The issue of who will pay for a beach nourishment project for north Buxton — expected to cost between $20 million and $27 million, depending on how long it is engineered to last — will be front and center at the next meeting of the Dare County Board of Commissioners on Monday, Nov. 16. And […]
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Judge travels to Hyde County to apologize for ferry vote
Warren Judge, a Dare County commissioner, apologized to Hyde County Monday night for voting to approve the concept of tolling the Hatteras ferry. “I own the vote,” Judge told the commissioners in person when he attended the Commissioners meeting Nov. 2 in Swan Quarter about the action that the Dare body took Oct. 19 unbeknownst […]
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This year’s Outer Banks books for Christmas giving
This year’s Outer Banks books for Christmas giving This year’s Outer Banks books for Christmas giving “A book is a present you can open again and again.” –Garrison Keillor And this year books about the Outer Banks just seem to be made for gifting. There are several favorite authors with wonderful additions to their writing […]
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Our Coast’s Holiday Food: Candied Yams
“There is an idea prevalent that anybody can cook sweet potatoes, this is a very great mistake, and the many, many dishes of illy cooked potatoes that are placed before me as I travel over the South, prompt me to believe that these recipes will be of value.” George Washington Carver made this observation during […]
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Dare Board of Commissioners sets special meeting
The Dare County Board of Commissioners has set a special meeting for Thursday, Nov. 12, at 9 a.m. in the Commissioners’ Meeting Room in the Dare County Administration Building in Manteo. The stated purpose of the meeting is to receive a legislative update from McGuireWoods Consulting and to discuss legislative issues. McGuireWoods is a Raleigh-based […]
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Coast Guard rescues three off Cape Hatteras
The Coast Guard rescued three people Monday from a sinking vessel east of Cape Hatteras. Sector North Carolina watchstanders received a report at 7 a.m. that the 60-foot motor vessel Teal was taking on water with three people aboard three miles east of Cape Hatteras. A Coast Guard 47-foot Motor Lifeboat (MLB) crew launched from Station Oregon Inlet […]
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Robin Bedell
BUXTON — Mrs. Robin Bedell, 59, died Nov. 4, 2015 at her home. She wasthe daughter of Donald and Stephanie Gill of Washington,D.C. Robin was employed as a telecommunications technician beforeshe retired. Survivors include her husband Olie Bedell of the Buxton home. Inaccordance with Robin’s wishes, there be no memorial services. Condolences may be expressed […]
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Island Living: A newcomer’s guide to surviving Hatteras in the winter
After a lot of “discussion,” my hubby and I finally finagled a way to head back to Hatteras Island for the winter. I use the term “discussion” loosely, because what I learned from this, um, negotiation process, is that apparently if you nag long enough, you can accomplish just about anything. Yay, marriage! (Clearly, I […]
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UPDATE: Commissioners vote to fund Hatteras Inlet dredging
The Dare County Board of Commissioners this morning approved spending $113,000 for the county’s share of a project that is aimed at relieving the severe shoaling problems at Hatteras Inlet. The vote on the measure to approve the funding was unanimous. Dare County manager Bobby Outten told the board members that the total cost of […]
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Edna Foster Garrish
CHESAPEAKE — Edna Foster Garrish, 94, Went to be with the Lord, Monday, Nov. 2, 2015. Born in Hatteras, she was the daughter of the late Susan BallanceFoster and Charles Foster. She was predeceased by her husband, Myron A.Garrish Jr.; a daughter, Donna Garrish; siblings, Alma Foster Willis,Lola Foster Gaskins, Ernal Foster, Hallas Foster, William […]
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