The Dare County Sanitation Department has announced the schedule for the week beginning Monday, Jan. 16, the Martin Luther King holiday. The Sanitation Department, the C&D Landfill and the Transfer Station in Manns Harbor, the Buxton Transfer Station, and the Recycle Center located on Driftwood Drive in Manteo will be closed on Monday.. The trash […]
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Hatteras Island Thinks Pink for Annual HICF Positively Pink 5K ….WITH SLIDE SHOW BY JOY CRIST
The Kinnakeet Shores neighborhood in Avon was a much more colorful community on Saturday morning, October 7, thanks to the 14th Annual HICF Positively Pink 5K. The event, which was cancelled last year due to Hurricane Matthew, has been a popular fundraiser for the Hatteras Island Cancer Foundation (HICF) for over a decade, and serves […]
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Aircraft Piece Washes Ashore in Hatteras Village ….WITH SLIDE SHOW BY JOY CRIST
On Sunday evening, NPS personnel responded to a report of a large piece of aircraft that had washed ashore in southern Hatteras village. The piece, which measured approximately 15’ x 9’, appeared to be part of a military grade aircraft per the National Park Service, and was located just north of ramp 55 on the […]
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Evan Michael Maurice Quidley
January 13, 2013 – October 8, 2017 WILSON — Evan Michael Maurice Quidley, 4, of Wilson, NC died Sunday, October 8, 2017. Evan is survived by his parents, Alex Quidley and Colette Vanderbilt;foster mother, Vivian Davis; paternal grandmothers, Jennifer Sherwood,Donna-Marie Quidley, and Jasmine Quidley; maternal grandmother, SandyVanderbilt; paternal great-grandparents, Grayson Hooper, and Mauriceand Sandra Quidley; […]
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Looking Back A Year After Hurricane Matthew
By JOY CRIST We?re still recovering from Hurricane Matthew.? This sentiment has been echoed quite a bit in the last year. It?s a phrase that was heard all across the island after the summer power outage, after the menacing approach of Jose and Maria, and after just about every island-wide setback we?ve encountered since last […]
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Sound side access in Ocracoke opens in two locations
Visitors and islanders now have two new ways to access the sound side of Ocracoke Island. The Cape Hatteras National Seashore recently opened an access area with parking north of the pony pens. This area is called Bitter Swash, said David E. Hallac, seashore superintendent, at the Sept. 5 Hyde County Commissioners meeting. “This is […]
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New Pea Island Bridge Expected to Open this Month BY JOY CRIST
Per the recent Bonner Bridge project video update from Dare County, the new Pea Island Bridge is expected to open in October, while the overall project is halfway complete as crews continue to make progress. At the northern end of the new Bonner Bridge, crews are steadily making their way south through the marshes, driving […]
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Anglers throughout Hatteras Island and the Outer Banks are invited to join a free October fishing tournament that not only offers some enticing prizes, but also helps to collect imperative data on coastal North Carolina spot and croaker catches. The event, which is sponsored by Outer Banks Catch, is called the “Every Man’s Spot & […]
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William Thomas Midgett
November 1, 1949 – October 4, 2017 OCRACOKE — William Thomas Midgett,67, of Ocracoke, NC died Wednesday, October 4, 2017, at his home. Bornin Morehead City, he was the son of the late Betty Louise WilliamsMidgett and Ralph Midgett. A United States Army Veteran, William served his country honorablyduring the Vietnam War. He then retired […]
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Hatteras Island Highlights of the October 2 BOC Meeting BY JOY CRIST
The Dare County Board of Commissioners (BOC) covered a handful of issues that affected Hatteras Islanders at their October 2 meeting in Manteo. Topics which pertained to the island included the following. Salvo Cemetery Commissioners adopted a capital project ordinance for grant funding received through the NC Department of Environmental Quality for the repair, […]
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