This is how it began. My affair with words. The commercial piece, at least. I was stumbling around Hatteras Island in the fall of 1975, a little over a year after graduating college with a forestry degree. There were a few of us, the people from off, who arrived here in the 1970s. Many of […]
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Scattered showers and thunderstorms threatened the islands from time to time over the holiday weekend, but fireworks displays on Hatteras and Ocracoke went off without a hitch. Fireworks returned to Ocracoke on Sunday night, July 3, after a horrific accident in 2009 caused a six-year hiatus. That year, four workers for the pyrotechnics company setting […]
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The topic for the latest edition of the Radio Hatteras interview show, “To the Point,” was seafood — not just any seafood, but seafood that is locally harvested by commercial fishermen who catch a diverse species of fish, oysters, shrimp, and crabs off Hatteras Island and all of the Outer Banks. “To the Point” is […]
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The stock status of most coastal fish did not change in the 2016 Stock Status Report, released last week by the North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries. Only one species was reclassified from the 2015 report. Summer flounder moved from “viable” to “concern.” The change was based on a 2015 National Marine Fisheries Service Northeast […]
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Hatteras Island will soon have two new skateparks. The skatepark project at the Fessenden Center is almost complete, while the planning for a skatepark outside the Rodanthe-Waves-Salvo Community Center is underway. The same company – Artisan Skateparks of Kitty Hawk – is handling both projects, which provides an added benefit to island skateboarders, explains Susan […]
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December 28, 1928 – July 2, 2016 BUXTON — Velton Keith Gaskins, 87, died on Saturday, July 2, 2016, atSentara Virginia Beach General Hospital after a brief illness. BornDec. 28, 1928, in Hatteras, he was the son of the late Ebbie Gaskinsand Rosa Austin Gaskins. Keith was preceded in death by his loving wifeof 56 […]
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By IRENE NOLAN The National Park Service maintenance staff members worked on the still flooded Ramp 49 in Frisco today, and by the end of the day, it was passable for off-road vehicles. Back-to-back tropical systems in late May and early June had flooded the ramp with more than 20 inches of rainwater in places. […]
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By GERRY LEBING By GERRY LEBING July will begin with Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn all prominent in the evening skies. Jupiter is the brightest object in the southwest. The prominent triangle formed by Mars, Saturn, and Antares will be almost due south at dusk. Neptune will rise at about 11:30 p.m., followed by Uranus at […]
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Years ago, I used to write a summer column on beach etiquette — not every year, but fairly often. I haven’t done in it in a while, and I was reminded by several recent encounters on the beach that maybe it’s time to publish something on this topic again. So here it goes. And this […]
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The North Carolina Flood Risk Information System released the first version of new coastal floodplain maps for Dare County today. Our residents, property owners, and businesses can now see how their property is classified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The preliminary maps may be viewed online at http://fris.nc.gov/fris/. Dare County has also provided […]
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