The Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS) announced several recent updates and news items related to recreational activities and seashore conditions on Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands. News items and events related to the National Seashore for the week of April 11 include the following: Seashore Updates On the morning of April 9, an off-road vehicle (ORV) […]
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June 21, 1955 – April 9, 2019 KILL DEVIL HILLS — Martin Leslie Hammill, 63, of Kill Devil Hills, NC, died at his home on Tuesday, April 9, 2019. He was born on June 21, 1955, in Lynchburg, VA. Marty was the son of the late Frederick Martin Hammill and Elizabeth Robson Hammill. Marty is […]
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Ocracoke should have a passenger ferry this year starting May 24, thanks to a lawmaker friend in Raleigh. John A. Torbett (R-Gaston) said Wednesday night that while in budget meetings Tuesday, Secretary of the Department of Transportation James Trogdon said he would pay for leasing a passenger ferry from May 24 to Sept. 22 out […]
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Now that demolition of the Bonner Bridge over Oregon Inlet has begun, mariners need to be aware of changes to navigation under the old bridge and the new Basnight Bridge. To avoid the continued shoaling by Bodie Island spit at the old bridge’s navigation span, a new area has been marked and lighted to the […]
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November 18, 1927 – April 9, 2019 MANTEO — Hilda Irene Mann Midgett, 91, of Manteo, NC died Tuesday, April 9, 2019, at Chesapeake Regional Medical Center. A native of Dare County, she was born November 18, 1927, to the late Emma Pugh and Cecil Mann. Hilda is survived by two daughters, Christina D’Andrea M. […]
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Primary voting to whittle down a field of 26 candidates for the seat held by the late Walter B. Jones Jr. starts today. Voters in North Carolina’s 3rd Congressional District will have plenty of choices. Republican primary voters will be presented with a slate of 17 candidates, while six Democrats will face off in their […]
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June 25, 1928 – April 7, 2019 KILL DEVIL HILLS — Norman Leslie Sheets, 91, of Kill Devil Hills, NC was reunited with his wife Verna Dean Sheets in heaven on Sunday, April 7, 2019. Their love and dedication to each other over the past 69 years was a blessing. His bride had predeceased him […]
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A new exhibit featuring Outer Banks photographer Daniel Pullen has recently launched at the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum, and the series of photographs provide an insider’s look at life on our local waters that visitors rarely get to see. The exhibit, entitled “Endangered Community: The Independent Waterman Project,” stems from an ongoing and years-long […]
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The British Cemetery ceremony and reception, scheduled for 11 a.m. Friday, May 10, is seeking donations to help with landscaping the grave sites and providing food for the reception. This ceremony, organized by the War Graves Committee on Hatteras, remembers the sinking by German U-boats, of the HMT Bedfordshire, a British trawler, off the coast […]
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Donald John Loeffler of Culpeper, Virginia, born on June 22, 1926, went to be with our Lord Jesus on Saturday, March 30, 2019. He was born to Celia and Phillip Loeffler in Scranton, PA, where he grew up and later met the love of his life. His wife, Joan Eleanor (Edwards) Loeffler, will miss her […]
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