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 March 3 include the following: Seashore Updates On the morning of March 1, U.S. Coast Guard Station […]
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OCRACOKE — Zoe Ramírez-Ramírez, 4, of Ocracoke, NC passed unexpectedly Saturday, February 29, 2020. Born on February 19, 2016, she was the daughter of Maritza Ramírez and Luis Ramírez. Also, surviving are her grandparents, Francisca Monter, Sara Robles, and Javier Ramírez; aunts and uncles, Raúl Ramírez, Enrique Ramírez, Ángel Ramírez, David Ramírez, Sonia Ramírez, Angélica […]
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The 2020 Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) camping season at the Cape Point, Frisco, and Ocracoke campgrounds will begin Friday, April 10 and end Monday, November 30. Thanks to a multi-year campground modernization project at Oregon Inlet Campground, the Seashore’s most popular campground stayed open all of last year. Read more about Oregon Inlet Campground’s […]
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SOUTHERN SHORES — Born in Idaho Falls, Idaho, in 1936, Lt. Col. Samuel G. Gillette (US Army Retired) passed away March 1, 2020 peacefully at his home after a long illness. He is survived by his wife Linda, and his children: Sam Gillette, Jr. Arlington, VA; Ann M. Paquette, Grandy, NC, David Gillette, Gaithersburg, MD; […]
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Over the next four weeks, weather permitting, the National Park Service (NPS) and Cape Lookout Mobile Sportsfishermen (CLMS) fishing club will conduct a joint project to restore and expand the bathhouse, rebuild the RV dump station, and work on the back road of Portsmouth Island in the Long Point Cabin area, per a recent update […]
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Primary Day has arrived, and polls throughout Hatteras and Ocracoke islands are open from 6:30 a.m. until 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday for registered voters. From county commissioners to president, both parties have a wide range of options in the 2020 March Primary Election, and a round-up of polling places for each village is listed below. […]
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Meet the Outer Banks SPCA pet of the week, Chewy, courtesy of their latest video produced by Dare County’s CURRENT TV. For more information on Chewy, and the many other Outer Banks pets currently up for adoption, visit the Outer Banks SPCA website at https://www.obxspca.org/, or their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/obxspca/
April 21, 1928 – February 27, 2020 AVON — Irvin Carl Johnson Sr., 91, of Avon, NC passed away on February 27, 2020. He was born April 21, 1928, in Augusta, GA, son of late Eli and Lillian Johnson and spent most of his life in Portsmouth, VA. He was predeceased by his beloved wife […]
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Mary Jo C. Murden passed away on February 27, 2020 in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, after a long battle with dementia. She was born on February 20, 1933 to Felix and Margaret Caprio in Norfolk, Virginia. A graduate of Granby High School and local dance celebrity, she was the artistic director and lead instructor […]
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March begins with the constellation Leo rising in the east just before the sun sets in the west. Leo is one of my favorite constellations, not because I am big on imaginary images in the night skies, but because it is located in a section of the sky that is full of galaxies. Looking at […]
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