By NEEL KELLER Outer Banks Sentinel Ten days after being presented with a salary study showing that 38% of the county workforce was below the “recommended minimum salary rate,” the Dare County Commissioners unanimously approved a plan to raise county worker pay that will cost nearly $3.7 million over a two-year span. Those raises will […]
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FRISCO– Patricia Ann Patchel (Patsy), 84, peacefully went to be with Jesussurrounded by family January 27,2017. She was living at SpringArbor of the Outer Banks, N.C. Patriciawas born April 18,1932 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1953, shemarried Roger F. Patchel Jr. and they lived in Ocean City, New Jerseyfor 35 years. Patsy and Roger retired to […]
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By IRENE NOLAN A retired Nags Head businessman, who is also treasurer of the local Republican Party, is in line to replace former commissioner Beverly Boswell, who resigned from the county Board of Commissioners on Jan. 3 to fill the District 6 N.C. House seat vacated by Paul Tine. Since Boswell is a Republican, it […]
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The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission will continue to accept written comments on a petition for rulemaking filed by the N.C. Wildlife Federation until 5 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 26. Commission Chairman Sammy Corbett extended the comment period, originally scheduled to end Jan. 20, to accommodate those who were unable to speak last week during a […]
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By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN The National Park Service’s staff members began work last week on the new bigger and longer “Bypass Road” that will help ORV drivers get to Cape Point at some times when the tide is too high or the beach is too badly eroded — as it has been this […]
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The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is seeking input from residents and other interested parties in Dare County concerning planned treatment activities for the non-native, highly destructive gypsy moth. The meeting will be held Thursday, Feb. 2, at 7 p.m. at the Fessenden Center, 46830 N.C. 12 in Buxton. Information on treatment options […]
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In many cases, the fish in our waters are a lot like the people — they’re just not generally ready for extreme cold weather. Frozen shallows and rapid drops in water temps can stun a variety of fish. Speckled trout, puppy drum, flounder and stripers, to name a few, can be highly susceptible to cold […]
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January 3, 1938 – January 22, 2017 GlendaAustin Van Hook, 79, a native of Hatteras, died on Sunday, Jan. 22,2017. Glenda was a graduate of the North Carolina School for the Deaf,Morganton, N.C. and worked as a seamstress in Norfolk, Va., for manyyears. Glenda is survived by a very close niece, Donna O’Neal, whom shereferred […]
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By IRENE NOLAN Jordan Bartholomew, 32, of Buxton died today while he was surfing off the Old Lighthouse Beach in the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. Boone Vandzura, the seashore’s chief ranger, said a call came in to Dare County 911 at 1:10 p.m. about a water rescue. National Park Service personnel responded, along with the […]
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BUXTON — Jordan David Bartholomew, 32, drowned on January 21, 2017 while surfing in Buxton, NC on the Outer Banks. He was born on Easter Sunday, April 22, 1984 in Warren, Ohio the son of Marlin and Johanne (Mrus) Bartholomew. Jordan graduated from Howland High School in 2003 and received hisBachelors degree in Early Childhood […]
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