The Dare County Board of Commissioners at its meeting Monday night approved a 2.39-cent increase in the Buxton Fire District tax to build a new firehouse. Beginning July 1, the fire district tax will be 10.58 cents per $100 of property valuation. Bryan Perry, chief of the Buxton Volunteer Fire Department, addressed the commissioners about […]
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The Dare County Board of Commissioners at its meeting on Monday night voted unanimously to give half of the $100,000 in support that it contributes to Vidant Health, which operates Vidant Family Care in Avon, to the newly reopened Hatteras Medical Center. Beginning with the next fiscal year, which begins July 1, $50,000 in county […]
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Dare County announces new emergency management coordinator Drew Pearson, Dare County’s new emergency management coordinator, was formally introduced to the Board of Commissioners at its meeting on Monday, June 2, by County Manager Bobby Outten. Pearson will officially become the deputy emergency management coordinator on Aug. 4, after retiring from the Coast Guard in mid-July. […]
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It will not be much longer before the official start of summer. The days are getting longer and the temps are getting warmer–finally. We are currently caught in a front that has brought some spring-like temperatures, which is nice, considering we had gone from cold weather to 90 degrees almost overnight. Getting a little milder […]
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UPDATE: Commissioners approve concrete plant in Waves with conditions By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN The Dare County Board of Commissioners last night approved Commercial Ready Mix Products’ request for a conditional use permit to build a concrete plant in Waves on the former Dare Building Supply site. The plant will […]
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Bills introduced in House and Senate would eliminate all ferry tolls By CONNIE LEINBACH By CONNIE LEINBACH By CONNIE LEINBACH Ocracoke has friends in the North Carolina House of Representatives and Senate working to eliminate ferry tolls during this short legislative session while they craft a spending budget for next year. Both legislative bodies […]
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AVON– Tanya Dawn Gray Watkins, 59, passed away on Tuesday, June 3, 2014 atJohns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Md., and is now singing with theangels. Born in Buxton, she was the most precious daughter of HarryMiller Gray and Barbara Midgett Gray and was the beloved wife of ThomasH. Watkins, III. She was a member of […]
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UPDATE: Commissioners approve cement plant in Waves with conditions By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN The Dare County Board of Commissioners tonight approved Commercial Ready Mix Products’ request for a conditional use permit to build a concrete plant in Waves on the former Dare Building Supply site. The plant will provide […]
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BUXTON– Elberta Ann Gillikin, 67, died Saturday, May 31, 2014. She was bornin Morehead City to Elbert R. Gillikin and Delores Jennette GillikinLewis. Elberta worked for RCA in Norfolk, VA., as a computer analyst.Her loves of her life were reading, music, and her family,especially her grandkids and mother. She is survived by hermother, Delores, and […]
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Routine scan of Bonner Bridge Monday will temporarily halt traffic On Monday, June 2, at 9 a.m., crews will halt traffic on both ends of the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge over the Oregon Inlet on Highway 12 as the department performs a routine scan of the bridge’s deck. It is expected to take about 30 […]
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