UPDATE: Avon fireworks reschedule — maybe to Monday, July 7 Because of the approaching tropical storm Arthur, the Avon Fireworks Committee, Avon Property Owners’ Association, Koru Village, Pyrotecnico, and Dare County have made a joint decision to reschedule the July 4 fireworks show on the Avon Fishing Pier, tentatively to Monday, July 7 at 9 […]
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UPDATE: Cancellations and closure begin as Arthur heads toward Outer Banks
NCDOT will provide real-time information about travel conditions through its Twitter feeds. As the storm approaches, the department will send out tweets about road closures, flooding, ferry cancellations and evacuation routes. Valuable travel information is also available through the department’s other social media tools – Facebook and YouTube. You can access social media feeds and […]
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UPDATE: Mandatory evacuation for Hatteras as hurricane flags fly
NCDOT will provide real-time information about travel conditions through its Twitter feeds. As the storm approaches, the department will send out tweets about road closures, flooding, ferry cancellations and evacuation routes. Valuable travel information is also available through the department’s other social media tools – Facebook and YouTube. You can access social media feeds and […]
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UPDATE: Arthur forecast to pass offshore of Outer Banks as minimal hurricane
UPDATE: Arthur forecast to pass offshore of Outer Banks as minimal hurricane The low pressure off Florida became a tropical depression late last night and a tropical storm late this morning. Tropical Storm Arthur, the first named storm of the 2014 hurricane season, is forecast to pass just offshore of the Outer Banks early Friday […]
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Julia Jordan Haywood
COLINGTON–Julia Jordan Haywood, 83, died Oct. 2 at The Outer Banks Hospital. Sheis survived by her husband, two sons, one daughter, and her mother whowill be 103 this month.Julia, born in Buffalo City, was owner andoperator of Jennifer Alterations. She was named Dare County’s Citizenof the Year by the Dare County Board of Commissioners in […]
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DOT’s new plan for funding projects makes it hard for rural areas to compete
Citizens who want to understand what projects the state Department of Transportation is proposing to fund or not fund under its new Strategic Mobility Formula might need to first hone their mastery of puzzles and mazes. What residents of northeastern North Carolina may miss in NCDOT’s unfathomable document posted online for review is that most […]
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Outer Banks plastic bag ban turns 5
When it was passed by legislators five years ago this month, the ban on plastic bags on the Outer Banks was one of the few in the country. Since then more than 125 communities have followed suit in banishing one of the most ubiquitous sources of litter on their streets and beaches. “It makes things a whole […]
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Tropical system may threaten Outer Banks on July 4
A low pressure area that is now almost stationary off the coast of central Florida may well be threatening the Outer Banks by July 4. The National Hurricane Center gives the low an 80 percent chance of becoming a tropical storm very soon, and some models take it to hurricane strength by the end of […]
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John R. Winnicki
FRISCO– John Robert Winnicki, 82, passed away on June 29, 2014 in Neptune,N.J., surrounded by his family. He succumbed to lymphoma after a three-month battle. Before entering treatment for his lymphoma in March, Johnwas living at his house in Frisco, enjoying his beloved Cape Hatteraslifestyle. Surviving John are his three children, John James,Sara Rae, and […]
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UPDATE: Park Service closes more beach in north Avon for tern breeding activity
The National Park Service has expanded the resource closures for least terns in front of oceanfront houses in north Avon. The newest closure includes two 75-meter buffers for least terns that are making “scrapes” in the sand, which is considered breeding activity. There are no new nests yet. The park also established two “corridors” to […]
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