Floats, spirit, and loads of candy reign at 25th Christmas parade …WITH SLIDE SHOW BY JOY CRIST

It was a cold but sunny Saturday afternoon for the 25th annual Hatteras Village Christmas Parade, which was a grand celebration befitting the milestone year and the village’s eagerness to return to normal after the one-two punch of Tropical Storm Hermine and Hurricane Matthew. The stretch of Highway 12 from Teach’s Lair Marina to the […]

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New resource for learning about living shorelines is now online

Suzanne Simon, a strategic programs manager at the national organization Restore America’s Estuaries, or RAE, said it began with a “magic wand question.” If given unlimited resources, she asked, how can we help promote the use of living shorelines? A few years ago, Simon began posing the question to leaders in the restoration and management […]

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Tips on preparing oysters for the holidays

It’s a time-honored tradition on the coast: holiday dinner with oyster dressing. State environmental officials are encouraging those who partake in this seasonal ritual to take some common-sense precautions when buying, storing and preparing oysters to prevent illnesses caused by environmental bacteria. The same is true for clams. Vibrio vulnificus and Vibrio parahaemolyticus are common, […]

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Dare County releases holiday trash schedule

Dare County has released information on the trash pickup schedule for the 2016 Christmas and New Year’s holidays. The Dare County Recycling Center, located on Driftwood Drive, Manteo, will be closed on Friday, Dec. 23, Saturday, Dec. 24, Monday, Dec 26th, and Tuesday, Dec. 27.  The Transfer Station located on Highway 264 West in Manns Harbor and the one located in Buxton […]

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Newly elected and re-elected Dare commissioners are sworn in By IRENE NOLAN

Two newly elected members of the Dare County Board of Commissioners and two re-elected members were sworn in by board clerk Gary Gross at yesterday’s regular meeting. In addition, the board chose its chairman and vice-chairman for the coming year and concluded the meeting with yet another discussion of the Hurricane Matthew debris collection, which […]

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