A new National Park Service report for 2014 shows that more than 2.8 million visitors to Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, and Wright Brothers National Memorial spent more than $170 million in communities in and around the parks. This spending supported approximately 2,683 jobs in the local area and had a […]
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Stepping out onto my front porch on Ocracoke, I did a double-take. Looking again, I confirmed what I saw. A hummingbird was hovering nearby and perusing my late blooming lantana. It was unusual to see hummers here, even in the summer — and this was late December. Hummingbirds were not supposed to be here in […]
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The National Park Service’s lifeguarded beach in the Cape Hatteras National Seashore will open Saturday, May 23, and remain open through Labor Day, Sept. 7. The Park Service operates three beaches with lifeguards on the seashore — Coquina Beach in South Nags Head, Buxton Beach near the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse in Buxton, and Ocracoke Beach […]
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Cape Hatteras National Seashore Superintendent David Hallac today released an expedited schedule for new construction that is part of the 2012 Off-Road Vehicle Management plan. And he also announced five meetings for the first week of May for the public to learn about and comment on an Environmental Assessment (EA) of wildlife buffers and establishing […]
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The Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum was the topic of the April 3 edition of the Radio Hatteras interview show, “To the Point.” The guests were Joseph Schwarzer, executive director of the North Carolina Maritime Museums, and Mary Ellen Riddle, education curator at the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum in Hatteras village. They talked about […]
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The N.C. Department of Transportation wants public feedback on its Draft 10-Year State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP). This is the first STIP developed under the new Strategic Transportation Investments law, which established the Strategic Mobility Formula. NCDOT is asking the public to provide feedback on: The process to develop the STIP and ideas for improvement […]
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A Dare County building inspector has put up “unsafe structure” notices on six oceanfront houses on the beach in north Buxton. Planning Department inspector I.G. Scarborough said that power has been disconnected to the houses, which are not allowed to be occupied. The houses have varying degrees of damage, he said. Septic tanks and drainfields […]
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There will be no fireworks on Ocracoke for the July 4 holiday this year. Earlier this month, the Ocracoke Occupancy Tax Board declined to fund the more than $31,000 it would take for the island to have these aerial displays. “It’s just too much money,” said Frank Brown, chairman of the board. “It’s a tough […]
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AVON– Curtis Escott Scarborough, 81, died peacefully in his sleep at hisresidence on April 19, 2015. Born in Avon, he was the son of the lateJohn and Annie Scarborough. He is survived by his wife of 63years, Mary Jane Scarborough; daughters, Juanita Scarborough andhusband, Hallas, of Avon, Mabel O’Reilly and significant other, SteveSanford, of Avon, […]
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(Sandy Semans is a retired newspaper editor and reporter who now works as a free-lance writer. She lives in Stumpy Point. Her update on the goings-on in this session of the General Assembly will appear weekly in The Island Free Press, usually on Friday.)
