hot meals, free of charge, to community members who need them. Last month, the organization—which has had […]
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Mainland ferry routes return to normal, Hatteras-Ocracoke may be running Friday
The Swan Quarter-Ocracoke ferry route reverted back to its normal schedule this morning in anticipation of the start-up of an alternate route for the Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry as early as tomorrow. The schedule for ferries between Ocracoke and the mainland, effective through May 20, is as follows: Swan Quarter to Ocracoke: 10 a.m., 4 p.m. […]
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UPDATE: Alternate Hatteras ferry route begins operations Friday, Feb. 22
The N.C. Department of Transportation’s Ferry Division will resume operations of its Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry route the morning of Friday, Feb. 22. It will be using a temporary alternate route that will operate until the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers completes the channel dredging to re-open the primary route. The new route surveyed by the Corps […]
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Coast Guard searching for missing mariner off Cape Hatteras
The Coast Guard launched a search today for a man who reportedly fell overboard from a merchant vessel approximately 50 miles east of Cape Hatteras. The master of the 478-foot merchant vessel Ice River contacted Coast Guard watchstander’s via satellite phone at approximately 10:30 a.m. stating that a 33-year old male crewmember was missing from the ship. Coast Guard watchstanders at Sector North Carolina diverted […]
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NCDOT schedules public hearings on proposed ferry tolls
The North Carolina Department of Transportation will hold two public meetings about proposed toll changes on its ferry routes. These changes include rate increases on the Southport/Fort Fisher, Swan Quarter/Ocracoke and Cedar Island/Ocracoke routes and the addition of tolls on the Bayview/Aurora and Cherry Branch/Minnesott Beach routes, by July 1 of this year. The […]
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Two upcoming meetings will address local issues
Two separate meetings scheduled for Monday, Feb. 25, at the Rodanthe-Waves-Salvo Community Building will address issues that are important to Hatteras Island. Newly elected state Rep. Paul Tine will host a Hatteras Community Coffee from 9:30 until 10:30 a.m. The purpose is to hear concerns and ideas from the people of Hatteras Island and provide […]
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NOAA releases final plan for managing and protecting Monitor Marine Sanctuary
Based on several years of scientific assessment and public involvement, NOAA this week released the final management plan and environmental assessment for the Monitor National Marine Sanctuary. The plan outlines how the sanctuary will operate over the next five to 10 years. Specifically, it provides a framework for the sanctuary to refine its education and […]
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New report says ferries still not an option for access to Hatteras Island
No high-speed ferry exists today that could safely carry millions of vehicles a year across the heavily shoaled Oregon Inlet and Pamlico Sound, according to a new transportation report released late last month. And even if engineering a shallow-draft, high-capacity ferry were possible, it said, the cost would be prohibitive. In response to renewed public […]
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Buxton Volunteer Fire Department celebrates 50 year …WITH SLIDE SHOW
Howling winds, cold rain, and a chance of snow did not dampen the spirits of the many firemen of Buxton who were celebrating 50 years of service during their annual meeting on Saturday night, Feb. 16. President Scott Busbey opened the meeting with the introductions of the active firemen and the passing out of roses […]
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Is snow in the forecast for Hatteras and Ocracoke?
Will there be snow on Hatteras or Ocracoke Saturday night? “It’s a possibility,” said Casey Dail, a forecaster at the National Weather Service office in Newport, N.C. Right now, she said, the forecast is for about a half-inch of accumulating snow tomorrow night, but it could be a little more, depending on the timing of […]
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