The fourth annual Local Catch Summit drew more than 70 commercial fishermen, seafood retailers and wholesalers, local food advocates, and seafood consumers to the Ocracoke Community Center last month to strengthen partnerships that support and promote NC seafood. The summit took place in the location where Outer Banks Catch, Ocracoke Fresh, Carteret Catch, and Brunswick […]
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The Hatteras Island Cancer Foundation’s annual Spring Dance this year was not only the bee’s knees, it was the berries. The Cat’s Meow. And just swell. About 150 gals and their daddies showed up to enjoy Saturday evening, April 11, in Roaring Twenties style while raising money to help Hatteras Island cancer patients. Cancer Foundation […]
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The Cape Hatteras Access Preservation Alliance (CHAPA) has made recommendations to the National Park Service on the new public access infrastructure projects that seashore officials compiled as part of the Off-Road Vehicle Management Plan that became effective in February 2012. The 29 projects, which include new ramps, parking areas, pedestrian boardwalks, and an unpaved interdunal […]
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When the Provincetown III visits the Outer Banks May 4-5, it could be a glimpse into the future of a new type of ferry service between Hatteras and Ocracoke. During that visit, the North Carolina Department of Transportation Ferry Division officials are offering members of the public a chance to tour the ship for themselves […]
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The Cape Hatteras Access Preservation Alliance (CHAPA) has made public its proposals to the National Park Service on how it believes seashore resource management policies should be changed to comply with legislation passed by Congress last December. The Cape Hatteras National Seashore legislation, passed as part of the National Defense Authorization Bill, instructs the Secretary […]
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The governing boards and administration of all major fishing industry and seafood related organizations in North Carolina joined forces to put on a North Carolina Seafood Sampler and Fish Fry last month for the North Carolina legislators and their staffs. More than 500 people attended. The organizations sponsoring the event were: North Carolina Watermen United […]
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As state lawmakers return this week from their unusual spring break, debate over the budget will take center stage as the House puts together its spending plan for the next two years. Most of the public discussion of the budget focuses on teacher and state employee pay, education funding, Medicaid, and business incentives. The $21 […]
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The Outer Banks Community Foundation is now accepting grant applications from qualified nonprofits for several different grant programs, including the David Aycock Loy, Pauline Wright, Aviation Education, and Community Enrichment grant programs. Applications must be completed and submitted online by Friday, May 1, through the Community Foundation’s website: www.obcf.org. David Aycock Loy Grants are intended […]
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Since convening a couple of months ago, legislators in the North Carolina General Assembly have filed a number of bills aimed at getting proposed amendments to the North Carolina Constitution on a future General Election ballot. Amendments to the state’s Constitution can be enacted only if voters approve the measure by casting their ballots for […]
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There have been many headlines in the media in recent months about the dire condition of Oregon Inlet, which just two weeks ago was closed by the Coast Guard to almost all boats because of severe shoaling in the channel. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers got emergency dredging underway last week, and conditions are […]
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