The Dare County Sheriff’s Office has just established a safe and secure “meeting place” for residents who are conducting transactions with individuals they have met online. With the rise of commonplace sales via online platforms — such as eBay, Craigslist and Facebook-based yard sales — more and more people are meeting virtual strangers to complete […]
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The pretty weather managed to get some drum on the move. Catches from both ends of Ocracoke have made the reports and Tradewinds Tackle has been glad to share the reports and pics online. Plenty of sharks dominated Cape Point, with a handful of citation drum and some puppy drum on the move. But, the […]
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David Twiddy was has defeated Brandy Foreman by the very narrow margin of just 48 votes after today’s recount of the results in the race for the District 5 seat on the Dare County Board of Education in the March 15 election. The election night results showed Twiddy with a 53-vote lead. Foreman asked for […]
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The Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, and Snow network, or CoCoRaHS, is looking for new volunteers across North Carolina. The grassroots effort is part of a growing national network of home-based and amateur rain spotters with a goal of providing a high density precipitation network that will supplement existing observations. CoCoRaHS (pronounced KO-ko-rozz) came about as a result […]
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The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries is accepting public comment on management options for the blue crab fishery. The management measures are required under Amendment 2 to the N.C. Blue Crab Fishery Management Plan to improve the condition of the state’s blue crab stock. Division staff will discuss the possible management measures and receive public […]
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Friends and family members gathered at the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum on Thursday afternoon, March 24, to watch Hatteras Island native Dixie Burrus Browning receive the Order of the Long Leaf Pine, North Carolina’s most prestigious award for its citizens. The award is granted by the Governor to those who have a long record […]
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Epic rainfall since September has left the area around Cape Point, one of the most beautiful fishing and camping spots in the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, inundated with water and inaccessible to all but determined pedestrians. “It’s totally unacceptable that a national campground has sat under water for six months,” said Bob Eakes, owner of […]
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We all have a smile. I am going to choose now to hold onto all the smiles. My mom had one of the most beautiful smiles I have ever seen. OnEaster Sunday, March 27, 2016 Patricia M. Conley took her last breath.She was surrounded by the love of her family and left us with a […]
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My friend Kathy Kiddy called me this week to ask, “Am I the only one who is upset that we are greeting our Easter visitors with piles of trash along the highway?” Kathy lives in Buxton and owns a business on Highway 12 in Frisco called Changing Tide, a place where you can find many […]
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Ocracoke will be featured in two national magazines this summer, Coastal Living and Southern Living and is included in two “best beaches” contests. Coastal Living magazine has included Ocracoke Island in its first-ever Beach Madness Bracket, “The Best Beach in America 2016.” The island also was part of a recent USA Today poll about the […]
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