Terry Lee Shrum Sr., 69, of Point Harbor, North Carolina passed away on Friday, July 16, 2021 at Chesapeake Regional Hospital. Terry was born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania on December 20, 1951 to the late Robert Thomas and Bernice Elaine Shrum. In addition to his late parents, he was preceded in death by his brother, Jeffrey […]
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Our National Seashore Neighbor Readers of Island Free Press are certainly familiar with our Cape Hatteras National Seashore. It stretches for 70 miles from Bodie Island to Ocracoke. It was the nation’s very first national seashore, having been established in 1953. Hatteras Island is the main part of this seashore and is happily in the […]
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The Dare County Board of Education will meet in a special session Thursday, July 29, to consider local implementation of Gov. Roy Cooper’s guidelines for an in-person return to school, including mask mandates for younger students. The 5 p.m. meeting at First Flight High School in Kill Devil Hills is open to the public and […]
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A new turtle excluder device (TED) requirement for larger skimmer trawl vessels will take effect Aug. 1. A federal rule change will require that a TED be installed in any net that is rigged for fishing on skimmer trawl vessels that are 40 feet or greater in length. The rule change pertains to the entire […]
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Over the first six months of 2021, Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site and Wright Brothers National Memorial experienced some of the highest levels of visitation ever recorded. At Cape Hatteras National Seashore, visitation totals for January-June 2021 were 26% higher than the first six months of 2002, the year that currently […]
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On July 12, 2021, at approximately 10:3.0. pm, a Deputy working the C-District responded to an EMS call for a person acting unstable at a residence in the 40100 Block of Hwy 12, Avon NC. When the Deputy arrived, the person attacked the Deputy scratching and biting the facial area. The assailant also tried to […]
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Nonprofits are encouraged to apply for funding for their projects, programs, infrastructure, and other needs, through the Outer Banks Community Foundation’s Community Enrichment Grants Program. Online applications are due by 11:59 pm on Friday, July 30. More information and a link to apply can be found at obcf.org/grants/how-to-apply-for-grants/. The Community Enrichment Grants Program is the […]
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MANTEO — Theresa Lynn (Terry) McDowell died peacefully in her sleep at her home on Agona Street in Manteo on July 14, 2021. Born in Morristown, New Jersey, Terry was the daughter of the late Wade E. and Loretta McDowell. She spent her childhood in Florida and Kansas, lived in Spain and Virginia before finding […]
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KILL DEVIL HILLS –Ernest M. East, Jr. died in Kill Devil Hills, NC after a long illness Saturday July 17, 2021. “Pete” as he was best known, was born September 19,1928 in Waynesboro, VA. He was the son of Ernest M. East, Sr. and Mary Beulah Obaugh East – both deceased and the brother of […]
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KILL DEVIL HILLS — Beverly ‘Bev’ McGlashan Cook, 75, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend completed her earthly journey to be with her Lord and Savior on July 16, 2021, in Kill Devil Hills, NC. Bev will be remembered for her young loving heart and for always putting others before herself. She had a […]
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