Dare County released the following update for Tuesday, November 2, which provides details on recent Coronavirus cases, vaccine data, and more COVID-19 information. Dare County COVID-19 Case Update The number of new COVID-19 cases and the percent of positive tests to total tests both decreased this past week. Key metrics are moving in the right […]
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Meet the Outer Banks SPCA pet of the week, Red, courtesy of their latest video produced by Dare County’s CURRENT TV. For more information on Red, 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/
Not that it should come as a surprise, but occupancy and meals revenue for Dare County this past August smashed records for that month that were set just one year ago. According to the report from the Dare County Tourism Board, occupancy collections for August 2021 reached $158.3 million, up 13% from the August 2020 […]
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Hatteras Island residents and visitors who want to pick up their annual Christmas Tree and décor while supporting a local cause can cross both items off their holiday list with a special Christmas Tree Fundraiser that will be held during the month of December in Hatteras village. The fundraiser benefits the Hatteras Preschool, and is […]
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Dare Commissioners approve Nov. 15 hearing The owners of Hatteras Island Plaza in Avon have submitted a request for a zoning text amendment that would pave the way for the demolition of the vacant RC movie theater at the shopping center and replace the building with multi-family structures. The Dare County Board of Commissioners, during […]
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The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission will meet in-person Nov. 17-19 at the Islander Hotel & Resort, 102 Islander Dr, Emerald Isle. The commission office will also livestream the meeting online. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 17; at 9 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 18; and at 9 a.m. on Friday, Nov. […]
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November 1, 1924 – October 24, 2021 MANTEO — Dorothy Hazel Hubley, 96, of Manteo, NC passed away peacefully Sunday, October 24, 2021, at her home surrounded by family. Born in Boston, MA on November 1, 1924, she was the daughter of the late Irene Mathieu and Joseph Brennan. Dorothy attended Manteo Baptist Church. She […]
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January 6, 1933 – October 28, 2021 KILL DEVIL HILLS — Hannah Earley Toler Lupton was born on January 6, 1933, in Ahoskie, NC to the late, Willie Merton Earley Sr. and Edith Isolind Slaughter Earley. A longtime resident of Franklin, VA, she passed away on October 28, 2021. She was 88. Hannah is survived […]
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Donald Harold Reconnu (77) of The Villages, FL passed away unexpectedly on October 17, 2021. Don was preceded in death by his parents, Betty and Albert Reconnu as well as his younger brother, Lance Reconnu. Born in Pittsburgh, PA and raised in Mount Lebanon, PA; Abington, PA; Scotch Plains, NJ; and Lake Forest, IL; Don’s […]
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WANCHESE — Tony Darnell Sawyer, 59, of Wanchese, died October 28, 2021 at The Tyrrell House in Columbia, NC after a long and courageous battle with cancer. He was born in Wanchese on April 4, 1962, to the late Pluman Elmer and Lovie Ellen Beasley Sawyer. Tony was also preceded in death by three brothers […]
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