N.C. Highway 12 continues to be closed between Rodanthe and the Bonner Bridge, and the coastal low pressure system that has stalled off the East Coast has become Subtropical Storm Melissa, per a Friday afternoon update from the National Weather Service. As of noon on Friday, Melissa was located about 190 miles south of Nantucket, […]
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KILL DEVIL HILLS — Nancy A. Laws Swaim of Kill Devil Hills, NC passed away Friday, October 11, 2019 after a brief yet courageous battle with lung cancer. She was 60. Born and raised in Wilkesboro, NC, Nancy was the daughter of the late George Laws and Mozelle Laws. In her youth, Nancy worked hard […]
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SOUTHERN SHORES / LONG BEACH, NY — Edward M. Kleiner, 60, passed away unexpectedly while visiting at his Southern Shores home October 9, 2019. He was a physician in Long Beach, NY and in Long Island, NY for many years. Dr. Kleiner’s only surviving relative is his sister, Leslie Beth Kleiner Scudiero (Gabe) of Colington, […]
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NAGS HEAD — Hadley Edward Williamson, a long-time seasonal resident, passed away suddenly in Nags Head October 9, 2019. Mr. Williamson was a restaurant owner from Springfield, Ohio. Survivors include his mother, Bette; his wife, Kimberly Anne; his brother, Joseph; his two sons, Russ and Mitch, his grandchildren; and other numerous relatives and friends. In […]
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The N.C. Department of Transportation is warning motorists along the Outer Banks to expect portions of N.C. 12 to be closed for extended periods during high tide cycles over the next few days as a storm system lingers off the Atlantic coast. Motorists should avoid driving through standing or rushing water and should not drive […]
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SOUTHERN SHORES — Frederick Ernest Engelken, 96, of Hillsdale, New Jersey passed away October 10, 2019 peacefully at home in Southern Shores, Outer Banks, North Carolina. Fred was born in Paterson, New Jersey on April 12, 1923. He attended St. Paul’s Lutheran church school in Paterson where his maternal Grandfather Louis Luecke taught. He then […]
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Oceanside flooding was reported in Rodanthe, northern Buxton, and central Avon near Ocean View Drive as of 7:00 a.m. on Friday morning, and overwash is expected to continue over the next several high tide cycles, and especially north of Cape Hatteras. N.C. Highway 12 is temporarily closed from Rodanthe to the Oregon Inlet Bridge due […]
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Although N.C. Highway 12 was able to temporarily reopen in northern Rodanthe at around midnight on Thursday, the highway closed again at 6:00 a.m. on Friday from the Oregon Inlet Bridge to Rodanthe due to ocean overwash. NCDOT stated in a Friday morning update that they are hoping to reopen the highway by 6 p.m. NCDOT […]
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N.C. Highway 12 temporarily closed near Blue Sea Road in Rodanthe on Thursday night due to oceanside flooding that accompanied Thursday evening’s high tide. It was reported that roughly eight cars had gotten stuck in the sand and saltwater near the S-Curves north of Rodanthe as of 8:00 p.m., and that efforts were underway to […]
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Due to unsafe road conditions resulting from the current offshore weather pattern, Cape Hatteras Elementary School and Cape Hatteras Secondary School will be closed on Friday, October 11, 2019, per a Friday morning update from Dare County schools. All other schools in Dare County will operate on a normal schedule.
