KILLDEVIL HILLS — Dominic James “Nick” Aven died suddenly on July 30, 2016in Kill Devil Hills of a massive heart attack. Born July 1,1962in Connecticut, he had just turned 54. After graduating from Maury HighSchool in 1981, he headed for Outer Banks, residing in Hatteras andlater settling in Kill Devil Hills. He was predeceased by […]
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Recently, a friend shared an old post card that features Teach’s Lair Marina in Hatteras village — the village also known as the Blue Marlin Capital of the World. The postcard, circa the mid-1970s, pictures a brand new marina, the southernmost in the village, with only a smattering of houses between it and the ocean […]
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ELIZABETH CITY — Menville BrooksieMeekins Kuhl, 92, of East Penny Drive died Friday, July 29, 2016 at herresidence. She was born on Aug. 1, 1923 in Avon to the late DavidFields Meekins and Menvil Gray Meekins and was the widow of HerbertErnest Kuhl Jr. She lived in Richmond, VA., for more than 40years and taught […]
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By MARK JURKOWITZ Outer Banks Sentinel There was an orderly and amiable — but perhaps not so subtle — changing of the guard at the leadership level of the Dare County Board of Education last week. With only new board member David Twiddy dissenting, Bea Basnight was elected chair of the seven-member board at a […]
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AVON– Janette Gray Gray, 85, passed away on Wednesday, July 27, 2016 ather residence. Mrs. Gray was a homemaker and a former worship leader atthe Avon Worship Center. She was the daughter of the late Jarvis Grayand Euzelia O’Neal Gray, and the widow of the Oscar Dwight Gray Sr. Shewas also preceded in death by […]
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By IRENE NOLAN Outer Banks Group Superintendent David Hallac announced today that access to Cape Point, along the Cape Hatteras National Seashore beach from Ramps 43 and 44, has reopened for both off-road vehicles and pedestrians. The Cape Point area has been closed since May 11 to protect nesting shorebirds and colonial waterbirds. At this […]
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By JOY CRIST
Each spring and summer female sea turtles–loggerhead, green, and an occasional leatherback–make a brief trip to the shores of Cape Hatteras National Seashore to nest. Approximately two months later, under the cover of darkness, up to 150 hatchlings emerge from each deep sandy nest in a mad dash across the beach to reach the safety […]
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Visitors to the boat docks that border Hatteras Landing got an unexpected surprise on Friday afternoon, July 22, when a visiting manatee which had been rumored to be hanging around the area made an appearance. The manatee was first spotted on Tuesday, July 19, and made intermittent appearances around the soundside of Hatteras village on […]
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November 24, 1923 – July 23, 2016 BUXTON — Eldon Mayo Gaskins, 92,crossed the bar into God’s hands surrounded by family on Saturday, July23, 2016 at his home. A native of Hatteras Island, he was the sonof the late Ebbie Gaskins and Rosa Austin Gaskins. A veteran of WorldWar II, Eldon served his country honorably […]
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