Labor Day has come and gone and the official 2015 tourist season has come to an end on the Outer Banks, even though, according to the calendar, we still have a few weeks of summer left. The road traffic during the week is already much lighter. Schools are back in session, and the weekends are […]
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The kids are back in school, the days are getting shorter. Autumn is coming to the North Carolina coast, and with it comes annual schedule changes for four of the North Carolina Department of Transportation’s Ferry Division routes. Here’s a list of the scheduled changes: Sept.r 15 — The Cedar Island-Ocracoke and Swan Quarter-Ocracoke routes […]
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State education officials released the results of the second year of the troubling A-F school grading system last week, and just like the results last year, they are more of a statement about poverty than a meaningful measurement of how well students are doing at school. Just over 98 percent of the schools that received […]
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The annual Day at the Docks celebration in Hatteras village was the topic of the Radio Hatteras interview show, “To the Point,” on Sunday, Sept. 6. The guest for the interview was Jon Kelmer, who is the chairman of the Day at the Docks Committee of the Hatteras Village Civic Association. Day at the Docks […]
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The State Board of Education released accountability scores for the 2014-2015 school year on Wednesday, Sept. 2. Dare’s overall proficiency composite score of 63.5 percent is the 16th highest score in the state, according to the 2014-2015 Performance Composite District Ranking. In her first review of Dare County’s scores, Superintendent Dr. Sue Burgess remarked in […]
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The North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries has certified a new state record jolthead porgy. Randy Brock of Pickens, S.C. reeled in the 14-pound, 14-ounce fish May 27 while fishing off Calabash. The fish measured 26 inches from the tip of the nose to the fork in the tail and had a girth of 24 […]
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Legislators are working behind closed doors as they continue to try to hammer out a budget that was due to take effect 66 days ago. Rumblings around Raleigh don’t bode well for progress in completion of the fiscal 2015-16 budget, but leaders announced that they will work through the Labor Day weekend in an effort […]
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Ed Goodwin, director of the North Carolina Department of Transportation’s Ferry Division is what you might call “bullish” on the idea of running passenger-only ferries between Hatteras and Ocracoke villages. He enthusiastically endorsed the idea while he answered questions from curious citizens and members of the media who attended two public meetings earlier this week […]
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National Park Service Outer Banks Group — Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, Wright Brothers National Memorial and Cape Hatteras National Seashore — fall program season will run from Tuesday, Sept. 8, through Monday, Oct. 12. A variety of programs are offered, and all are free. CAPE HATTERAS NATIONAL SEASHORE Hatteras Island Ocracoke Island By attending […]
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North winds and a moon tide have recently improved passage through Hatteras Inlet, allowing charter boats to continue to inch their way to and from the ocean. But it is still unclear what the best short-term solution will be to the worsening navigational problems in the waterway. “We’re turning over every rock we can,” said […]
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