On March 14, the Outer Banks Preservation Association / Cape Hatteras Access Preservation Alliance released a detailed statement honoring the January 20, 2017 milestone of implementing a new ORV Management Rule at the Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area (Seashore). The well-researched press release outlined both the significance of the milestone itself, and also examined […]
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A Primer on the Buxton Beach Nourishment Project
By JOY CRIST On Tuesday, March 7, a public meeting was held at the Buxton Fessenden Center on the upcoming Buxton Beach Nourishment Project that is slated to start this summer. All the major players were there ? including the Board of Commissioners, the National Park Service, the leaders from Coastal Science and Engineering (CSE), […]
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Meet Karol Jones, our New Hatteras Island District Ranger
Karol Jones has recently landed on the Outer Banks as the new Hatteras Island District Ranger of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. But for Karol, who grew up in North Carolina, the move is less of a transfer, and more of a homecoming. “I transferred as a lateral position, because I wanted to be here […]
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Frank James Lorenzo, Jr.
May 21, 1949 ~ March 15, 2017 SALVO – Frank James Lorenzo, Jr., 67, of Brooklyn, N.Y. and Salvo, N.C.took a trip to heaven after fighting numerous cancers. He leftbehind his wife, Debbie, his adoring daughter Terese; sisters, Teresaand Jacqueline; and brother, Joseph; nieces, nephew, in-laws, cousinsand friends. He was a Navy vet stationed in […]
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Citizen Science Program needs your help observing the weather
Do you ever wonder how much rainfall you received from a recent thunderstorm? How about snowfall during a winter storm? If so, an important volunteer weather observing program needs your help! The Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, and Snow network, or CoCoRaHS, is looking for new volunteers across North Carolina. The grassroots effort is part of […]
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Federation raises more than $1,800 for Hatteras United Methodist Church’s storm relief efforts
The numbers are in, and the North Carolina Coastal Federation’s 2017 Hatteras Island Oyster Roast raised more than $1,800 for storm relief efforts administered by the Hatteras United Methodist Church. The event, which was held on Feb. 4, drew approximately 400 people, and the event proceeds were $3,756.38 in total. The federation donated 50 percent […]
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Dredge work awaits signed Hatteras Inlet agreement
The final agreement everybody on the Dare County Waterways Commission has been waiting months for may, or may not, allow dredging in Hatteras Inlet to begin this month. In fact, the memorandum of agreement between the state, the county and the Corps has seemed stuck on its own kind of bureaucratic shoal. At the March […]
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St. Baldrick’s Day Celebrations Kicks off with Sunday Shave-a-thon
St. Baldrick’s Day celebrated its 11th year on Hatteras Island at the Avon Fire Station on Sunday afternoon, March 12. The annual event, which is affectionately referred to by a number of local area men as their “annual haircut,” raises awareness and money for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation – a volunteer-driven charity that funds childhood […]
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Monica M. Hutson
Monica M. Hutson, 44, went home to be with the Lord on March 12, 2017. She was born in Williamsburg, Va. on January 4, 1973. She was currently living in Richmond with her companion, Jacob. She wasan R.N. at Bon Secours, but was currently working, alongside her familydogs, Hope and Marley, in the family business. […]
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Snow still Possible; Warmer and Stronger Monday / Tuesday Storm to Follow
There is still moderate confidence of an inch or less of snow accumulations across portions of Eastern NC, per the latest 6 a.m. Saturday briefing from the National Weather Service office in Morehead City. Accumulations are expected mainly on elevated surfaces, due to warm ground temperatures and slightly above freezing surface temperatures. A stronger and […]
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