We are now into what is commonly known on the Outer Banks as the “off-season.” I am not sure that there is an absolute date on which the off-season begins. Years ago, it probably would have been right after Labor Day, but we’ve become more of a shoulder season destination – with visitation even slipping […]
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Ronald L. Kline
SALVO — Ronald L. Kline, 69, passed away November 17, 2021, after a long battle with cancer. Ron was born in Beaver Falls, PA on March 8, 1952, to the late William and Betty Kline. Ron was also preceded in death by his wife, Glenn; his son, Matthew Kline; his brother William Kline, Jr.; and […]
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Seeing the Light – A Historian’s Error Leads to a More Complete Picture
One day, when I was visiting my friend and mentor, the great Outer Banks historian David Stick, at his Kitty Hawk home, we discussed the durability of historical statements. In the course of our discussion, he made a comment for which I had no reply: “You know, Kevin, in the past 50 years, not once […]
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Ocracoke gets redistricted by the General Assembly
With the newly redrawn voting maps, Hyde County will be in three new voting districts next year unless a court orders them to be redrawn. Throughout the country, every state is redrawing political maps based on new data from the 2020 census. North Carolina ratified new districts on Nov. 4. The new districts for Hyde […]
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Manuel S. Medeiros, Jr.
Manuel S. “Manny” Medeiros, Jr. a nuclear power engineer, an Outer Banks investor since 1969 and a full-time Outer Banks resident since 1986, passed away on November 17, 2021. Born in Little Compton, R.I. in 1934, he received his undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering in 1956 from what is now known as the University of […]
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Edith P. Williams
NAGS HEAD — Edith Paige Perry Williams loved to laugh and to try to lift the spirits of others. Her rich sense of humor and faith in Christ carried her through many trying and difficult circumstances during her lifetime. Edith passed away during the morning of November 16, 2021, as a consequence of renal failure. […]
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John Burton Vick
John Burton Vick or “JB” as he was best known, went home to be with his Heavenly Father on November 16, 2021. He was surrounded by his family and listening to his favorite gospel hymns. JB grew up in Red Oak, North Carolina. He was born July 9,1930 to his parents- Irene and Levy Vick. […]
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Island Cooking: Flavors of the Fall Harvest Season
I imagine most people have their family traditions for holiday meals, especially Thanksgiving, so I am not writing about that special dinner. Instead, I am highlighting the warm and earthy flavors of the harvest season, fresh from the farm, via friends and farmers’ markets. When a friend appeared on the porch with just-picked shitake mushrooms […]
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Masks no longer required for certain activities at Dare County’s Parks and Recreation facilities
Dare County has announced that masks are no longer required to be worn by those who are participating in certain indoor physical activities at the Dare County Parks and Recreation Department’s Northern Beach Division, Roanoke Island/Mainland Division and Hatteras Island Division, as well as the Thomas A. Baum Senior Center in Kill Devil Hills and […]
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N.C. 12 Traffic Will Move Onto New Rodanthe Roundabout on Nov. 19
Traffic on N.C. Highway 12 through the Outer Banks village of Rodanthe will be moved onto a new roundabout on Friday, Nov. 19. The roundabout is part of the eventual traffic shift onto the new Rodanthe ‘Jug Handle’ Bridge, expected to open in early 2022. The speed limit through the roundabout will be 20 m.p.h., […]
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