CHESAPEAKE-William “Bill” Preston Barley, 86, of the Deep Creek Community, wenthome to be with his Lord on June 30, 2015. Born in Buchanan, Va.,on January 24, 1929, he was preceded in death by his parents, Olin V.and Ann Camper Barley, and his wife of 64 years, Merle CulpepperBarley. Bill was a 1947 graduate of Harrisonburg […]
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Shark experts say warm water, plentiful food figure into spate of shark attacks
“They were at the wrong place at the right time,” said Frank Schwartz, a marine zoology professor at University of North Carolina’s Institute of Marine Sciences in Morehead City. “A lot of things came together at the same time. It was a kind of perfect storm for shark attacks.” Two attacks last week on swimmers […]
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Chairman updates citizens on Dare issues
Bob Woodard, chairman of the Dare County Board of Commissioners, issued a letter to citizens last week to update them on developments in some important developments facing the county. Woodward has made a “Chairman’s Update” at the first of each of the two monthly Commission meetings one of his hallmarks. Since there is only one […]
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New island music academy is one artist’s ‘divine inspiration’
Passion is the fuel that drives an artist’s creative engines, the impetus to spend the estimated 10,000 hours it takes to truly master a difficult craft. While some artists tend to be more passionate about themselves, the best artists understand that it is the work at hand that is important and that inspiration is indeed […]
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Outer Banks Angling: The weather’s hot, and the fish are biting
June has come to an end, and it went by so fast. The big Fourth of July weekend approaches, and the summer weather is in full swing. It has been hot and humid as of late, and most days have called for a chance of rain, although we have gotten only a few random storms. […]
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Oil Prospects vs. Tourism Reality
Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., sent some of his people to Manteo a few weeks ago to get a feel for what locals think about the prospect of offshore drilling. In Dare County, they got an earful. Lee Nettles, the executive director of the county’s Visitors’ Bureau, was among the 20 or so local people invited […]
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Second shark attack in two days reported on Hatteras
An 18-year-old man was transported to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital late this afternoon after having apparently been bitten by a shark while swimming off the beach in Waves in the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. According to the National Park Service, the man was in about 3 feet of water about 20 feet from shore when […]
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12 tips to reduce the risk of a shark encounter:
The National Park Service has confirmed that a swimmer was bitten by a shark just before noon today about 1/2 mile north of the Avon Pier. Cape Hatteras National Seashore Superintendent David Hallac said that there was apparently one victim of the attack who may have been bitten several times. Other news outlets and social […]
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12 tips to reduce the risk of a shark encounter:
A 47-year-old man was apparently bitten by a shark shortly before noon today about 1 mile north of the Avon Fishing Pier. According to the National Park Service, a caller reported at 11:41 a.m. that a person was apparently injured by a shark. NPS rangers, Hatteras Island Rescue Squad, the Dare County Sheriff’s Office and […]
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Updating Seashore News….WITH SLIDE SHOW
Cape Hatteras National Seashore Superintendent David Hallac had a media roundtable discussion with reporters last week that covered a number of topics and ended with a tour of a new infrastructure project that the park is rightly quite proud of. We met with Hallac and several key members of his staff at the Principal Lightkeeper’s […]
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