Allen Burrus, who just retired as Hatteras Island’s representative to the Dare County Board of Commissioners, was the guest on the Nov. 20 edition of “To the Point,” a Radio Hatteras interview show, hosted by Irene Nolan, editor of The Island Free Press. After 10 years on the county commission, Burrus decided not to run […]
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By GERRY LEBING The evening of Tuesday, Dec. 13, will feature the last supermoon 2016. It will not be quite as spectacular as November’s full moon, but it will still be pretty bright. December’s full moon will have a visual magnitude of -12.5! That’s bright enough to throw shadows. Unfortunately, the supermoon will also make […]
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Although floodwaters from Hurricane Matthew receded a little more than a month ago, the storm’s effects will linger for years. And if past is prologue, experiences from the disaster will reshape planning and practices at all levels of government. In North Carolina, policy changes large and small tend to follow major storms and Matthew and […]
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The Dare County Cape Hatteras Water System, which serves the villages of Avon, Buxton, Frisco and Hatteras, has experienced higher than normal water demands since Hurricane Matthew on Oct. 9. Initially, system officials attributed higher flows to storm cleanup, but the demands have not diminished since the hurricane. Residents are asked to call the Dare […]
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The North Carolina Department of Transportation’s Ferry Division is now accepting applications for 2017 vendor priority loading passes on the Hatteras Inlet route. Under legislation passed by the General Assembly in 2016, applicants must pay a $150 fee for the pass and be verified as a provider of regular commercial services to Ocracoke Island. The […]
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Beginning Monday, Dec. 5, the storm debris removal contractor in Dare County will begin the second and final pass for storms debris removal in all Hatteras Island villages and other areas of unincorporated Dare County. All storm generated debris must be placed on the public right-of-way by Monday, Dec. 5. Contractors will not pick-up storm […]
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By TOM HRANICKA One bright spot in the statistical reports is that building permits have finally started to recover, increasing 75 percent over the level recorded through September 2015. I have been scratching my head trying to figure out what is underlying these bewildering patterns. A few years ago, I would have focused on delays […]
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March 5, 1937 – November 24, 2016 WAVES– Barbara Jean Robbins Snider, 79, died on Nov. 24, 2016. Born inDayton, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Mark Wilson Robbins andZella Imo Beeman. Barbara was a homemaker and the widow of William Ray“Bill” Snider. Barbara is survived by a daughter, Kathryn A. Snider-Warren andhusband, […]
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Thanksgiving is here much too soon for me. There has been a nip in the air this week, but how could it be Thanksgiving already when it seems that only yesterday it was hot and humid and the islands were filled with tourists? The past three months have just flown by in my mind — […]
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The Dare County Board of Commissioners had its semi-monthly meeting at the Fessenden Center in Buxton on Monday, Nov. 21, and Hurricane Matthew recovery efforts dominated the meeting once again. Roughly 25-30 members of the community attended the meeting, which included representatives from FEMA and the Small Business Administration, National Park Service Outer Banks Group […]
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