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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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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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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Public comment open, meeting planned on Buxton beach restoration
The National Park Service announced today that the United States Army Corps of Engineers has released for public review an environmental assessment (EA) for the purpose of beach nourishment activities in the north Buxton area of Cape Hatteras National Seashore. Dare County has requested a Clean Water Act Section 404 permit from the U.S. Army […]
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NPS updates list of ramps closed at night
Cape Hatteras National Seashore’s resource management staff has prepared a list of ramps open for night driving to keep beachgoers up-to-date on the status of ORV routes. The seashore opened beaches without turtle nests approaching a hatch window to night-driving on Sept. 16, but buffers continue to keep night drivers at least a half-mile from […]
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Updates: Little libraries, turtle nests, an IFP milestone
I am squeezing three topics into this week’s blog. Two have been on my mind for a couple of weeks and are updates — on the Little Free Library and on The Island Free Press website. The third is an update on turtle nesting and buffer changes that deserve a few more words. LITTLE FREE […]
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UPDATED: Officials still seeking turtle injured by man with spear-gun
Law enforcement officials from the Cape Hatteras National Seashore and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration were still following up today on the bizarre case of a man who shot a sea turtle with a spear-gun on Wednesday. Hatteras Island District Ranger Joe Darling said the incident happened about mid-afternoon in the ocean at the […]
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NPS seeking turtle injured by man with spear-gun
The National Park Service says that visitors reported an incident on Wednesday of a male with a spear-gun attempting to take a live sea turtle in the ocean waters under the old Cape Hatteras Fishing Pier in Frisco. According to a posting by NPS officials on the Cape Hatteras National Seashore Facebook Page, the sea […]
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UPDATE: NPS clarifies night-driving near turtle nests
The Cape Hatteras National Seashore’s annual announcement that ORV routes are now open at night on beaches without turtle nests has raised more than the usual number of questions from beach drivers. The Park Service modified its wildlife protection buffers earlier this summer, and, as a result, driving is now allowed during the day in […]
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