The Cape Hatteras Secondary School (CHSS) varsity soccer team won their first round of the state playoffs for the 2022 NCHSAA Soccer Championships in a Buxton home game on October 31. Cape Hatteras, (the No. 9 seed in the 1A bracket), scored a 3-2 victory against No. 24 Riverside-Martin of Williamston, N.C., on Monday evening. The […]
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This month Cape Hatteras Electric Cooperative awarded two Bright Ideas education grants, totaling $1,516, to exceptional teachers at the Cape Hatteras Elementary School (CHES). These grants are awarded each year to K-12 educators for innovative projects that enhance student learning. Congratulations to Jessea Waterfield, for her project “Create, Visualize, and Learn with 3D Pens”. Jessea […]
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On October 28, 2022, at approximately 5:00 p.m., the Dare County Narcotics Task Force were working an investigation involving a person believed to be coming in from Virginia selling illegal narcotics in and around the Shell Road area of Salvo, N.C. During the investigation, a search was obtained for a residence in the 27000 block […]
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The project to replace a large portion of the water line between the villages of Avon and Buxton will begin on November 1, 2022. Approximately 1.5 miles of the existing water line will be replaced with brand-new, stronger C900 PVC piping, resolving a longstanding issue of water line breaks that have intermittently occurred over the […]
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July 27, 1936 – October 30, 2022 MANTEO — Charlotte “Dottie” Davis Ward, 86, of Manteo, NC died Sunday, October 30, 2022, at Peak Resources – Outer Banks. A native of Manteo, she was born July 27, 1936, to the late Irene Midgett and Newton Davis. Dottie spent her career as a bookkeeper for a […]
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Halloween is gearing up to be a sugar-infused celebration on Hatteras Island, thanks to a number of family-friendly trunk-or-treat and trick-or-treating events that are wide open to the public. Events scheduled for Halloween night on Hatteras Island are listed below. Note: If you have an event that you would like to add to the list, […]
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May 3, 1928 – October 17, 2022 KILL DEVIL HILLS — Jacqueline Jacobson, 94, died Monday, October 17, 2022, at Spring Arbor of the Outer Banks, North Carolina, where she lived for the last 10 years of her life. Jacqueline Jacobson was born in France. She spent her early years growing up in Paris. Jackie […]
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Overall, employees now earn about 18% under market rate After receiving a salary study presentation showing that Dare County employees are being paid about 18% less than market rate salaries for public sector jobs, the Dare County Commissioners will consider a plan to try and address that imbalance at their upcoming Nov. 7 meeting. The […]
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After being canceled in 2019 and 2020, (and edited in 2021 due to the Coronavirus pandemic), pirates invaded Ocracoke Island in full force for the 2022 Blackbeard’s Pirate Jamboree, with many swashbucklers reporting that it was the island’s biggest Jamboree yet. First launched in 2013, the annual Jamboree has become a favorite fall weekend event on the […]
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The Cape Hatteras Secondary School (CHSS) boys varsity soccer team is hosting the first round of the state playoffs for the 2022 NCHSAA Soccer Championships, and the island community is invited to come out to Buxton and cheer for the Canes in this milestone game. “After the season we had during COVID, which was modified, and […]
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