Summer has slipped away and I will miss its caressing warmth. I don’t even mind the muggy sticky humidity that hangs over the coast like a blanket during the steamy months of July and August. Ultimately, like the tide, the season will officially change when the sun crosses the celestial equator at about 4:20 Wednesday […]
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Gusty winds forecast to bring heavy surf, rip currents
The National Weather Service in Newport, N.C., today issued a high surf advisory for the Outer Banks from Cape Hatteras north. Forecasters at the NWS say that a high pressure to the north of the Outer Banks and an area of low pressure southeast of Cape Hatteras will combine to cause gusty northeast winds and […]
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Coast Guard suspends search for missing Avon spearfisherman
The Coast Guard suspended its search on Monday for a 38-year-old Kristopher Mueller of Avon who went missing on Saturday near Bonner Bridge in Oregon Inlet. However, Mueller’s wife and friends weren’t giving up. Mueller was last known to be spearfishing in the vicinity of the bridge. Sector North Carolina watchstanders were notified at 5:30 p.m. […]
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Day at the Docks is full of food, fun, festivities
After last year’s day-long deluge, the organizers of the Day at the Docks on the waterfront in Hatteras village welcomed a warm and breezy late summer day with only occasional clouds interrupting the sunshine. A crowd estimated at between 1,500 and 2,000 people enjoyed the day, which is a celebration of Hatteras Island watermen and […]
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Ferry Division extends Hatteras-Ocracoke summer route until Oct. 6
Citing continuing heavy demand for the Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry route, the North Carolina Department of Transportation Ferry Division has announced that the summer schedule will be extended an additional two weeks. The initial plan was to cut back from 36 to 26 daily trips each way on Sept. 22. Instead, the full schedule will continue through […]
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Seashore superintendent is guest on radio show ….WITH AUDIO
Cape Hatteras National Seashore Superintendent David Hallac was the guest on Sunday, Sept. 20, on the Radio Hatteras interview show, “To the Point.” In the interview, Hallac talks about a wide array of seashore news and issues — from newly modified wildlife buffers to a record turtle nesting season and from new ramps and roads […]
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Thomas B. Gray Sr.
BUXTON — Thomas B. Gray Sr. passed away peacefully on Sunday, Sept.20, 2015 at the age of 96. He was predeceased by his loving wife,Winnie W. Gray; four brothers, Charles Fatio Gray, Wallace R. Gray, H.Curtis Gray and Jack S. Gray; and three sisters, Janet Finnegan, IvaMcAden and Eleanor Gray; as well as grandchildren, Carole […]
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Coast Guard searching for missing Avon man
The Coast Guard continued searching for a 38-year-old man Sunday east and west of the Bonner Bridge in Oregon Inlet. The man reported to be missing is Kristopher Mueller of Avon. Mueller was last known to be spear fishing in the vicinity of the Bonner Bridge. Sector North Carolina watchstanders were notified at 5:30 p.m. Saturday […]
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Legislative Update: Budget passed, but it’s not over yet
In the words of the late great Yogi Berra, “It ain’t over ’til it’s over.” And that appears to be the theme song of the General Assembly, which has finally passed a budget that has received the governor’s signature and become law. But they aren’t finished yet. This week, in between votes on the budget, […]
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Albert Lavon ‘Big Andy’ Anderson
OCRACOKE — Albert Lavon Anderson “Big Andy”, 96, passed awaypeacefully at his home on Sept. 19, 2015. He was born onNov. 29, 1918 to the late Albert and Mabel Anderson of Frankfort,Ind. Albert joined the United States Coast Guard as a young manand was stationed at Ocracoke, where he met and married the love of […]
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