May 3, 2022 Worthless Check. 4000 block of Mill Landing Road, Wanchese. Worthless check written to a business. Under investigation. May 4, 2022 Obtaining Property by False Pretenses. 58000 block of NC 12 Hwy, Hatteras. Forged checks written on a business account. All stolen money was reimbursed by the bank. May 5, 2022 Obtaining Property […]
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A message in a bottle that was launched from Hatteras village in early April was found on Wednesday more than 700 miles away, near Cape Cod, Massachusetts. “On April 7, my youngest son and I tried to throw a message in a bottle into the ocean in Hatteras village,” said Philip Wise, a visitor from […]
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Job seekers on the Outer Banks will have a chance to hop on board a rewarding new career as the North Carolina Ferry Division hosts a job fair June 9 at the College of the Albemarle’s Dare County Campus located at 205 Highway 64 South in Manteo. The fair will run from 10 a.m. to 3 […]
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Entering its 10th year, Rock The Cape will span two days of free, family-friendly fun celebrating the visual and performing arts on Hatteras Island on June 2 and June 3. On Thursday, June 2 there will be a full day of art and live music at Kitty Hawk Kites’ Waves Village Watersports Center at Milepost 40 […]
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With the recent arrival of offshore vessels and staging equipment near ORV Ramp 38 just south of Avon, the Avon and Buxton beach nourishment projects are set to begin in earnest, with construction scheduled to start in Avon in mid-June, and Buxton in July. Both projects will take an estimated 40-60 days to complete from […]
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Last week, Dr. John D. Farrelly announced his intention to retire from the Dare County Schools effective June 30, 2023. In the intervening week, Dr. Farrelly and the Dare County Board of Education reached a joint determination that it would be in the best interests of Dr. Farrelly and the Board to conclude his time […]
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The North Carolina Department of Agriculture is conducting a Mating Disruption Treatment for the European Gypsy Moth today in Buxton, as well as other locales along the Outer Banks. Treatments will be sprayed from two low flying aircraft in the areas of Duck/Southern Shores and in Buxton adjacent to the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, per the […]
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The Outer Banks Community Foundation awarded $191,100 in 76 scholarships to 56 students this spring, in a year of firsts for the Community Foundation’s expanding scholarship program. This year, thirty-eight percent of graduation seniors receiving Community Foundation scholarships will be the first in their families to attend college. In addition, three newly-established scholarship programs have […]
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37 readopted fisheries rules become effective today, which generally pertain to permit and application timeframes, as well as corrections to grammar or typographical errors. The rules, readopted under a state-mandated periodic review schedule (G.S. 150B-21.3A), include existing fisheries rules 15A NCAC 03I .0101 (Definitions); 15A NCAC 03O .0203, .0205-.0208, and .0210 (Shellfish Leases and Franchises); and […]
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November 26, 1937 – May 29, 2022 MANTEO — On Sunday, May 29, 2022, Thomas Cooper McKimmey III, of Manteo, passed at his home. Tom Mac as he was known by most everyone, lost his long battle with cancer. His suffering is no more, and he has reached the end of the game on earth. […]
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