By IRENE NOLAN Transportation issues topped the agenda at the Dare County Board of Commissioners meeting on Monday, Feb. 1. Among the long list of items on the agenda were updates on the Bonner Bridge replacement and other bridges on northern Hatteras Island, dredging in Hatteras Inlet, and ferry tolling. Jerry Jennings, North Carolina Department […]
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WANCHESE — Larry McCoy BallanceSr. of passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016 at 85 years old. Hewas born on May 19, 1930 in Hatteras village to the late Walter andJuanita Ballance. Larry was a retired waterman, carpenter, and heavyequipment operator. He was a member of Bethany United Methodist Churchin Wanchese. Larry loved old western […]
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The Coast Guard medevaced a 61-year-old woman Monday from a cruise ship 230 miles east of Cape Hatteras. Fifth Coast Guard District watchstanders received a report at 1 p.m. stating a woman aboard the cruise ship Norwegian Breakaway was found unconscious. An MH-65 helicopter crew and C-130 aircraft crew from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City launched to medevac the […]
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U.S. Rep. Walter B. Jones, R- N.C., is calling on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to allocate additional funding to dredge Eastern North Carolina’s Oregon and Hatteras inlets. In a letter sent last week, Congressman Jones reminded Army Corps of Engineers leadership of the chronically poor navigation conditions at both inlets. He also pointed […]
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By GERRY LEBING The five planets that are visible to the naked eye will be in the skies simultaneously for most of February. Jupiter starts the month rising in the East at about 8:30 p.m. Mars will follow at 1 a.m., Saturn at 3:06 a.m., Venus at 5:09 a.m., and Mercury at 5:30 a.m.. Astronomical […]
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WAVES — Frances Joyce Kapp Huggett, 86, died on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016at her home. A native of Charleston, W.Va., she was the daughter of thelate Edward R. Kapp and Frances Marguerite Wehrle. Joy was very activein the Hot Line Thrift Shop of Waves for many years. Joy is survived by daughters, Karen Caldwell of […]
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At approximately 10:40 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 30, the North Carolina Department of Transportation Ferry System vessel, M/V Roanoke, ran soft aground on its way from Ocracoke to Hatteras, while maneuvering around a dredge pipe in the vicinity of navigational aid 3 in Barney Slough. The crew of the Roanoke immediately confirmed there were no […]
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OCRACOKE — Elizabeth Parsons, 81, died on Saturday, Jan. 30, 2016.Elizabeth was the daughter of the late James and Elizabeth Williams.She was the owner of the Pamlico Gift Shop for more than 30 years andwas a successful painter of folk art in her later years. Elizabeth wasa lifelong member of the Ocracoke Assembly of God, […]
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BUXTON — Donald Clarke Casey, 77, died in his home on Friday evening, Jan. 29, 2016. Heis survived by his wife of 55 years, Louise (Holbert) Casey and hisfour children: Jean-Louise (Casey) Dixon and her husband, David, ofBuxton; John D. Casey and his wife, Kimberly, of Carlsbad, Calif.;Michael C. Casey and his wife, Ansley, of […]
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The members of the Dare County Board of Commissioners are coming to Hatteras Island next week on Thursday, Feb. 4. They are coming to hear from their constituents at a town hall meeting at 6:30 p.m. at the Fessenden Center. And all of us who live on Hatteras — or live elsewhere but own property […]
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