Lou Castro may seem like a quiet one, but get him talking about music and he’s a ball of energy as the joy of his profession flows in a cascade of musical references and past and contemporary musicians. Castro, 48, is a fixture in the music scene on Ocracoke. The number of bands he’s in […]
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Pea Island Refuge is a hub of Highway 12 activity this summer By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN Summer has always been an extremely active time for Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge. Nesting shorebirds scrape their shallow nests in the sand. Sea turtles lumber ashore at night and dig nesting holes. Literally […]
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EMERALD ISLE — Each month I eagerly anticipate the arrival of the new full moon. I don’t know what it is, but mysterious urgings cause me to wander outside to find an open landscape and patiently wait for the luminous orb to silently glide into the night sky making its grand entrance. The recent full […]
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The month of July has been quite interesting in the weather department. From hurricanes to mini-northeasters, hard southwest winds, and torrential downpours, we have seen it all. But the weather is not responsible for the slower fishing. It’s just summer. And every year around July, the fishing backs down some, but that doesn’t mean there […]
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BUCKINGHAM, Va. and AVON — Nolan Brock O’Neal, 13 months old, of Buckingham earned his angel wings on July 20, 2014. Nolanis survived by his father Nicholas O’Neal and wife Sheryl;grandparents, June McDowell, Clifton and Sherry O’Neal, Ray and KellyKing; great-grandparents, Ronald and Judy Williams, L.P. and WandaO’Neal, Lorraine Bisket; aunts and uncles, Brandi O’Neal, […]
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To the relief of beach access proponents, the Outer Banks is not included in a new rule that established critical habitat areas for loggerhead turtles on nearly 700 miles of shoreline in southeastern states. The designation from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service provides another layer of regulation to management of protected species, and is […]
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Since Republicans took total control of North Carolina in 2012, not much of the news coming our way from Raleigh has been good news. The memories of those powerless days when Democrats controlled all in Raleigh have not been forgotten — especially the memory of a powerful politician from Dare County, Marc Basnight. Basnight, the […]
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Homeowners insurance rate hearing is rescheduled Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin announced this week that the homeowners insurance rate hearing originally scheduled for Aug. 6 has been rescheduled. The hearing is now set for Monday, Oct. 20, at 9 a.m. in the Jim Long Hearing Room on the third floor of the Dobbs Building, 430 N. […]
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Visitors on the beach in northern Rodanthe — even those who are used to seeing vehicles on the sand — were probably startled to see this vehicle working in the surf on Monday, July 14. No need to worry. It was just another CRAB on the beach. The big contraption, sitting on three tall legs, […]
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A lot of people say they’re going to write a book one day, but not a lot of people actually do it. Of those who do, few actually get published, and even fewer sell out of their first printing in just 25 days. “Well,” said Elvin Hooper, smiling with a youthful exuberance that belies his […]
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