Even as many islanders on southern Hatteras, especially in Hatteras village, continued to clean up from last weekend’s devastating storm surge from Hurricane Matthew, the National Weather Service issued a coastal flood advisory for Hatteras and Ocracoke through next Monday, Oct. 17. Also today, the Dare County Emergency Management’s Joint Information Center issued a news […]
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Olga Menville Meekins Infanti
November 19, 1934 – October 12, 2016 STATENISLAND, N.Y. — Olga Menville Meekins Infanti, 81, died on Wednesday,Oct. 12, 2016 at Chesapeake General Hospital. Born in Avon, she was thedaughter of the late Walton Chauncey Meekins and Kathleen HooperMeekins. Olga worked within the investigations department of thebanking industry. She loved to read, assemble puzzles, and […]
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Helping hands turn out for Hatteras village ….WITH SLIDE SHOW
The Hatteras Village fire station was swarming with activity on Tuesday afternoon as volunteers from all across the island congregated in the central location to pick up work crew assignments, help serve lunch to hungry volunteers and residents, and assist with the massive clean-up that is ongoing in Hatteras village in the wake of Hurricane […]
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Hatteras village after Hurricane Matthew ….WITH SLIDE SHOW
Erin Vetter has lived in Hatteras village for four years with her husband, Danny. Like many others, they vacationed here from their home in the Washington, D.C. area and one day decided to make the move. Danny still works, mostly from home, for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, but Erin, who has a degree […]
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Carolyn Farrow Scarborough Parker
November 14, 1951 – October 10, 2016 FRISCO — Carolyn FarrowScarborough Parker, 64, died on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016 at her home. Alifelong resident of Frisco, she was the daughter of the late LesterFarrow Sr. and Salina Gaskins Farrow. Carolyn was the widow ofIgnatious G. Scarborough Jr. and David Monroe Parker. Carolyn is survived by […]
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William Preston Stowe, Jr.
October 8, 1935 – October 10, 2016 BUXTON — William Preston Stowe,Jr., 81, died on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016 at Vidant Medical Center inGreenville. A native of Hatteras Island, he was the son of thelate William Preston Stowe, Sr. and Lillie Gaskill Stowe. A CapeHatteras High School graduate, William then served his countryhonorably with the […]
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Cleaning up from the storm in Buxton
While Hatteras village is still partially inundated with saltwater, with sections of the road especially difficult to drive through just north of the village, the central and northern regions of Hatteras Island saw a drastic reduction in flooding on Monday, and residents had an opportunity to head outside, survey homes and businesses, and start fixing, […]
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Hatteras village starts the BIG clean-up ….WITH SLIDE SHOW
One thing we have learned storm after storm on Hatteras Island is that when “the going gets tough, the tough get going.” We sure learned about it in Hatteras village after Hurricane Isabel in 2003 — a storm that flattened the northern end of the village, heavily damaged the rest of it, and cut a […]
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Matthew’s storm surge may set record on southern Hatteras …WITH SLIDE SHOW
Hurricane Matthew ended its deadly and devastating march up the East Coast of the United States early this morning when it moved south of Cape Hatteras and finally headed out to sea. At 5 p.m., Matthew, now a post-tropical cyclone, was 200 miles east of Cape Hatteras. In the storm’s wake, southern Hatteras and Ocracoke […]
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UPDATE: Higher winds and storm surge expected tonight, tomorrow
The latest update from the National Weather Service in Newport/Morehead City tweaks the forecast for the approaching Hurricane Matthew to increase winds along the Outer Banks and increase storm surge levels on the soundside of southern Hatteras and Ocracoke and along the oceanside on northern Hatteras. According to the latest statement from the Weather Service […]
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