I hate Valentine’s Day. And I’m a newlywed who’s in the intoxicating throes of exciting young love. (OK, it’s actually the throes of laid-back, middle-aged love, but still.) In fact, Valentine’s Day has always been one of my least favorite holidays, where I would traditionally watch as all of my excited colleagues got flowers delivered […]
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After 30 years with the National Park Service, Paul Stevens, chief ranger with the Outer Banks Group, will retire on Feb. 27. Stevens, a long-time resident and Outer Banks Group employee, transferred to Cape Hatteras National Seashore in 1988. He served in other parks including an internship at Cape Lookout National Seashore, as a park […]
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Do you ever wonder what all those twinkling lights are in the night sky? I do. Do you enjoy sitting out on dark clear evening looking for shooting stars? I do. I remember how thrilled I was when my parents got me a very used telescope and tripod for my eighth birthday. I used it […]
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Forecasters at the National Weather Service in Newport, N.C., are delivering a Valentine’s week forecast that isn’t very sweet or poetic or any of the other things we think of around this holiday. Mother Nature promises to serve up high winds, heavy surf, a chance for coastal flooding, and some rain tomorrow into Wednesday, followed […]
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GladysCharles Peele, 100, died on Feb. 9, 2015. She was born in Washington,N.C., on Feb. 8, 1915 to H.B. Charles and Gladys Chapman Charles andgrew up in the Pitt County town of Grifton. She received hermusic and education degrees from Atlantic Christian College in 1934,where she was a member of Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority. Gladystaught […]
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This is the story of another national seashore — Point Reyes north of San Francisco — because what has happened there is something that we need to be aware of as we work with the National Park Service to implement new legislation passed by Congress in December. The new legislation would make some changes to […]
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The state closed more than 300,000 acres of water bottom to shellfish harvests today as a way to save tax dollars spent on water quality monitoring with little impact to fishermen. The closures – the result of funding cuts approved in last year’s state budget – will have an impact on areas of the Albemarle […]
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Hazelnut is the 17th member of the Ocracoke pony herd. The foal was born on Wednesday, Feb. 4, at approximately 10 a.m. Her mother is Sacajawea, a mare from Shackleford Banks who joined the Ocracoke herd in 2010, and her father is Rayo, a direct descendant of the original Ocracoke ponies. Hazelnut was named by […]
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To understand the legislative process in Raleigh, it’s helpful to watch the television program “Gold Rush.” Each season, the reality show participants start with picking their ground, then digging and delivering dirt to the trammel where it is watered down and shook hard so that the gold settles in the mats where it is retrieved. […]
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The coastal storm that brought high winds to the Outer Banks and coastal waters yesterday has sent the Diamond Shoals buoy adrift. According to the National Weather Service in Newport, N.C., the buoy was cut loose from its moorings on Thursday, Feb. 5, and is still adrift in the Gulf Stream currents. At 3 p.m. […]
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