Pedestrians and vehicles cannot enter pre-nesting areas, but they do not impede access since they are high on the beach — toward the dunes.. The pre-nesting areas are established based on the recent breeding history at the seashore and the actual habitat conditions observed during the annual assessment. As the birds arrive and begin to […]
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NPS campground season will be extended until Nov. 28
The season will be extended for all four campgrounds in the Cape Hatteras National Seashore this season. The campgrounds — Oregon Inlet, Cape Point, Frisco, and Ocracoke — will open April 15, 2016 and will remain open until Nov. 28. The campgrounds have usually opened in April, but have closed anywhere from Labor Day — […]
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The Rodanthe Pier will open again – just in time for Easter
After months of battering storms, followed by lengthy repairs and public speculation on when – and even if – the Rodanthe Pier would reopen for the season, the word is out that the pier will be welcoming anglers once again starting Easter weekend. The pier has had a long history of brushes with storms, but […]
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Christine ‘Chrissie’ G. Norrell
AVON — On March 23, 2016, Christine “Chrissie” G. Norrell, left thisworld to be with the love of her life, Billy Norrell. She hadbeen dealing with suffering issues the last few months and is now freeof those sufferings, wrapped in God’s embrace. She was born onDecember 25, 1933, which made her an extraordinary person, as […]
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Jeanne Mero Privett
CHESAPEAKE — Jeanne Mero Privett, 94, passed away March 23, 2016 withher daughter by her side. She was the youngest child of the lateRussell Harold Mero and Mary Perry Mero. Jeanne was predeceased by her brothers Harold Mero and Robert Mero; hersisters, Edna Keith, Marjorie Porter, Sybil Bulloch, and GertrudeGompf; her loving husband of 66 […]
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Foreman asks for recount in Board of Education race
Board of Education candidate Brandy Foreman has requested a recount of the vote in the race for the at-large seat on the board, which she very narrowly lost to David Twiddy in the March 15 primary election. The non-partisan Board of Education races are final in the primary election. The Dare County Board of Elections […]
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Lila Mae Waterfield
BUXTON — Lila Mae Waterfield, 102, died on Wednesday, March 23, 2016at Peak Resources – Outer Banks. Born Oct. 26, 1913 in Morehead City,she was the daughter of the late William Henry Daniels and Dora LouisePowers Daniels. A member of the Lighthouse Assembly of God in Buxton,Lila was very active within the church and involved […]
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Dare County plans large item household pickup for April
The Dare County Sanitation Department will be conducting a large item household pickup for residential customers only during the month of April. No commercial business debris will be picked up. The county asks that materials must be at curbside no later than 6 a.m. on the date of collection. There will not be a second-day pickup. Tuesday, […]
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UPDATE: Buxton nourishment project has all permits and is out for bids
By IRENE NOLAN Dare County’s proposed beach nourishment project in north Buxton has now received all of its permits and has been put out for bids from contractors. The National Park Service issued a special use permit for the project on March 11, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued the final permit needed […]
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Bogue Banks’ lost lighthouse shone very briefly
Nobody goes to Atlantic Beach to look for the Bogue Banks Lighthouse, but a few go to Washington, D.C., to do so. That’s where they find it. It’s not that the lighthouse has been moved. It did exist, for seven years in the 1800s near the eastern end of the long, narrow sand spit off mainland […]
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