The majority of reporting, both locally and nationally, has been focused on the performance of the residential sales market with only a few summary comments usually devoted to the market for undeveloped lots. To provide some perspective to the overall real estate market on Hatteras Island, I thought it might be helpful to focus this […]
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Reminder: Two meeting will be held this week on the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse repair project; Public comment period ends Oct. 17
Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) is preparing a plan for a project to repair the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse and surrounding landscape. The public can assist the Seashore in identifying issues, concerns and opportunities to be considered as part of an environmental assessment. The public comment period is 30 days, starting Sept. 17 and ending Oct. […]
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DNCR Secretary Reid Wilson tours Outer Banks
Says funds for some local projects depend on budget outcome North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources (DNCR) Secretary Reid Wilson spent two days on the Outer Banks this week visiting DNCR’s sites while in town for this year’s Surfalorus Film Festival, which is being sponsored by DNCR’s North Carolina Aquarium and hosted by […]
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Hatteras Island Meals’ Annual Raffle returns for 2021 with some of its biggest prize packages ever
Though canceled in 2020 due to the Coronavirus pandemic, Hatteras Island Meal’s annual raffle has returned with a bang in 2021, featuring some of the biggest and most impressive prize packages to date, thanks to the generosity of local businesses throughout the island. Hatteras Island Meals (HIM) provides nutritious meals to elderly or homebound clients […]
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Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge has a record year for sea turtle nests
The 2021 sea turtle nesting season is winding down, and the Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge, (which extends from the northern borders of Rodanthe to Oregon Inlet), recently announced that the refuge had a record-breaking year. Per a recent update from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service in North Carolina, the Pea Island National Wildlife […]
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Stolen coins returned to museum gift shop with an apology from regretful thief
On Friday, September 24, the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum’s gift shop received an unusual package with no return address, and a tracking number that originated in Fruitland, Maryland. Inside, Museum Administrator Josh Nonnenmocher was surprised to find a small box of gift shop coins, a $50 dollar bill, and a letter of apology from […]
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Captain Carl “Bigfoot” Olshenske
Capt. Carl Olshenske, 77, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, September 22, 2021, in his home in Islamorada, FL. He was born on March 20, 1944, in Pittsburgh, PA. A graduate of North Hills High School. He attended the University of Pittsburgh and was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force (medic). Carl is survived by […]
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Latest dig yields new clues at Fort Raleigh Historic Site
Archaeologists this week unearthed further evidence of late 16th century English activity near reconstructed earthworks at the Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, although the discoveries — mostly fragments and shadows in dirt layers — are incremental details that will inform the First Colony Foundation’s meticulous effort to reconstruct a significant science laboratory discovered decades ago. “It’s an […]
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High risk of rip currents forecast for northern Hatteras Island on Friday
A high risk of rip currents continues on Friday, September 24, for all beaches on Hatteras Island from Buxton to Oregon Inlet, while a moderate risk of rip currents is in effect for Frisco, Hatteras village, and Ocracoke Island, per a recent update from the National Weather Service. A high risk of rip currents means […]
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14 new COVID-19 cases reported on September 22 in Dare County
Dare County announced 14 new positive COVID-19 test results from September 22, bringing the total number of cases in the county since the pandemic began to 5,417. With Wednesday’s new cases, the current number of active cases in the county is now 116. There are also 13 current hospitalizations, and all of the 14 cases […]
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