Island residents and visitors should keep an eye out in the month of December for Comet Leonard – a recently discovered comet that will be passing through the night skies through the end of the year. The above image, captured by Gerry Lebing, is actually a stack of 43 images that shows the comet’s path […]
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Yes, we know there are sharks in the ocean. Big ones. Really big ones! You’ve got a decent chance of seeing one when you’re fishing on an Outer Banks charter boat, and getting video is an added bonus. But one that’s “Jaws” proportions is not something you spot every day. That’s exactly what Capt. Aaron […]
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(Dare County Elections) Candidate filing for the 2022 statewide primary and rescheduled municipal elections begins at noon on Monday, Dec. 6, and ends at noon on Friday, Dec 17. Depending on the office sought, candidates will file their Notices of Candidacy with either their county board of elections or the State Board of Elections Primary candidates for the following offices […]
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Helen Kilts Wiegel died December 2, 2021 in Norfolk, VA at the age of 93. Helen and her adoring husband Joe – deceased were long-time Southern Shores residents. Originally from Minnesota, Helen was an active and generous member of Duck Woods Country Club, the First Flight Lions Club, Duck Methodist Church and other educational, civic, […]
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Hatteras Island’s youngest community members are invited to a free holiday shopping spree on Saturday, December 18, at the Salvo Fire Station’s makeshift “Christmas Shop.” Children ages 12 and under are invited to come and “shop” for a Christmas gift for each member of their household, selecting from an assortment of free gifts. Space is […]
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Our lovely daughter, sister, wife, and mother, Leslie Jane Geiberger went to be with her Lord and Savior on November 29, 2021, in her home in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina surrounded by family. Leslie was born on August 23, 1955, to Marva Jane Andrews and Charles Ralph Geiberger in Alamogordo, New Mexico. Since she lived […]
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6/14/1939 – 12/01/2021 KILL DEVIL HILLS — Nancy Valleau Hartung-Weitz, 82, of Kill Devil Hills, NC passed peacefully the morning of December 1, 2021, due to Pulmonary complications. She was the daughter of William and Elvira Hartung and was raised on Long Island, N.Y. Donald Hartung, Nancy’s only sibling, passed in October 2021 due to […]
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With 95% of the Jug Handle Bridge project finished as of December 2, the new bridge is expected to be complete by early 2022, with traffic shifting onto the structure in February or March, per an update from the North Carolina Department of Transportation’s (NCDOT) resident engineer for the project, Pablo Hernandez. “If the weather […]
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May 16, 1978 – November 28, 2021 MANTEO — Freddy Danner Rojas-Calderon, 43, of Manteo, NC died Sunday, November 28, 2021, at Duke University Hospital in Durham, NC. Born in Peru on May 16, 1978, he was the son of Amparo Calderon and Freddy Rojas. He is survived by his wife, Sofia Abregu; daughter, Hannia […]
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January 17, 1924 – November 30, 2021 AVON — Elsie Louise Scarborough Sawyer, 97, of Avon, NC died Tuesday, November 30, 2021, at The Outer Banks Hospital. A native of Kinnakeet, she was born January 17, 1924, to the late Edna Midgett Scarborough and Walker Blaine Scarborough. Elsie was a homemaker and a member of […]
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