By GERRY LEBING You can expect both the Orionids and the Taurids to put on meteor shows this month. The Orionids meteor shower will be active from the Oct. 4 through the end of the month — and into November. It peaks on the night of Oct. 21. Expect 20 to 25 meteorites per hour. […]
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This week, I want to give a shout-out to my old friends, Dewey and Mary Parr, who today closed their “retirement dream,” a shop called the old Gray House in Buxton. It’s a sad time for Dewey and Mary and for all the many friends they have made in the past 25 years, but they […]
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Hurricane Matthew, which became a named storm just two days ago, unexpectedly strengthened overnight and is now a Category 3 cyclone with winds of 120 mph. According to the National Hurricane Center’s 2 p.m. advisory, Matthew was in the Caribbean, just 85 miles north of Columbia, South America, and was heading west-southwest at 12 mph. […]
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Well, we’ve already had one storm for the year and we might get close and personal with another, but it’s too early to tell. One thing is for sure — the first storm got some fish moving. To the north, anglers on the local piers — Avalon, Nags Head and Jennette’s — have already begun […]
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(This column is a letter that Braxton Davis, director of the North Carolina Marine Fisheries, wrote to Melba Milak, executive secretary of North Carolina Watermen United, after a public meeting on the state’s fisheries last month in Manteo. The letter was shared with Island Free Press by N.C. Watermen United.) I would like to thank […]
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A vessel that appeared to be an abandoned refugee boat washed ashore in Avon on Tuesday sans passengers, but with equipment and supplies surprisingly intact. The roughly 20-foot long vessel washed up on the beach in front of Greenwood Place, in between the Avon Pier and Ramp 38. The Avon Volunteer Fire Department and National […]
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Never again will there be a beachcomber’s haul on the Outer Banks – or anywhere – to match what Nellie Myrtle Pridgen collected in a lifetime that straddled World War II and the banks’ nascent tourism industry. Her astonishing collection has been housed in a small museum inside the Mattie Midgette Store in Nags Head, […]
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October 19, 1947 – September 27, 2016 OCRACOKE — Robert Matthew Kellett, 68, died on Tuesday, September 27, 2016. No services are planned at this time. Twiford Funeral Home, Hatteras is assisting the family with arrangements. Condolences may be expressed at www.twifordfh.com.
June 30, 1928 – September 27, 2016 AVON — Marceline G.Gray, 88, of went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, September 27, 2016. Anative of Avon, she was born on June 30, 1928 to the late Seymour andSara Gray and was the widow of Billy Gray. Marceline was a member ofSt. John United Methodist […]
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July 14, 1960 – September 27, 2016 BUXTON — Janice Lynn Jennette, 56, died on Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016 atSentara Norfolk General Hospital. Born in Indiana, Pa., she was thedaughter of the late Jack Thayer and Edna Taylor Thayer. Janice lovedgoing to the beach and sunbathing and also enjoyed attending NASCARraces. Janice is survived by […]
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