Monthly Archives: March, 2014

Brown algae is closing in on N.C. waters from the south and the north

Island Features Pat.Garber - March 31, 2014

Fish kills, decreases in shellfish, murky brown water, and loss of underwater grasses -- these are things no one wants to see in their...

Joseph J. Gallagher

Obituaries Island Free Press - March 28, 2014

AVON-- Joseph J. Gallagher passed away peacefully Friday, March 28, atLower Cape Fear Hospice in Wilmington, N.C. His wife, SusanGallagher, was by his side. He...

NPS taking well-deserved pounding over cutting lifeguards

Editor's Blog Irene Nolan - March 28, 2014

Superintendent of the National Park Service Outer Banks Group, Barclay Trimble, announced last November that because of continuing cuts to the NPS budget,...

Ocracoke Observer is under new ownership

Real Estate Connie Leinbach - March 27, 2014

Ocracoke Observer is under new ownership Islanders Connie Leinbach and Peter Vankevich in March purchased the Ocracoke Observer from Linda Rippe and will...

Park Service offers five days of lifeguards, but wants $10,000 from locals for seven days — at each of three beaches

Seashore News Connie Leinbach - March 27, 2014

Ocracoke residents and business owners are concerned that the National Park Service’s policy manual says: “the protection of human life is the highest priority,”...

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Monthly Archives: March, 2014

Brown algae is closing in on N.C. waters from the south and the north

Joseph J. Gallagher

NPS taking well-deserved pounding over cutting lifeguards

Ocracoke Observer is under new ownership

Park Service offers five days of lifeguards, but wants $10,000 from locals for seven days — at each of three beaches

DEQ selects 7 projects to improve state’s electric grid, including Ocracoke Island project to relocate power lines

Kitty Hawk insurance agency owner Paul Tine named new NCDMV Commissioner

NCDOT to hold public meetings on Ocracoke South Dock Study

Susann Stokes Wright

Traffic lights in Hatteras Village will be replaced with stop signs

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