After a winter of numerous renovations, the Rodanthe Fishing Pier will reopen for the 2021 season this coming Saturday, March 27, per a recent update. “We spent the winter doing extensive repairs to the existing pier – replacing deteriorated pilings, bolts, and structural timbers to make the pier safer and more sound,” stated Terry Plumblee, […]
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Outer Banks Taste of The Beach Returns for 2021
The Outer Banks Taste of The Beach is happening April 16-18, 2021. With over 40 events to choose from, from Duck to Rodanthe you will find events for every pallet and every budget. Our world has changed, and this year has shown us how crucial each and every Outer Banks Hospitality Business is in positively […]
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Changes to tarpon, commercial fishing license and vessel transfer rules now in effect
Changes to two marine fisheries rules are now in effect. One of the rules pertains to tarpon and the other to the transfer of Standard and Retired Standard Commercial Fishing Licenses. Marine Fisheries Commission rule 15A NCAC 03M .0509, as now amended, prohibits the possession of tarpon and makes it illegal to gaff, spear, or […]
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Meet the Outer Banks SPCA Pet of the Week Sam
Meet the Outer Banks SPCA pet of the week, Sam, courtesy of their latest video produced by Dare County’s CURRENT TV. For more information on Sam, 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/
Dare County Board of Commissioners Provide Funding Needed to Complete Hatteras Inlet Dredging Project
The Dare County Board of Commissioners (BOC) have approved a request to provide the additional funding needed to keep the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) dredge Merritt working in Hatteras Inlet long enough to break through shoaling in the South Ferry Channel—a move that will be a game-changer for local commercial fishermen who rely […]
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Ben C. Wall, Jr.
MANTEO — On Sunday, March 21, 2021, Ben Wall, loving husband and father, lost his long battle with cancer and went to be with the Lord at the age of 72, at home surrounded by his wife and loving family. Ben was born July 27, 1948 at the Portsmouth Naval Hospital. He was the son […]
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Anne Slocum Cramer
KILL DEVIL HILLS — Anne Dorinda (Slocum) Cramer of Kill Devil Hills, NC, passed away on Thursday, March 18, 2021. She was born in East Hartford, CT on July 3, 1937 to Gladys Mary (Bowne) and Kenneth Ernest Slocum. Anne grew up in East Hartford with her sister, Jill, and many friends she would keep […]
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Dare County Releases “On the Job” Video Highlighting COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic
Dare County has released a new video in its “On the Job” series highlighting county staff members who are working on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic at the vaccine clinic in Kill Devil Hills. The video features a walk-through of the vaccine clinic at the Dare County Youth Center at Family Recreation Park […]
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Island Cooking: Kitchen Gadgets
Many years ago now, when I first moved to London, I went to work at Divertimenti, a brand new specialty cookware store on Brompton Road, (one-of-a-kind before they became popular.) The owners/buyers carefully curated every single item. Each and every piece was useful, good-looking, well made, and many were new to the market and extremely […]
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12 New COVID-19 Cases Reported Over the Weekend, Bringing Dare County Total to 2,901
Dare County announced 12 new positive COVID-19 test results over the weekend, (including 8 on Saturday, March 20, and 4 on Sunday, March 21), bringing the total number of cases in the county since the pandemic began to 2,901. With the weekend’s new cases, the current number of active cases in the county is now […]
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