By CONNIE LEINBACH By CONNIE LEINBACH Ocracoke Island has won round three in the ferry toll fight. The Regional Planning Organization (RPO) of Division 1, which is overseen by the Albemarle Commission and which includes Hyde and Dare counties, did not vote on the North Carolina Department of Transportation’s request to enact tolls on the […]
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Stacie Leigh Almquist
HATTERAS– Stacie Leigh Almquist, 50, formerly of Afton (Nelson County), Va.,passed away on Saturday March 15, 2014 in Norfolk General Hospital. Shewas the daughter of the late Nathan Miller and Donna Hinkley. Shewas a wonderful, loving mother of four, Melissa Dawson, 26, who residesin Shanghai, China, with her husband Aaron and son Oscar, DanielAlmquist, 20, […]
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Roy L. Gray Jr.
ETOWAH,Tenn. — Roy L. Gray Jr., age 74, passed away Saturday, March 15, 2014at his residence, after a long valiant fight with brain cancer and thecomplications resulting from treatments. He was a native ofHatteras. He was a retiree of J.M. Huber Corporation in Etowah and wasemployed by the Sundry Stores, Inc. for the past several […]
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Good morning, Hatteras Island!
In the pre-dawn darkness on a frigid Friday morning, a small group of people began gathering at a county-owned building in Buxton. The folks were all board members and volunteers who have been working as hard as they possibly could for months now to bring us something really special for our community ? Radio Hatteras. […]
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Charles L. Brown
HATTERAS– Captain Charles L. Brown sailed his final journey on Friday, March14, 2014. He was born on April 17, 1945 in Morehead City,N.C. He will join his father, Roy Shavender Brown, and mother,Hilda Wood Brown. He is survived by his family, of which hewas most proud — his wife, Diane Waldrep Brown; his only son,Christopher […]
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Honoring Wayne Teeter, a true Ocracoke icon
By PAT GARBER By PAT GARBER Island old-timers believe that when an Ocracoker was going to die, the island’s roosters would crow repeatedly in mournful tones. On Sunday morning, March 9, the roosters along O’Neal Drive crowed non-stop, even as the news arrived that Wayne Teeter, a man who was “as Ocracoke as you could […]
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Guest Column: Protecting what remains of separation of powers
The North Carolina Constitution’s Section 6 calls for the separation of powers. The mandate is simple and to the point: “The legislative, executive, and supreme judicial powers of the State government shall be forever separate and distinct from each other.” Nonpartisan judicial races are under attack by Art Pope and his friends. Although not elected to […]
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Larry Cullen Jr.
FRISCO — Larry Cullen Jr., 67, went to be with the Lord on March 13, 2014 at the Outer Banks Hospital. Larryhas touched the lives and hearts of many young people during his40-plus years of teaching experience both in the U.S. and in Holland,including five years in the Outer Banks. He served as a soccer […]
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Outer Banks Chamber unveils new magazine
Outer Banks Chamber unveils new magazine The Outer Banks Chamber of Commerce celebrated the arrival of the Outer Banks Experience Magazine today a brunch buffet for advertisers at Kelly’s Outer Banks Restaurant and Tavern in Nags Head. Thirty-five advertisers supported the publication, which will serve as the Chamber’s quality-of-life piece for 2014. All members of […]
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Outer Banks Angling: Monsters
Well, it seems the Outer Banks is starting to get a little reprieve from the harsh winter weather–at least as far as the temps go. March and April, though, can still be brutal months for northeasters, and we got a good blow last Friday. But, I think as long as it’s not freezing and snowing […]
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