T he Dare County Board of Commissioners (BOC) covered several Hatteras Island-related issues at their March 19 meeting in Manteo. Topics which pertained to the island and / or the local community included the following. Public Hearing on Food Stands and Mobile Food Units Eight citizens, all in support, came forward to speak […]
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Highlights from the April 3 BOC Meeting
The Dare County Board of Commissioners (BOC) covered a number of Hatteras Island-related issues at their April 3 meeting in Manteo. Topics which pertained to the island and / or the local community included the following: Board Declares the Opioid Crisis a Public Nuisance and Retains Legal Counsel to Recover Damages Harold Seagle of […]
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By JOY CRIST
The Dare County Board of Commissioners (BOC) heard from the public on a wide range of issues at a well-attended community meeting on Tuesday evening. The casual forum enabled folks to step up to the microphone to bring issues or questions to the commissioners’ attention, and topics ranged from beach nourishment in Buxton and along […]
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Dare County Sanitation Department Residential Large Household Pick-Up Schedule
The Dare County Sanitation Department will be conducting a large item household pickup for residential customers only. No commercial business debris will be picked up. Please do not interfere with county employees picking up large items. Materials must be at curbside no later than 6 a.m. on the date of collection. There will not be […]
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Renovated NPS Boat Ramps in Ocracoke Reopen
The recently renovated public boat ramps on Ocracoke Island have reopened to the public. The two new concrete boat ramps are sloped at a steeper grade, and extend farther into the sound than the former ramps. The bulkheads and finger piers are in the same locations and configuration. The project was started in January 2018, […]
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Dare County Offices Closed Friday, March 30 in Observance of Good Friday
All Dare County Offices will be closed on Friday, March 30 in observance of Good Friday and there will be no garbage collection that day. The revised schedule will be as follows: All Commercial Pick-Ups: Monday, March 26 and Thursday, March 29 Residential Pick-Ups: Monday, March 26 – Kitty Hawk, Colington, Buxton, Frisco, and Hatteras […]
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The Outer Banks Sentinel
BY NEEL KELLER BY NEEL KELLER The Outer Banks Sentinel The Outer Banks Sentinel Given the favorable consensus among those speaking at the March 19 Dare Board of Commissioners meeting, opening the door to food trucks seemed like an idea whose time had clearly come. So, following a public hearing on the issue, the Dare […]
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Help Needed to Repair Steeple that Toppled During March Storm By JOY CRIST
The early March nor’easter caused damage all across Hatteras and Ocracoke islands, but in the town of Rodanthe, one of the storm’s local impacts was impossible to miss. After the waters and winds subsided, islanders noticed that the steeple at the Fair Haven United Methodist Church (UMC) – a local landmark on the oceanside of […]
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Olive Patrick
RODANTHE– Olive Patrick, 92, of Rodanthe, NC, peacefully passed away in herhome surrounded by her family on Monday, March 19, 2018. She was bornand raised in Rodanthe by her parents, the late Fred and BeulahO’Neal. She was one of nine children. Olive was preceded in deathby her twin brother, Oscar; two sisters, Helen and Cynthia; […]
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Howard Martin Meyer
November 17, 1924 – March 19, 2018 AVON — HowardMartin Meyer, 93, of Avon, NC died Monday, March 19, 2018, at PeakResources – Outer Banks. Born in New Jersey, he was the son of the lateElsie Suiss Meyer and Martin Meyer. Howard served hiscountry honorably in the United States Army during World War II wherehe […]
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