There are summer seasons that are memorable for a significant reason. 1999 was the summer of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse move. 2004 was the summer of July’s Hurricane Alex, and the ridiculously quick efforts to reopen and get back to normal. 2017 was the happy summer of Shelly Island, while 2020 and 2021 ended up […]
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Dare County provided the following updates on the 2022 Avon and Buxton beach nourishment projects as of Monday, July 19. Details on the progress of both projects are below. Avon Beach Nourishment: Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. has announced that it continued to make significant progress on the Avon beach nourishment project over the […]
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A high risk of rip currents is in effect for all Hatteras Island and Ocracoke Island beaches south of Cape Hatteras in Buxton on Monday, July 18, per a recent update from the National Weather Service. A high risk of rip currents means that the surf zone is dangerous for all levels of swimmers, and […]
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The Avon Property Owners Association’s (APOA) Operation Clean Beach Program is in full swing for the summer of 2022 after a few delays that stemmed from beach closures, early-summer erosion, and the ongoing beach nourishment project. Through the program, (which has been going strong for more than 15 years), the APOA stations 75 red trash […]
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On August 16, 1918, Surfman Number Eight of the Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station, Leroy Stockton Midgett, took the watch in the tower of the still-new 1911 station. Although this was three years after the Life-Saving Service had been recreated as the Coast Guard, these folks had been used to the old terminology for many years and […]
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A traffic accident occurred in Avon near South Beachcomber Drive at approximately 3:30 p.m. on Sunday afternoon. Per multiple reports, an individual was struck by a vehicle on N.C. Highway 12, and after Dare County EMS responded to the accident, they were transported to the hospital by Dare County’s MedFlight. As of 4:00 p.m., the Dare […]
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Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. has announced that significant progress has been made on the Avon beach nourishment project since pumping resumed on July 8, 2022. Over the past week, the dredge Liberty Island placed approximately 180,000 cubic yards of sand along the beach in Avon to nourish another 4,000 feet of the oceanfront. Pumping approached […]
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The Buxton beach renourishment project officially commenced on Thursday, June 30, 2022. As of Friday, July 15, the contractor, Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co., has placed approximately 300,000 cubic yards of sand along the Buxton oceanfront, equivalent to 25 percent of the total project volume. Approximately 2,500 feet of the beach from Tower Circle […]
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Jerry Alan Froehlich, a teacher his entire life, went to heaven on July 10, 2022 at the age of 88. Jerry is well known in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, as an amazing educator who helped change the lives of 175 inmates from the Dare County Detention Center when he facilitated them receiving their […]
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September 29, 1941 – July 13, 2022 WANCHESE — Jerry Dean Houston, Sr., 80, of Wanchese, NC died on Wednesday, July 13, 2022, at Peak Resources – Outer Banks. Born in Transylvania County on September 29, 1941, he was the son of the late Mary Lee Kennedy and Marvin Houston. In 1955, Jerry migrated to […]
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