The National Park Service this morning closed Cape Point to off-road vehicle access. The closure is in accordance with the requirements of the ORV Management Plan for Cape Hatteras National Seashore. On April 2, 2014, approximately 0.5 of a mile south of Ramp 44 adjacent to the ocean shoreline, National Park Service staff observed piping […]
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Bodie Island and Cape Hatteras lighthouses to open on April 18
The Cape Hatteras National Seashore Bodie Island and Cape Hatteras Lighthouses will open for the season on Friday, April 18. Guided tours will be offered at the Bodie Island Lighthouse. Visitors can climb the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse at set intervals. These lighthouses will remain open through Columbus Day, Monday, October 13. Tickets are required. […]
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UPDATE: Frisco man charged in gravestone case
UPDATE: Frisco man charged in gravestone case On April 10, Dare Sheriff’s Investigator Doug Oberbeck charged the suspect in the defacing of gravestones from a Frisco grave site. Charged with defacing a grave site, a misdemeanor, was Leland Eyre Haller Jr., 59, of Frisco. He was charged on a criminal summons to appear in court […]
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Carlton Boyce O’Neal
ELIZABETHCITY — Carlton Boyce O’Neal, 72, of 110 Letitia Drive, died Tuesday,April 1, 2014 at the Albemarle Hospital. Mr. O’Neal, a native ofOcracoke, was the son of the late Harry Walton O’Neal and Essie ParsonO’Neal and the husband of Bonnie Phillips Wilmore O’Neal of theresidence. He was a retired Master Chief Quartermaster from theU.S. Coast […]
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Brown algae is closing in on N.C. waters from the south and the north
Fish kills, decreases in shellfish, murky brown water, and loss of underwater grasses — these are things no one wants to see in their coastal community waters. But these are the effects of a brown algae that is becoming more and more common in the estuaries of the eastern United States. Brown algae blooms, also […]
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NPS taking well-deserved pounding over cutting lifeguards
Superintendent of the National Park Service Outer Banks Group, Barclay Trimble, announced last November that because of continuing cuts to the NPS budget, the seashore would see cuts in services to visitors this year and among them would be the elimination of lifeguarded beaches. At the time, seashore officials noted that with the cuts proposed […]
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Joseph J. Gallagher
AVON– Joseph J. Gallagher passed away peacefully Friday, March 28, atLower Cape Fear Hospice in Wilmington, N.C. His wife, SusanGallagher, was by his side. He was 67. Joseph servedin the U.S. Navy as a photographer before spending 25 years helpingothers as a firefighter in Camden, N.J. He retired in 1999 as abattalion chief. He served with […]
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Park Service offers five days of lifeguards, but wants $10,000 from locals for seven days — at each of three beaches
Ocracoke residents and business owners are concerned that the National Park Service’s policy manual says: “the protection of human life is the highest priority,” and are asking them to live up to that value and to continue full funding of lifeguards at the public beach. Cape Hatteras National Seashore Superintendent Barclay Trimble confirmed today that […]
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Ocracoke Observer is under new ownership
Ocracoke Observer is under new ownership Islanders Connie Leinbach and Peter Vankevich in March purchased the Ocracoke Observer from Linda Rippe and will run this free publication made available throughout Ocracoke Island and connecting points and areas in Hyde and Dare counties. The new owners, while looking to enhance the Web presence of the paper, believe […]
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Judge Boyle hears oral arguments in CHAPA lawsuit to scrap the Park Service ORV plan
March 24 was the presumed date for oral arguments to be presented in the case of the Cape Hatteras Access Preservation Alliance (CHAPA) lawsuit challenging agencies of the Department of the Interior. The date and time and even the location of the hearing had remained uncertain until less than a week earlier, leaving attorneys for […]
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