Community members of Hatteras village gathered on a stormy Saturday afternoon to celebrate the upcoming opening of the new PORT Health Services site, which will provide substance abuse and mental health services on Hatteras Island. Despite being relocated at the last minute to the Hatteras Village Community Center due to the rough weather, the celebration […]
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On Tuesday, November 13, a group of community and government representatives drove through several feet of recently dumped rainwater to meet in Hatteras village and discuss, appropriately enough, how to keep N.C. Highway 12 open for the long haul. It’s no secret that N.C. Highway 12 has a number of “hot spots,” or sections of […]
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By Rob Morris THE OUTER BANKS VOICE Motorists will find two open lines heading east this week on the Wright Memorial Bridge, which is among the projects statewide where work has been suspended during the busy Thanksgiving stretch. Aside from weekends, one lane on the eastbound span has been closed while rehab work moves ahead […]
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The Coast Guard has suspended its search for a missing man near Avon, Wednesday evening. Missing 75-year-old fisherman Anthony Neri departed the Oregon Inlet Fishing Center aboard a 21-foot white Carolina Skiff at 10 a.m. Monday and did not return by sunset as scheduled, according to his wife. Coast Guard boat crews from Stations Oregon […]
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The Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS) announced several recent updates related to recreational activities on Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands. News items related to the National Seashore for the week of November 21 include the following:
The Coast Guard continues to search for 75-year-old mariner Anthony Neri who did not return from a fishing trip near Avon, North Carolina, Monday. Coast Guard crewmembers located a boat matching the description of Neri’s Carolina Skiff 24 miles southeast of the Oregon Inlet Sea Buoy at 1:40 a.m., Wednesday. The Coast Guard and […]
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As various construction operations come to a close, and unneeded equipment is demobilized from the Bonner Bridge replacement project, crews are still hard at work on the final touches that will make the bridge safe for travel and ready for its opening to traffic in early 2019. With its final deck board and the two […]
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The Coast Guard is searching for 75-year-old Anthony Neri who did not return home from a fishing trip near Avon, North Carolina, Monday. Neri’s wife notified the Coast Guard that he left for a fishing trip in a 21-foot white Carolina Skiff at approximately 10 a.m. and was scheduled to return around sunset. Watchstanders at […]
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At 9 a.m. on Monday morning, guests and locals gathered with Outer Beaches Realty at Conner’s Supermarket in Buxton for the 6th Annual Gobble Gobble Giveaway. The annual event aims to prove that Thanksgiving grocery shopping can be a lot of fun, via a lucky winner’s fast-paced shopping spree that zips through the aisles of […]
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The N.C. Department of Transportation’s Ferry Division has awarded a contract to Gulf Island Shipyards of Houma, La, for the construction of two new river-class vehicle ferries. The two ferries will cost a total of $22.85 million, and will be paid for with money from the Ferry Division’s Vessel Replacement Fund. The two new ferries, […]
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