A North Carolina ferry crew was honored on Monday with the Governor’s Award for Excellence in Safety and Heroism for the September 2013 rescue of two people in rough seas off of Ocracoke Island. The crew received the award in an afternoon ceremony at the North Carolina Museum of History in Raleigh. The rescue occurred […]
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With no public beach access and cars parked randomly along the side of the road, summer in the tri-villages of Rodanthe, Waves, and Salvo can be a traffic ordeal as visitors try to find their way to some of the best beaches on the Outer Banks. With the planned completion of the Dare County’s beach […]
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It’s moving day on Ocracoke. House-moving day, that is. Aaron and Rebecca Gallaher this year were given a historic home along Creek Road with the proviso that they’d move it to another island location. After they prepared the house by dismantling an older section of it, the move began early on Wednesday morning after Bray’s […]
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A guide to dining out during the holidays A guide to dining out during the holidays The weather is much cooler, the days are getting shorter, and there are many fewer visitors on Hatteras and Ocracoke. Many of the islands’ restaurants have already closed and others will be closing shortly. However, visiting during the holidays […]
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An effort to look at ways to privatize some state road maintenance and improvements was announced this month by the state Department of Transportation just a week after an invitation for bids was published seeking contractors to do maintenance work on Highway 12 on Hatteras and Ocracoke islands. But the two are not directly related, […]
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Two leaders of Hatteras Island’s Community Emergency Response Team were interviewed about the team’s work on Sunday, Nov. 16, on the Radio Hatteras interview show, “To the Point.” The guests for the hour were Kenny Brite of Avon and Larry Ogden of Waves. “To the Point,” which is hosted by Island Free Press editor Irene […]
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Thanksgiving on the Islands: An ode to meat and football Thanksgiving on the Islands: An ode to meat and football On Nov. 27, millions of Americans will put on their stretch pants, pull out the remote control, and settle into eight hours of couch time and football until it’s time to dive headfirst into a […]
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The Outer Beaches Realty main office on Highway 12 in Avon was extensively damaged today by an early morning, three-alarm fire. Kenny Brite, assistant chief of the Avon Volunteer Fire Department, said that the first call on the blaze came in at 12:12 a.m. According to Dare County fire marshal, Steve Kovacs, a passerby called […]
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An vote recount in the District 2 Dare County Commissioner race and a seat for the Associate Justice of the North Carolina State Supreme Court is scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 20, at 9 a.m. in Room 168 of the Dare County Administration Building, 954 Marshall Collins Drive in Manteo. […]
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Thanksgiving on the Islands: An ode to meat and football Thanksgiving on the Islands: An ode to meat and football On Nov. 27, millions of Americans will put on their stretch pants, pull out the remote control, and settle into eight hours of couch time and football until it’s time to dive headfirst into a […]
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