Megan Vayette says she was among those “embarrassed” by some of the expressions of ill will directed toward non-resident property owners and Outer Banks visitors during this COVID-19 pandemic shutdown. So, she “got the ball rolling,” on the creation of the new (about a week old, actually) Hatteras Island Business Association, which currently has about […]
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The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission will meet by webinar starting at 9 a.m. May 14. The public may listen to the meeting by phone or listen and view presentations in real-time by joining online. Directions for calling in by phone or joining the webinar online, including information on system requirements and testing, will be forthcoming […]
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KITTY HAWK — Billie Jo Roughton (nee Jackson), of Kitty Hawk, NC died Thursday, April 30, 2020 at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville, NC. She was 47. Raised in Tyrrell County, Billie Jo was preceded in death by her father, William R. Jackson; mother, Betty B. Jackson; brother, Barry Jackson; and grandson, Corbin Ashton Harvey. […]
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May 22, 1946 – May 1, 2020 RODANTHE — Paul David Wernock, 73, of Rodanthe, NC died Friday, May 1, 2020, at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital. Born in Bayonne, NJ on May 22, 1946, he was the son of the late Helen J. Bielen Wernock and Paul J. Wernock. During his retirement, Paul worked as […]
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This piece is part of a two-part article that examines how life has changed for Hatteras Island parents and children in the era of COVID-19. This story is written by Hatteras Island parent, Jill Lettieri. You can read her daughter’s perspective, and the second part of this story, here. They’re bored. They’re lonely. They’re not […]
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SALVO — Carl Ray Moffatt, of Salvo, NC, left the bonds of this earth for his heavenly home on May 2, 2020 after a brief battle with lung cancer. Carl was born in Charleston, WV on June 1, 1953, the youngest son of the late Ray Valjean and Ernestine Moffatt. He is survived by Pollyann […]
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Within the next month, nearly 40 new interpretative exhibits will be installed along the 138 driving miles of the Outer Banks National Scenic Byway. The installation is the long-awaited culmination of the byway’s way-showing and interpretive exhibit program funded by grants from the National Scenic Byway Program of the Federal Highway Administration and the byway […]
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The Coast Guard rescued three adults and one child after their 29-foot vessel became disabled and started taking on water one mile off of Oregon Inlet on Saturday afternoon. Watchstanders from Coast Guard Sector North Carolina received the initial notification from Dare County 911 dispatch at 11:44 a.m., and launched two 47-foot Motor Life Boat […]
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A Blessing Box was installed at the Fair Haven United Methodist Church (UMC) in Rodanthe on Saturday, May 2, for Tri-village area residents in need. The box is full of non-perishable food items, personal hygiene products, and household products, and is stationed directly outside the church. “Everybody in the community is able to come and […]
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The Ocracoke Control Group met on Friday, May 1, 2020 to discuss issues concerning the lifting of visitor restrictions on the island currently in place due to the COVID 19 crisis. The Control Group discussed the difficulty of weighing public health concerns on the one hand and the threat to the future of Ocracoke’s business […]
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