Five graduating seniors from Cape Hatteras Secondary School are on their way to achieving academic dreams, thanks to donors with the Outer Banks Community Foundation. On the last day of May in 2017, the Community Foundation awarded seven academic scholarships to five distinguished seniors, totaling $16,100 in funds. Among the recipients this year […]
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In 2016, the Avon Farmers Market had a banner year with more than 25 vendors lined up every week in the large grassy yard next to the Avon Beach Klub. It was the highest number of vendors since the market was first established in 2010 in Buxton, and the summertime market was a big success […]
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Improvements are on the way for 11 airports across North Carolina following the approval of $35.4 million in state funding for aviation projects by the N.C. Board of Transportation. In addition to enhancing airport safety, these upgrades will support and help generate more economic activity and tourism. “Airports are a critical part of North Carolina’s […]
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45 seniors at Cape Hatteras Secondary School received their diplomas at a graduation ceremony held on Saturday, June 10. A collection of both friends and family joined the graduates in The William P. Dillon Memorial Gymnasium on a warm and sunny evening to celebrate the happy occasion. The graduation ceremony followed a Community Celebration of […]
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BUXTON – Dolly Maxine McDaniel Morrow, 89, of Buxton, NC, died on June 11, 2017, at Peak Resources in Nags Head, NC. She was born in Shenandoah, VA,to the late Claude and Mary (Monger) McDaniel, and was the wife of thelate J. Morgan Morrow of Aliquippa, PA. Dolly was a member of theNew Bethlehem United […]
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MANTEO– Michael Wayne Keller, 73, of Manteo NC, died June 9, 2017 at hishome. A native of Kitty Hawk Village, Mike was the son of Earland Belinda Keller. Mike was employed with Atlantic RichfieldCompany after graduating from East Carolina University. In 1976,he returned home and started “The Rope Shop” which became a leadingsupplier of commercial […]
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Like most 53-year-olds, the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge over Oregon Inlet requires an annual checkup to ensure its continued health. That checkup will occur Tuesday, June 13, at 9 a.m., when the N.C. Department of Transportation will conduct a routine mobile scan of the 2.7-mile bridge deck. Road crews will halt traffic on both ends […]
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North Carolina recreational anglers holding a current Coastal Recreational Fishing License may receive a survey conducted by the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries in the coming months. The survey is a follow up to a previously conducted data collection in 2009. It seeks information on the economic characteristics of coastal recreational anglers’ fishing trips, as […]
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By CATHERINE KOZAK As I start my 23rd Atlantic hurricane season as a person who actually lives in hurricane territory, I?m more sensitive to talk that condemns coastal residents for living on, you know, the coast. The attitude is if you want to risk living near the ocean, then you should not expect any government […]
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A proposed 4-cent increase in Dare County’s property tax rate is necessary to catch up with long unmet needs, county officials say, but the fiscal year 2018 budget proposal also reflects how well the county has recovered from the recession. “From 2007-2008, we have run as frugal as we can run a budget,” said Dare […]
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