The Dare County Board of Commissioners and the Board of Education appear to have reached an agreement on the schools’ budget for the 2016 fiscal year. Last evening, in the last of two budget workshops, the commissioners signed off on a plan to trim the county’s proposed $101.9 million budget by another $400,000 to help […]
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Residents, business owners and non-resident property owners urged to verify re-entry credentials
Hurricane season began June 1, and Dare County Emergency Management urges residents, business owners and non-resident property owners to ensure they have the proper re-entry credentials. There are no changes to the Dare County re-entry procedures in 2015. “Now is the time to verify you have the proper re-entry credentials to return to Dare County […]
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Island Living: A short list of Hatteras obsessions
Typically, the first thing that my new mountain buddies say when I tell them I’m from Avon is, “Do you miss it?” Actually, that’s a lie. The first thing they say is, “Where?” So I repeat, “Avon.” Then they say “Where’s that?” And I say, “It’s a small town on Hatteras Island.” Then they say, […]
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Dare County Tourism Board awards 15 event grants
Earlier this spring, the Dare County Tourism Board approved 15 grant applications, providing $222,000 in assistance to fund 21 local events. The events are all designed to increase visitation during the “shoulder” seasons in the spring and fall and to contribute to residents’ quality of life. “The recent event grant awards are a testament to […]
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Next Hatteras Island Reads book is topic of radio show
The next book in the Hatteras Island Reads community reading program was the topic of the most recent edition of the Radio Hatteras interview show, “To the Point,” which was broadcast on Sunday, June 7. The book is “Hatteras Blues: A Story from the Edge of America” by Tom Carlson, a retired professor of creative […]
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Robert (Bob) Walkowicz
FRISCO — Robert (Bob) Walkowicz, 76, passed away on Saturday, June 6,2015. Born in Somerset Co., N.J., he was the son of the late Joseph andMary Walkowicz. He worked many years for a New Jersey newspaper. He andhis wife, Phyllis, moved to Hatteras in 1987 where he worked a fewjobs, his favorite being the last. […]
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Transportation Board approves projects for next decade
The North Carolina Board of Transportation yesterday approved the 2016-2017 State Transportation Improvement Plan, a 10-year plan that includes nearly 1,100 projects in the state over the next decade. The plan is the first developed using the Strategic Mobility Formula, which ranks projects according to their impact on statewide, regional, and local levels. The formula […]
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Legislative Update: Sales tax redistribution bill gets more traction
While bills bounced between the chambers and the governor in the General Assembly this week, one issue that appeared to be out of play suddenly seems to have found new life – sales tax redistribution. Two bills that include a total of seven scenarios, all of which would have major negative impacts on the local […]
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The Hatteras-Conetoe Connection: Exchanging healthy food and culture
The students from a fishing community and the students from the farming community get together for a group photo. elop restaurant skills. Evan Ferguson was elated! She had been dreaming of a course on Food and Nutrition for a while, ever since she became a parent and was now responsible for her children’s long-term health. […]
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House passes fisheries reform bill
On Monday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 1335 – the Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act. The bill would reauthorize and reform the Magnuson-Stevens Act, which is the law governing fisheries management in federal waters throughout the United States. H.R. 1335 passed the House by a vote of 225 […]
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