Cape Hatteras Electric Cooperation (CHEC) will require a planned power outage in Avon and the Tri-villages on Tuesday, April 5, in order to work on several transmission maintenance items. The power outage scheduled for Tuesday is as follows: Rodanthe, Waves, Salvo, and Avon will experience a 5-minute outage at 7:15 a.m. There will also be a brief outage after […]
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March 11, 1942 – March 31, 2022 FRISCO — “The heart of a man is very much like the sea, it has storms, it has its tides and its depths, it has its pearls too.” ~ Vincent Van Gogh. Bill was born in Point Pleasant, NJ on March 11, 1942 to William and Trina Van Druten. […]
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The Dare County Public Works Department will run a large item pickup for the unincorporated areas of Dare County on Monday, April 4, 2022. Residents who plan to dispose of unwanted materials during Dare County’s large item pickup on Monday, April 4, 2022 should place their items on the roadside in piles that are sorted by type. Please […]
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The US Army Corps of Engineers’ sidecaster dredge, the Merritt, will arrive in Hatteras on Saturday, April 2, and is expected to conduct up to 21 days of dredging in the troublesome Connecting Channel, (or South Ferry Channel), per multiple reports. “According to plans, we should have [the dredge] here for about three weeks, depending […]
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This is an image of NGC 4485 and 4490, the Cocoon Galaxies. The smaller galaxy is NGC 4485. These galaxies collided with each other several million years ago. The encounter of the two galaxies distorted their shape and appears to have started a large amount of star creation in both. The blue colors indicate huge […]
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March 1, 2022 Financial Card Fraud. 47000 block of Jarvis Lane, Buxton. Unauthorized bank account transactions. Under investigation. March 6, 2022 Breaking and Entering Motor Vehicle. 48000 block of NC 12 Hwy, Buxton. Money taken from unlocked vehicle. March 9, 2022 Forgery of Instrument. 26000 block of NC 12 Hwy, Waves. Unknown subject tried to […]
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Nonprofit leaders from throughout the region attended eight days of virtual training that covered the breadth of nonprofit management topics, including finance, development, strategic planning, board governance, and more. All 23 attendees completed the coursework and received Nonprofit Management Certificates from Duke’s Office of Continuing Studies. The training sessions were conducted virtually, due to COVID […]
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The first-ever Run the Rodanthe Bridge 5-mile and 5K race, which takes place at the new Jug Handle Bridge, will be held on the morning of April 9, hours before a Community Day event where the public can walk or ride a bike on the new structure. The race, which benefits the Rodanthe-Waves-Salvo (RWS) Civic […]
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After a two-year hiatus, the Underwater Heritage Symposium is returning to the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum on April 2, with a host of unique presentations and speakers lined up for the full-day event. During the Symposium, which runs from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., speakers will shed light on a range of island-centric topics, […]
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New film looks at the life of Jesse Hines As a kid, Outer Banks photographer Mike Leech remembers having posters of former local pro surfer Jesse Hines on his wall. “I’ve known of him for a long time,” explains the 20-year-old Leech. But it wasn’t until about four years ago that Leech actually got […]
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