Several first-timers were among about 45 kids and adults of all ages Tuesday afternoon for Ocracoke’s version of the Polar Plunge at the airport beach off Ramp 70. As kids ran around the beach in their bathing suits and swimmers gathered for a group photo, air temperatures in the upper 60s and an ocean temperature […]
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Thomas Lee Harley
November 4, 1952 – December 21, 2018 BUXTON — Thomas Lee Harley, age 66, of Buxton, NC passed away at his home on December 21, 2018. Tom was a proud Michigan State University (MSU) graduate of the School of Landscape Architecture. Lifelong member of the Alumni Association and Spartan fanatic, he never missed a Spartan […]
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Night Sky: Uranus, Mars and Neptune and other Highlights for January
The large, bright nebula in the lower two-thirds of this image is M42, the Orion Nebula. It’s big, about 24 light years across, and bright! With a magnitude of +4, you can spot M42 with your naked eye! M42 is only 1,400 lights years away from us. It’s an area of intense star formation – […]
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