During its Feb. 1 meeting, the Dare County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a conditional use permit application for a cluster home development in Frisco that will include four 900-square-foot, two-bedroom homes dedicated to long-term housing. The development, located at 50636 N.C. Highway 12, is one of a handful of recent projects on Hatteras Island […]
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School re-opening likely to be main topic Ahead of what appears to be upcoming debate by the Dare County Board of Education on whether to re-open classrooms, Dare Schools Superintendent John Farrelly on Feb. 2 emailed a survey to school families “to get feedback on the potential reopening of school options to share with the […]
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Ocean overwash and standing water was reported on multiple stretches of N.C. Highway 12 on Monday morning, and the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) warned that overwash is possible again with the next high tide at approximately 10:30 p.m. on Monday night. “That massive Atlantic storm bringing heavy snow to the northeast also brought […]
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January 1, 2021 Larceny. Mosely Lane, Wanchese. Jewelry reported stolen. January 8, 2021 Larceny by Employee. 41000 block of NC 12 Hwy, Avon. Drink stolen. January 8, 2021 Assault Inflicting Serious Injury. 200 block of Sunset Drive, Colington. Subject stabbed with a knife. January 10, 2021 Robbery with a Dangerous Weapon. 100 block of Seagull […]
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Meet the Outer Banks SPCA pet of the week, Angel, courtesy of their latest video produced by Dare County’s CURRENT TV. For more information on Angel, 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/
Registration is currently open for the 12th Annual North Carolina Beach Buggy Association’s (NCBBA) Red Drum Tournament, which is scheduled for Wednesday through Saturday, October 20-23. The tournament features more than $10,000 in cash and prizes up for grabs. The tournament offers miles of naturally isolated fishing grounds along the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, allowing […]
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When I first think of saltwater bass, striped bass immediately come to mind. I never would have thought as a young scuba diver some 40 years ago that I would be swimming with and taking pictures of a relatively unknown ocean bass called the black sea bass. This species is breathtaking and can be observed […]
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KITTY HAWK –Bert Tran Forbes, 92, of Kitty Hawk, NC died peacefully Saturday, January 30, 2021 at the family home. Born in Cedar Keys, Florida, Tran- as he was best known, was the son of the late Frank Bell and Lillian Gertrude Forbes. He was also preceded in death by his sister, Bertie Sanders and […]
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KILL DEVIL HILLS — Milton Odom Strickland, 80, passed away peacefully on Saturday, January 30, 2021. Milton was born on November 24, 1940 in Rich Square, NC. He is preceded in death by his parents, John A. Strickland and Sarah Bridgers Strickland, his brothers; John A. Strickland, Jr., Wingate Strickland, Wilton B. Strickland (twin) and […]
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February 8, 1936 – January 29, 2021 MANTEO — Norma Gray Cahoon, 84, of Manteo, NC passed away Friday, January 29, 2021, at Peak Resources – Outer Banks, Nags Head, NC. She was born February 8, 1936, in Rodanthe, NC to the late Julian and Bethany Gray. She was preceded in death by brothers, Norman […]
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