Cape Hatteras National Seashore brings back weekly in-person programs for 2021

After a hiatus in 2020 due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the Cape Hatteras National Seashore announced the return of its popular weekly seashore programs and events in its April 22 Cape Chronicle newsletter. Weekly in-person events are typically held throughout the summer season at multiple locales throughout the National Seashore on Bodie, Hatteras, and Ocracoke Islands. […]

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A closer look at the first steps of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse restoration

Climbing at the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse may be suspended until late summer, but when visitors return, they’ll be greeted by a fresh new interior that belies the lighthouse’s 151 years of operation. While the exterior of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse is currently quiet, with a few temporary barricades set up to prevent visitors from entering […]

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Rosalie A. Ficik

KILL DEVIL HILLS — Rosalie A. Ficik passed on April 16, 2021 in Greenville, NC. She was born in Paterson, NJ November 4, 1944 to the late Sam and Sue Fiorillo. Rosalie attended school and became an X-ray technician in 1970.  On March 27, 1971, Rosalie married Robert “Bob” Ficik and the union produced two […]

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Plans are underway to add a wave of improvements to the Salvo Community Cemetery

Plans are in the works to add a new wave of improvements to the historic Salvo Community Cemetery, (also known as the Salvo Day Use Cemetery), which includes new landscaping, installing signage for visitors, and resetting a handful of dislodged headstones, per a recent update from project organizers. Situated along the Pamlico Sound on the […]

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