The National Park Service invites public review and comments on an environmental assessment (EA) for the rehabilitation of the Ocracoke Light Station, and two public meetings will be held on Monday, March 28, regarding the project. Buildings associated with the Ocracoke Light Station complex include the lighthouse, double keepers’ quarters, carpenter’s shop, store house, cisterns, […]
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Dare County officials, as well as representatives from contractors Coastal Science & Engineering (CSE) and Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company (GLDDC), provided an overview of the upcoming beach nourishment projects in Avon and Buxton at a Thursday evening meeting at the Fessenden Center. The two projects, which have been in the works for […]
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August 6, 1968 – March 19, 2022 MANTEO — Tracy Greene France, 53, of Manteo, NC died Saturday, March 19, 2022, at her home after a long illness. Tracy was born in Mount Airy, North Carolina on August 6, 1968. She attended UNC at Wilmington graduating in the spring of 1987. Tracy enjoyed competing in […]
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On March 23, North Carolina Beach Buggy Association (NCBBA) Director Tom Brueckner and his wife, Susan, were participating in a beach clean-up initiative in the Tri-villages to clear the shoreline of debris, when they encountered a giant hole that had been left behind in Waves village. The hole was 5’ ft. deep, and the couple […]
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Two juvenile white sharks named Sarah and Tancook were recently tracked in the Pamlico Sound, per an update from the OCEARCH Global Shark Tracker. Sarah and Tancook are two of the sharks that are logged into Shark Tracker – an interactive program by the non-profit organization OCEARCH, which tags, researches, and follows sharks all around the world. “Going […]
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After a 46-year career, which includes 37 years on Hatteras Island, Beach Pharmacy owner Steve Evans is retiring in 2022, but he’s transferring his built-from-scratch pharmacy business to capable and close-to-home hands. Steve has a decades-long connection to Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands, (which entails local legends about his efforts to stay open after hurricanes), and […]
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March 2, 1939 – March 16, 2022 KILL DEVIL HILLS — Jane Bradshaw Fenton of Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, began the next adventure of her life on Wednesday, March 16, 2022, at 4:47 pm. Jane’s life began March 2, 1939, in Cincinnati, Ohio, when she was born to Naval Capt. Robert Hockenberry Bradshaw and […]
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UNC group releases population data from April 2020-July 2021 While new data from the University of North Carolina estimates that the state of North Carolina increased its population by 1.1% from April 2020 to July 2021, both Currituck and Dare counties grew at a more rapid rate during that period. The research, from Carolina Demography, which […]
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Dare County will host a public informational meeting to discuss upcoming Hatteras Island beach nourishment projects at 5 p.m. on Thursday, March 24, 2022, at the Fessenden Center in Buxton. The meeting will focus on the two beach nourishment projects that will be constructed on Hatteras Island later this year—approximately 2.5 miles of shoreline in […]
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By Kassidy Watson-Perry Eleven of the more than sixty cold-stunned sea turtles who arrived for care at all three N.C. Aquariums in late January of this year were released back into the Atlantic on Wednesday, March 23rd. At approximately 9:30 a.m., N.C. Aquarium staff met with the National Park Service at an undisclosed location on […]
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