NCCAT again facing an uncertain future By CATHERINE KOZAK By CATHERINE KOZAK Fears of impending doom – again – for the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching have been alleviated for now with funds for the program provided in the proposed state Senate budget bill. The almost 30-year-old professional learning program for pre […]
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Barclay Trimble will be leaving his job as superintendent of the Outer Banks Group of the National Park Service, which includes Cape Hatteras National Seashore, after fewer than two years on the job. Stan Austin, NPS Southeast Regional Director, made the announcement in a news release on May 27, that Trimble had been selected as […]
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The National Park Service today reopened of Ramp 43 in Buxton to off-road vehicle and pedestrian access. Park staff first observed the hatching of piping plover chicks on the morning of May 23. For the past three days no piping plover chicks have been observed. Their disappearance is most likely due to avian predation. However, […]
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NOAA’s Monitor National Marine Sanctuary will hold a public meeting of the sanctuary advisory council on Thursday, June 5, from 10 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. at the University of North Carolina Coastal Studies Institute, 850 N.C. 345, Room 262, in Wanchese. The meeting will include a presentation from the expansion working group about its recommendations […]
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will have an informational session and public hearing on listing the rufa red knot as a threatened species on Thursday, June 5 from 5 until 8 p.m. at the Alligator National Wildlife Refuge Headquarters in Manteo. The information session will be from 5 until 6:30, followed by public comments […]
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BUXTON– Joseph Daniel “Dan” Kavanagh Jr. of Buxton, NC, formerly ofHardyville, VA., passed away May 28, 2014. Dan was born on June 4, 1949in Bay City, MICH., to Joseph Daniel Sr. (deceased) and Alicia (Finn)Kavanagh. Dan met the love of his life, Regena (Pugh), whileattending Marshall University in Huntington, W.VA., and they weremarried in 1969. […]
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By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN Dr. Beach’s list of the Top 10 U.S. beaches was released last week just before the Memorial Day weekend and Buxton Beach in the Cape Hatteras National Seashore is again on the list. This year the Cape Hatteras National Seashore beach ranks No. 6 on the list – up […]
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The U.S. Coast Guard medevaced a 52-year-old man from a dive boat approximately 18 miles southeast of Hatteras Inlet on Sunday, May 25. The captain of the dive boat Under Pressure contacted Coast Guard North Carolina Command Center watchstanders via VHF-FM at approximately 3 p.m. and reported a diver was suffering from signs of decompression […]
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On Wednesday, May 21, at approximately 3:30 a.m., Dare County Central Communications received a 911 call reporting a fire at the Slash Creek Condos in Hatteras. The Dare County Sheriff’s Office, the Hatteras, Frisco, Buxton and Avon volunteer fire departments, the Hatteras Island Rescue Squad, and Dare EMS responded. When units arrived, they found the […]
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In its heyday in the 1980s and ?90s, Waterfall Park in Rodanthe was one of the busiest and happiest of places. It was filled with families enjoying all of the water-themed attractions, such as waterslides, go-carts, a free-fall tower, and swimming pool. It was built by the Merjos family of Virginia Beach. The parents ? […]
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