Weeks Marine has worked intermittently over the last few days, as marine conditions allowed. With Hurricane Gert forecasted to pass offshore, high waves are expected today and tomorrow. Weeks Marine is closely monitoring the weather. Once work resumes, work will continue in the section of beach just north of Buxton for approximately twenty four hours […]
Local News | Full Article
7th Named Storm of the Season Expected to Avoid the Outer Banks
Tropical Storm Gert is expected to pass the Outer Banks well offshore on Tuesday, however no major effects are expected on Hatteras or Ocracoke islands as the storm moves up the coastline. On Sunday afternoon, Gert became the seventh named storm of the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season, which makes 2017 an already above-active year for […]
Local News | Full Article
Examining Options for Compensation after the Power Outage
By CATHERINE KOZAK Even as people are still taking stock of losses related to the recent power outage on Hatteras and Ocracoke islands, at least six class-action lawsuits have been filed to collect damages for those who decide to join. In addition, a patchwork of travel insurance and rental companies? deposit reimbursement policies may or […]
Editor’s Blog | Full Article
Buxton Beach Nourishment Update – August 11, 2017
Weeks Marine resumed pumping sand yesterday around 9:30 a.m. after two days of being shut down due to weather. The current marine forecast looks favorable for pumping the next several days. The cutterhead dredge McCaskill will work on filling a 900-foot section of beach just north of Buxton during the next five days of pumping […]
Local News | Full Article
Community Meeting to Discuss Recent Power Outage
Dare County will host an informal community meeting on Wednesday, August 16 at 6:30 p.m. at the Fessenden Center in Buxton to discuss the recent power outage. This forum will provide an opportunity for citizens, business owners and property owners to share their experiences with County officials. In addition, information regarding assistance for individuals in […]
Local News | Full Article
Kinnakeet Home: A Place of Refuge
“One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.” Kinnakeet Home blogs went online last fall, but this is the first time publishing with Island Free Press. Kinnakeet Home is all about life on Hatteras Island, its history and its people. Avon is my hometown. Over the course of many years living and raising a […]
Island Features | Full Article
Louise Oden Graham
MOORESVILLE Mrs. Louise Oden Graham, 91, of Mooresville, passed awayFriday, Aug. 11, 2017, at her home following a two year diagnosis ofmultiple myeloma. Louise was born Sept. 20, 1925, in Hatteras. She wasthe daughter of the late Dan Queen and Alice Gray Peele Oden. Inaddition to her parents, she was preceded in death by brothers, […]
Obituaries | Full Article
Jackie L. Goldman
SALVO — Jackie Lee Goldman, 84 of Salvo, NC passed away on Thursday August 10, 2017 at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital. Mr. Goldman is survived by his wife of 63 years, Beatrice M. Goldman;his daughter Ann M. Liston of Hertford, NC; his sons, Jeffery CurtisGoldman also of Salvo, NC and Paul Lee Goldman of Buxton, […]
Obituaries | Full Article
Wanda Kay Gray O’Neal
January 10, 1948 – August 10, 2017 AVON — Wanda Kay Gray O’Neal, 69, ofAvon, NC died Thursday, August 10, 2017, at her home. Born inCumberland County, NC on January 10, 1948, she was the daughter of thelate Alma Scarborough Gray and Arthur Lupton Gray. She was a homemakerand member of St. John United Methodist […]
Obituaries | Full Article
Hatteras Island Highlights of the August 7 BOC Meeting
The Dare County Board of Commissioners (BOC) covered a variety of Hatteras Island-centric issues at their August 7 meeting in Manteo. Topics which pertained to the island included the following. Hatteras Power Outage Chairman Bob Woodard opened the meeting by expressing appreciation to the many people who came together to make a difference when Hatteras […]
Local News | Full Article
