By CATHERINE KOZAK The proposed consolidation of the Dare County Oregon Inlet and Waterways Commission and the Oregon Inlet Task Force has been met with strong pushback from users of Hatteras Inlet, who fear their needs will be swamped by Oregon Inlet’s continual woes. At a contentious meeting on Thursday of the ad-hoc committee appointed […]
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Westbound Wright Memorial Bridge reopens
For real-time travel information at any time, call 511, visit the Traveler Services section of the NCDOT website or follow NCDOT on Twitter. You can also access NCDOT Mobile, a version of the NCDOT website especially for mobile devices. Visit m.ncdot.gov from your mobile browser. For information on alternate routes to take when traveling to […]
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Searching for the Lost Colony on Hatteras Island
Artifacts found in recent digs in Buxton may be solid evidence that the so-called “Lost Colony” fled to Croatoan. Or they may not. Until findings are published, the work is among numerous unproven tidbits that add to centuries of speculation on what happened to the English settlers who disappeared from Roanoke Island after 1587. The […]
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Ann Dixon Edgerton Dunstan
AnnaDixon Edgerton Dunstan peacefully relocated to heaven at 5:47 p.m. onMay 12, 2015, surrounded by love at Spring Arbor in Kill Devil Hills. Bornon Sept. 11, 1924, Ann was raised in Goldsboro, N.C. as the middlechild of Cedric Errol Edgerton and Grace Slaughter Edgerton. After graduating from Goldsboro High School, she continued hereducation at UNC-Greensboro where […]
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Park Service welcomes two new staff members
The National Park Service’s Outer Banks Group has welcomed two new staff members this spring. Daniel “Boone” Vandzura is currently serving as the acting chief ranger for the Outer Banks Group — Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site and Wright Brothers National Memorial. Boone, as his peer coworkers have nicknamed him over […]
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Remnants of Ana will bring rain, gusty winds to Outer Banks
Tropical Storm Ana made landfall early this morning at 6 a.m. near Myrtle Beach, S.C., and by Sunday afternoon, the storm has been downgraded to a tropical depression. Rain, heavy at times, and gusty winds can be expected over the Outer Banks this evening, overnight, and into tomorrow as the remnants of the storm lift […]
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Ronald E. Price
AVON– After a long battle with cancer, Ronald E. Price passed away on May10, 2015 at home with his loving wife of 43 years, the Reverend AnitraPrice. Born on May 16, 1943 to the late Irvin Price andErnestine Brandis, Ronnie is survived by a brother, Danny Price, andwife, Jomi of Avon; two aunts, Louise Peele […]
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Newest board idea for dredging not legal, Cook aide says
Pursuing funds for dredging Oregon Inlet has become akin to “follow the bouncing ball.” At its meeting on Monday, the Dare County Board of Commissioners requested that the General Assembly approve using $5.5 million from the beach nourishment fund for dredging Oregon Inlet. The funds were collected to use for beach nourishment under a 1-cent […]
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Legislative Update: A week of committee work in Raleigh
(Sandy Semans is a retired newspaper editor and reporter who now works as a free-lance writer. She lives in Stumpy Point. Her update on the goings-on in this session of the General Assembly will appear weekly in The Island Free Press, usually on Friday.)
A new day for the park and the people?
A good-size crowd of residents and regular visitors came to the Cape Hatteras Secondary School auditorium on Tuesday evening, May 5, to hear about and comment on the National Park Service’s plan to adjust wildlife protection buffers in the Cape Hatteras National Seashore in response to legislation passed in December by the U.S. Congress. And, […]
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