On May 7, 2017, a pony named Jitterbug, originally from Shackleford Banks, gave birth to the newest foal on Ocracoke. School students on Ocracoke Island helped name the pony, Jobelle, which is the local name for gaillardia flowers (common name blanket flowers). Rayo, a direct descendant of the original Ocracoke ponies, is Jobelle’s father. Born […]
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Weeks Marine, the contractor for the Buxton beach nourishment project, has announced the first day of pumping has been postponed from the originally projected date of May 21 to sometime within the last week of May. The starting point for the project, where the offshore pipes connect with the onshore pipes, will be located at […]
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The Dare County Board of Commissioners tackled a number of issues and topics in their roughly day-long meeting on May 1, 2017. Here are the highlights of this most recent session. Supporting Working Watermen Commissioners unanimously approved a resolution in opposition to House Bill 867 which is known as the Coastal Fisheries Conservation and Economic […]
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To reach the Buxton cemetery, take U.S. 64 east to the ocean at Nags Head, then travel 48 miles south on N.C. 12. Follow signs for Cape Hatteras Lighthouse. Drive past the lighthouse parking lot on Lighthouse Road, which then curves to the left. Once the road straightens you’ll see a little brown sign and […]
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GregoryErb Paul (Greg), age 63, died on May 7, 2017, at the Greenville, NC,Medical Center, after a short illness. He was born February 27, 1954and grew up in Scottdale, Pa. Gregtook some courses at Goshen College in Indiana in the mid-1970’s, andthen graduated from Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg, Va,around 1991. After years of writing […]
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A North Carolina senate bill that will allow the Ocracoke school to retain its current teaching staff and grade structure passed with 49-0 votes, (with one absentee vote), on April 27. The bill, which is sponsored by Senator Jim Davis (R) Senate Majority Whip Jerry W. Tillman (R) and Senator Rick Horner (R) will provide […]
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The oystercatcher pair at Cape Point is preparing to lay a nest, and the current location of the ORV-only corridor is being modified. Access to Cape Point remains open via the ORV-only corridor beginning at the end of the bypass road, which is now located closer to the ocean below the high tide line. As […]
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Heavy rains, strong winds and potential thunderstorms are expected late Thursday and Friday, per an update from the National Weather Service Newport / Morehead City Office. A strong area of low pressure will move to the west of the coastal North Carolina area overnight through tomorrow, producing locally heavy rainfall amounts of 1 to […]
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August 14, 1939 – May 3, 2017 BUXTON- Sara Ethelbert Burrus Shoemaker, 77, of Buxton, NC passed away onTuesday, May 2, 2017, at Spring Arbor of The Outer Banks in Kill DevilHills, North Carolina. Her unwavering faith in God and the love andprayers of family, friends and church family carried her through thelast few years […]
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The Coast Guard has suspended the search for a missing man whose sailboat was discovered after it ran aground in Frisco on Monday. Missing is Richard Tomlinson, 82, of Clearwater, Florida. Richard reportedly was sailing for Maine when he departed from a marina in Riviera Beach, Florida. Multiple crews from Air Station Elizabeth City and […]
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