With a little help from Vivian Howard BY LYNNE FOSTER If there was a logo for summer it would have to be the vine-ripened heirloom tomato. I wait impatiently all through the rest of the year for “real” tomatoes and when they come I embarrass myself with my gorging. In truth, I don’t eat tomatoes […]
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Residents and visitors alike took a break from their day to step outside and look up at the sky for Monday’s solar eclipse. Though Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands were outside of the “path of totality” – a 70 mile wide path that extended from Oregon to Charleston, SC – the southern Outer Banks nevertheless experienced […]
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August 27, 1938 – August 18, 2017 RODANTHE– Mildred Mae Midgett, 78, died Friday, August 18, 2017 at The OuterBanks Hospital. A native of Rodanthe, she was the daughter of the lateCarethia Midgett and David B. Midgett. Mildred was a member of FairHaven United Methodist Church. Mildredis survived by two children, Linda M. Midgett and […]
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We’re just a few days away from the August 21 solar eclipse, and the islands – as well as the rest of the country – seem to have Eclipse Fever. Local stores and national chairs report being sold out of the eclipse viewing glasses, “solar eclipse” is now one of the top searches in Google, […]
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Gov. Roy Cooper and the Department of Environmental Quality submitted formal comments yesterday to the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to convey North Carolina’s opposition to oil and gas leasing for offshore drilling on North Carolina’s coast. “Because offshore drilling threatens North Carolina’s critical coastal industries and unique coastal environment with limited benefits for […]
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Buxton Beach Nourishment Update – August 17, 2017 The cutterhead dredge C.R. McCaskill resumed pumping Wednesday afternoon around 3 p.m. Work in the section of beach just north of the subline has been completed. Weeks Marine will grade the newly nourished beach and open it to the public later this afternoon. Also this afternoon, crews […]
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The bypass road off of Ramp 44 that leads to Cape Point is now open, per Hatteras Island District Ranger Karol Jones of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. A resource protection area to protect piping plover chicks was expanded to include the bypass road in late July. The two piping plover chicks in the area […]
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A modest crowd of roughly 40 locals and business owners attended an informal meeting hosted by Dare County to address compensation options after the power outage. The week-long power outage, which led to an evacuation of visitors, caused financial hardship for many local business owners and workers who rely on the summertime income. “I went […]
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On Tuesday and Wednesday, surfers flocked to the beaches to take advantage of the unusually big waves, summertime water temps, and the crystal blue waters. The beach just north of the Cape Hatteras Motel in Buxton was an especially popular spot, with many folks testing their luck in the much larger-than-normal surf. “Everyone was out […]
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BY CATHERINE KOZAK BY CATHERINE KOZAK Dredging is set to begin next month in Hatteras Inlet at a stubbornly clogged channel that has been impassable on its west end for months. At Monday’s meeting of the Dare County Waterways Commission in Manteo, Dare County Manager Bobby Outten said that there would be a 10-day window […]
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