On Tuesday, June 27, the state Senate approved House Bill 56 by a vote of 33-15. The Bill, which is titled as an “Act to Amend Various Environmental Laws” includes a repeal of the current Plastic Bag Ban for the Outer Banks in Section 10(a.) The bag ban, which went into effect in 2009, prohibits […]
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Cape Hatteras point and the new sandbar island #capepoint A post shared by 🅲🅷🅰🅳 (@chadonka) on May 31, 2017 at 6:01pm PDT The island that has surfaced off of Cape Point in the last couple months has become a media sensation. The island, which measures roughly a mile long depending on the tide and weather […]
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Cape Hatteras National Seashore wants to inform park patrons that Off-Road Vehicles (ORVs) may remain on the beach at Ramp 38, which is immediately South of Avon village and the Avon Fireworks site. Ramp 38 will remain open until 10:30 PM. All other ramps will be closed to ORVs at the regular time of 9:00 […]
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STORY AND PHOTOS BY NEEL KELLER OUTER BANKS SENTINEL What is being billed as “the Outer Banks’ wettest, coolest, wildest, splashiest and craziest new attraction” opened Thursday, June 22 to rave reviews from the visitors. The much-anticipated H2OBX Waterpark attracted a “good size crowd” for its opening day, said Marketing Supervisor Leah Cribb, who said […]
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The island was saddened to learn of the death of island son James Barrie Gaskill, 74 on June 21. Born in Carteret County on April 20, 1943, he was a son of the late Daisy Styron Gaskill and James Lumley Gaskill, Jr. James Barrie, as he was known, is survived by his wife, Ellen Gaskill; […]
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Late last week Jim Bagwell, (owner of the property where the Frisco UFO has landed), and LeRoy Reynolds, (the UFO’s resident alien), approached a local building inspector to see if they could do some repairs and refurbishments to the iconic local structure. Per Reynolds, they initially received the verbal OK to proceed, but were then […]
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There are obviously plenty of “Rules of the Beach” that are both good manners and are enforceable by law, but what about those other circumstances that aren’t necessarily illegal, but can nevertheless drive you mad? I couldn’t help but mull over those situations as well, and wonder if there could be a secondary set of […]
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The Buxton Beach Nourishment project has begun, with crews working along the shoreline at a starting point that’s roughly 1,000 feet north of the town’s border. The project, which was schedule to begin on June 17 had to be postponed due to inclement weather and high winds over the weekend. Now that it’s officially underway, […]
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The Buxton Beach Nourishment project is now underway with pumping of sand beginning last night at 6:10 pm. Cape Point remains open via an ORV-only corridor. Seashore staff continue to intensively monitor the corridor and will provide expanded access to the Point as soon as possible. For the July 4th Fireworks in Avon, ORVs may […]
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OCRACOKE- James Barrie Gaskill, 74, of Ocracoke, NC died on Wednesday, June 21,2017. Born in Carteret County on April 20, 1943, he was the son of thelate Daisy Styron Gaskill and James Lumley Gaskill, Jr. Aftergraduating from the College of the Albemarle, James Barrie received hisBachelor’s degree from East Carolina University. He was a teacher […]
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