Dare County Emergency Management hosted a regional oil spill preparedness and response training exercise at the Dare County Emergency Operations Center in Manteo from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday, February 2, 2022. Facilitated by Crisis Tec, a private contractor that provides crisis training and consulting services, the “Outer Banks Regional Oil Spill Tabletop […]
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The Outer Banks Community Foundation is now accepting scholarship applications on its website: obcf.org. The application deadline is 11:59 pm, Monday, March 7, 2022. The Community Foundation manages 60 different scholarship programs and expects to award about $200,000 to local students this year. Graduating high school seniors from Dare County, Currituck County, and Ocracoke are […]
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MANETO — Robert “Robbie” Nichols, 39, of Manteo, NC went home to the Lord on February 4, 2022. He was the son of Connie and Faye Nichols. Robbie grew up on the Outer Banks and played Parks and Recreation baseball and was a devoted Cub Scout. He was a carpenter and fisherman most of his […]
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Meet the Outer Banks SPCA pet of the week, Dash, courtesy of their latest video produced by Dare County’s CURRENT TV. For more information on Dash, 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/
Local historian, author, and speaker, Keeper James Charlet, will be featured in an internationally-broadcasted webinar on Tuesday, February 8 at 1:00 p.m., to share the stories of the African American crews who served in the U.S. Life-Saving Service. The webinar, entitled “North Carolina Life-Saving Stations Pictured in Black and White,” is being offered as part […]
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January 13, 1935 – February 5, 2022 NAGS HEAD — Barbara Bentley Carpenter, 87, of Nags Head, NC died Saturday, February 5, 2022. Born in Enid, OK on January 13, 1935, she was the daughter of the late Rose Constant Bentley and Rufus O. Bentley. Even with her Adult Bible Studies Certification from Moody Bible […]
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The new and long-anticipated oceanfront RV park next to the Avon Pier, “Avon by the Sea,” will be opening on May 20, and reservations are now being accepted online for the upcoming summer season. The park, (which stemmed from recently revised rules for travel trailer parks in Dare County that were adopted in October 2020), […]
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March 6, 1925 – January 25, 2022 Joyce Johnson Caswell,96, passed away on January 25, 2022, at Chesapeake Hospital in Chesapeake, VA. Joyce was born in Hartford, Vermont on March 6, 1925, to Katharine and Peter Johnson. After graduating from high school she moved to Boston, MA for work. It was there that she met […]
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Will new maps put Dare County back in one piece? The North Carolina Supreme Court has struck down as “unconstitutional” the redistricting maps that were approved by a three-judge lower court panel last month and has given the General Assembly two weeks to re-draw them. Legislators will have to submit the modified maps by noon […]
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KILL DEVIL HILLS — Tun Lin Shwe, 55, passed away in Nags Head, NC February 4, 2022, after a brief illness. He was born in Burma on April 30, 1966. Tun Lin was a key political organizer in Burma’s democratic movement since 1988. He was imprisoned for several years in Burma for his work supporting […]
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