A small but vocal group of islanders gathered at the Shipwreck Grill in Buxton on Monday to continue their campaign to get the beach on the northern edge of the village nourished with sand now — not in the summer of 2016. About 20 people attended the meeting, organized by Carol Dawson, a Buxton resident […]
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Hatteras-Ocracoke route switches to winter schedule
Off-season has come to the Outer Banks, and with it comes the switchover to the winter schedule on the North Carolina Ferry System’s Hatteras-Ocracoke route. The schedule switch will take place Tuesday, Nov. 11, with hourly departures for most of the day between 4:30 a.m. and 12:30 a.m. every day. Beginning November 11, the schedule […]
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Outer Banks Angling: The drum keeps on beating…WITH VIDEO
2014 has been an absolutely stellar year for red drum fishing. Red drum of all sizes have been caught all year. Whether it was cold and snowing or it was sunny and beautiful, finding a red drum in a fishing report has not been hard. Everyone has noticed the overwhelming puppy drum population in the […]
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Author-historian Kevin Duffus talks about lighthouses and pirates on ‘To the Point’…WITH AUDIO
Author-historian Kevin Duffus of Raleigh, who has had a life-long fascination with North Carolina’s maritime history, was the guest on Sunday, Nov. 2, on the new Radio Hatteras interview show, “To the Point.” “To the Point,” which is hosted by Island Free Press editor Irene Nolan, airs on the island’s community radio station, FM 101.5 […]
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Republicans sweep Dare County
Republican candidates for all races had a good night in Dare County. With all of the precincts counted, Republicans swept the county — with just two exceptions, both incumbents. N.C. Rep. Paul Tine, beat his opponent, Mattie Lawson, with 52 percent of the vote to her 48, and District 2 Commissioner Max Dutton squeaked by […]
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The day that East met West in Hatteras village ….WITH SLIDE SHOW AND VIDEO
This is a story — a very funny story — with a happy ending about the day that a delegation of Chinese investors and government officials came to visit Hatteras village on a whirlwind tour of Dare County. The story was told to me by Allen Burrus of Hatteras village, vice-chairman of the county Board […]
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Democrats buck the statewide trend in Hyde County
As opposed to Dare County and many other locations in the state, Democratic candidates in the 2014 mid-term general election did quite well in Hyde County. The only Republican who won the voters’ approval at the top of the ballot was incumbent U.S. Rep. Walter Jones, who was running for his 11th term from the […]
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Ocracoke is taken over by bands of pirates for a jamboree weekend….WITH SLIDE SHOW
Perhaps Michelle Montanaro described the whole mystique of Blackbeard’s Pirate Jamboree on Ocracoke best when she talked about why she was part of Blackbeard’s Pirate Crew encampment. “I get to be a pirate,” said the newbie pirate crew member matter-of-factly on Saturday, Nov. 1, the second day of the three-day event. She and her husband, […]
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UPDATE: Cape Point remains closed to night driving
State certifies new skipjack tuna record caught south of Hatteras Inlet
The North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries has certified a new skipjack tuna state record. Matthew Charles Kelly of Chesapeake, Va., reeled in the 32-pound fish on Aug. 31 while fishing in the Gulf Stream south of Hatteras Inlet. The previous state record skipjack tuna weighed 22 pounds, 3 ounces and was caught off Wrightsville […]
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