Fish kills, decreases in shellfish, murky brown water, and loss of underwater grasses — these are things no one wants to see in their coastal community waters. But these are the effects of a brown algae that is becoming more and more common in the estuaries of the eastern United States. Brown algae blooms, also […]
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Superintendent of the National Park Service Outer Banks Group, Barclay Trimble, announced last November that because of continuing cuts to the NPS budget, the seashore would see cuts in services to visitors this year and among them would be the elimination of lifeguarded beaches. At the time, seashore officials noted that with the cuts proposed […]
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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 was 67. Joseph servedin the U.S. Navy as a photographer before spending 25 years helpingothers as a firefighter in Camden, N.J. He retired in 1999 as abattalion chief. He served with […]
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March 24 was the presumed date for oral arguments to be presented in the case of the Cape Hatteras Access Preservation Alliance (CHAPA) lawsuit challenging agencies of the Department of the Interior. The date and time and even the location of the hearing had remained uncertain until less than a week earlier, leaving attorneys for […]
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Ocracoke Observer is under new ownership Islanders Connie Leinbach and Peter Vankevich in March purchased the Ocracoke Observer from Linda Rippe and will run this free publication made available throughout Ocracoke Island and connecting points and areas in Hyde and Dare counties. The new owners, while looking to enhance the Web presence of the paper, believe […]
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By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has released an amendment to the S-Curves Beach Nourishment Compatibility Determination for one-time nourishment at the S-curves on Highway 12 in the Peal Island National Refuge. In it, refuge manager Mike Bryant has found the project “compatible” with uses of the refuge with […]
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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,” and are asking them to live up to that value and to continue full funding of lifeguards at the public beach. Cape Hatteras National Seashore Superintendent Barclay Trimble confirmed today that […]
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By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN The Dare County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help in finding information on pieces of very old gravestones that were found discarded in the dumpster at the Frisco Bathhouse. The report came in Friday, March 21. Sgt. Doug Oberbeck said that office needs information on who may have […]
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By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN Both the Hatteras Village Medical Center and the Ocracoke Health Center will see some changes in operations this spring. The Hatteras center will see a change in the health care provider, and the Ocracoke center will have expanded hours, but will no longer have an after-hours, on-call provider. The […]
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All eyes have been on the aging Herbert C. Bonner Bridge over Oregon Inlet for the better part of the past two decades as the North Carolina Department of Transportation and other federal and state agencies figured out how to replace it. However, concerns about Hatteras Island?s only land link have soared since DOT closed […]
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