Rep. Paul Tine, U-Kitty Hawk, has introduced a bill to fund new ferry vessels from the general transportation budget and eliminate all ferry tolls. House Bill 1002 is online at http://ncleg.net and can be viewed here. If passed, it would be effective July 1. The bill asks for $13.85 million to be appropriated from the Highway […]
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BUXTON — Sabra Williams GrayJennette, 95, died on Wednesday, May 4, 2016 in Nags Head. A native ofBuxton, she was the daughter of the late Christopher C. Gray and IzettaLee Quidley Gray. Sabra was a homemaker and the widow of Harry LeeJennette. Sabra is survived by her daughter, Jacqueline Jennette; a specialgranddaughter, Angie Draper; great-grandson, […]
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Mars will be at opposition on May 22. Opposition occurs when the sun and Mars are on opposite sides of the earth. That means Mars will be the brightest it’s been in 11 years, with a magnitude of -2.1. This is the great opportunity to observe the “red planet.” Jupiter will be well above the […]
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The annual Rock the Cape event – an extravaganza of arts and music – has morphed from a single day’s concert and artist showcase into a three-day collection of events, classes, demonstrations, gallery showings, and music which will be spread out all up and down Hatteras Island. Rock the Cape OBX, which is orchestrated by […]
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The 71 fishing teams were all in a good mood Friday evening, April 29, as the 33rd annual Ocracoke Invitational Surf Fishing Tournament came to an end. Amidst the beer, good food — barbecue, black-eyed peas, potato salad and cole slaw — supplied by Jack Edwards and the Carolina Boys and under the big tent […]
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The Whipping Creek Road fire, which has been burning since April 18 on the Dare and Hyde county mainland, was officially declared contained over the weekend. According to a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service news release, this means the perimeter of the fire is cold, and there is a high confidence that the fire will […]
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The Dare County Arts Council was the topic of the newest edition of “To the Point,” the Radio Hatteras interview show, hosted by Island Free Press editor Irene Nolan. The guest for the evening’s interview was Chris Sawin, executive director of the Dare County Arts Council, whose galleries and offices are located in the historic […]
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Everything was set up as planned at 9 a.m. on Monday, May 2, for the first county Board of Commissioners meeting to be remotely linked to the Fessenden Center in Buxton so that Hatteras Island residents can make public comment without traveling to Manteo. Susan Gray of the Fessenden Center staff was seated at a […]
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January 9, 1928 – May 2, 2016 HATTERAS — Edith MaeEvans began her life in Ocean City, Md. She spent summers with hergrandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins in Buxton until the familymoved here when Edith was in high school. Not long after she graduated high school, she met her future husbandNelson Myron “Clam” Stowe. Edith […]
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