North Carolina’s coastal recreational fishermen hooked more fish in 2015 than they did in 2014. Anglers brought an estimated 10.2 million fish to the docks in 2015, an increase of 6.8 percent over 2014. The estimated weight of these landings rose by 32 percent to 11.6 million pounds. Anglers also released 6 percent more fish […]
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The Cape Hatteras National Seashore’s newest off-road vehicle ramp, Ramp 63 on Ocracoke Island, is now open. The new ramp is located about three miles south of the Ferry Docks. VRHabilis of Knoxville, Tenn., constructed the ramp, which was paid for with ORV permit funds. National Park Service employees surfaced the ramp with a shell […]
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By CATHERINE KOZAK By CATHERINE KOZAK The proposed bridge project in Rodanthe is a good example of the difficulty that government has trying to make everyone happy. Holding signs and chanting “Save our Sounds,” a small group of northern Rodanthe property owners gathered in front of the Rodanthe-Waves-Salvo Community Building on Tuesday evening to protest […]
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By IRENE NOLAN With Ramp 49 still badly flooded, the National Park Service has opened an alternate route for off-road vehicles to reach the beach in the Frisco area. Back-to-back tropical systems dropped record amounts of rainfall on Hatteras Island in late May and early June leaving ramps in the Buxton and Frisco area and […]
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Fireworks are returning to Ocracoke Island this year and are again scheduled on Hatteras Island at Avon Pier, and both Hatteras village and Ocracoke have events and activities scheduled for much of the day on Monday, July 4, including the traditional and very popular Old Time Parade in Ocracoke and the newer but popular Golf […]
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At its meeting on Monday evening, June 20, Dare County’s Board of Commissioners got a presentation on the county’s long-awaited new flood maps that will be released to the public on Thursday, June 30. In addition to the flood mapping information, the board took action to support a study of a multi-use pathway in Frisco […]
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January 14, 1931 – June 21, 2016 AVON — Celestial “Maxton” Sumner Scarborough Jr., 85, died on Tuesday,June 21, 2016, at Sentara Albemarle Medical Center. A native of DareCounty, he was the son of the late Celestial Sumner Scarborough andSudie Peele Gray Scarborough. Maxton served his country honorably withthe United States Coast Guard retiring as […]
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By now, islanders and visitors have noticed the attractive new signs along Highway 12 on Hatteras Island that designate the road as the Outer Banks National Scenic Byway and direct visitors to area landmarks and points of interest. The scenic byway was the topic of conversation on the latest edition of “To the Point,” the […]
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September 12, 1942 – June 20, 2016 BUXTON — Cynthia Lawrence, 73, died on Monday, June 20, 2016 at herhome. Born in Norfolk, Va., she was the daughter of the late William T.Brown Sr. and Evely Vaughan Brown and the widow of Beverly “Bud” RoyLawrence. Cynthia retired as a system analyst with the U.S. Departmentof […]
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HATTERAS – – Caroline Latini Rosellleft her life here on earth to sleep with the angels on Monday, June20, 2016. She was born March 1, 1931 in the Panama Canal Zone toJohn Latini and Adalinda Rosado Latini. She graduated from Sacred Heart Academy Cullman, Ga., in 1947. Andspent her life as an Army wife traveling […]
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