As part of the feasibility study to see if a passenger ferry option should be added to the Hatteras-Ocracoke car ferry runs, trial runs are planned for this spring, Ed Goodwin, the N.C. Ferry Division director, announced Monday at a public meeting in the Community Center. “I attend monthly meetings in Raleigh and this is the fastest […]
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Dare County fire marshal Steve Kovacs has determined that fires at two Hatteras Island businesses during November were accidental. The first was the fire that was first reported by a passerby in the early morning hours of Nov. 18 at the main office of Outer Beaches Realty in Avon. Four island volunteer fire departments and […]
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At a pre-trial hearing last week, a deputy commissioner for the North Carolina Industrial Commission handled several motions and set a schedule for proceeding in the tort claim complaint that Carol and Dave Dawson of the Cape Hatteras Motel in Buxton have filed against the Department of Transportation. The legal action was filed in November […]
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When beloved teacher and coach Scott Day died on Aug. 24, he left behind not only his family, but a generation of Hatteras students whose lives he had enriched as an educator, mentor, and friend. And now, Scott Day is leaving an even larger legacy. Earlier this month, the Outer Banks Community Foundation announced a […]
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The National Park Service and Dare County will host two open-house style meetings on Jan. 27 in Manteo and Jan. 28 in Buxton to get input from the public on the county’s plan to prepare a draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on beach nourishment in north Buxton. Dare County has asked the Park Service for […]
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If you thought perhaps the parties involved in negotiating a settlement to the long legal battle over replacing the aging Herbert C. Bonner Bridge over Oregon Inlet would finally reach an agreement after the holidays, you will probably be wrong. The North Carolina Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration today asked for the […]
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As we look forward into 2015, we have three R’s on our mind — recreation, restoration, and replacement. To be more specific, we want to see some movement on three issues that have plagued us for too long. In the area of recreation, we hope that the legislation passed last month by the U.S. Congress […]
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The National Park Service has issued a notice of intent to prepare a draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on Dare County’s plan to nourish the beach in north Buxton. The notice, which was filed in the Federal Register on Dec. 29, begins the public scoping process for the Environmental Impact Statement that is required by […]
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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Monday that this season’s influenza activity is high or widespread in 43 states, including North Carolina, where the flu was declared epidemic last week. However, health providers say that Hatteras Island hasn’t reached that level yet. “North Carolina is an epidemic state, but we are not […]
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Colony Realty Corp. of Avon, owned by Jack and Leslie Painter, has been sold to John and Julia Head of Frisco. The Heads are currently managing multiple long-term rentals and sell real estate through their company on Highway 12 in Frisco, Resort Professionals, Realtors on the Outer Banks. Colony Realty, which sold its vacation rental […]
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