Due to mechanical issues, the North Carolina Ferry Division’s Hatteras-Ocracoke route will be on an amended schedule from Tuesday, Sept. 19 through Monday, Oct. 2. The 7-day schedule will be as follows: The route will revert to its regular fall schedule as planned on Tuesday, Oct. 3.
BY CATHERINE KOZAK It was one of those bone-chilling days, drizzly and gray. A stiff 20-knot wind whipped the faces of the crowd in Hatteras that had gathered at sunset at Village Marina. But everyone wore big smiles, waving and cheering as boats coming through Hatteras Harbor chugged past them. This was a celebration ? […]
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The roughly week-long period of rough surf from Hurricane Irma has brought more than just great waves to the popular Shelly Island sandbar – it’s also brought some dramatic changes to the long formation off of Cape Point. Most noticeably, it appears that the sandbar is finally connecting to the rest of Cape Point at […]
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Come to Ocracoke Island for Blackbeard’s Pirate Jamboree, a free three-day pirate festival October 27 to 29, 2017. Step back in time with the sights and sounds of 17th- and 18th-century pirate life as Ocracoke Island comes alive with pirate reenactment crews as they invade by land and sea. There will be activities for everyone, […]
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The Salvo Day Use Cemetery received a much-needed boost over the weekend thanks to a new barrier of sandbags to protect the fragile gravesites. The cemetery, which is located on National Park Service land within the popular Salvo Day Use Area just south of the tri-villages, has been battered by storms and erosion, and has […]
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A number of imminent and proposed dredging projects were tackled at the Dare County Waterways Commission meeting, which was held at the Fessenden Center in Buxton on Monday, September 11. An archaeological survey that would allow the Corps of Engineer to dredge the southern channel in Hatteras Inlet has been completed by Dare County. As […]
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Buxton Beach Nourishment Update September 13, 2017 Weeks Marine reports that the cutterhead dredge C.R. McCaskill has completed dry-dock inspection and was towed from Charleston (SC) to Wilmington (NC) on Wednesday, September 6. After remaining in Wilmington for a few days waiting for the passage of Hurricane Irma, the dredge left Wilmington this morning and […]
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AVON– Chauva Miguel Donnelly, 42, passed away at Pitt County MemorialHospital in Greenville, N.C. on Tuesday, September 12, 2017. Hejoins his beloved mother Margie, and leaves behind his brother, FrankieCarmello Hopkins, his wife, Beth Hayes Donnelly and her children Ayden,Alastar, and Maya Damitio, his aunt and uncle Linda and Steve Watkins,his cousins Eric and Andrea […]
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Day at the Docks is a celebration of the spirit of Hatteras and few things encompass that better than shrimp and grits. Though there is a long history of shrimping on the island, it was not always considered the treasure that it is now. Fortunately for its consumers, shrimp and grits has evolved into a […]
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It is time to register for this year’s NCBBA Annual Red Drum Tournament. This year’s event will be held October 25, 26, 27 and 28, 2017 on the northern beaches of Hatteras Island. The four-day event will once again be hosted by and headquartered at Frank and Fran’s in Avon, with registration beginning at 10 […]
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