Meet the Outer Banks SPCA pet of the week, Elmo, courtesy of their latest video produced by Dare County’s CURRENT TV. For more information on Elmo, and the many other Outer Banks pets currently up for adoption, visit the Outer Banks SPCA website at https://www.obxspca.org/, or their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/obxspca/
Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) is pleased to announce that the National Park Service has signed a 10-year lease with Koru Village, Inc. to provide for the continued maintenance of the Seashore’s Avon Fishing Pier, located in Avon, N.C. The lease begins tomorrow, June 1. The National Park Service received multiple proposals in response to […]
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The first-ever Waves Over War Festival, which was held on the grounds of Kavon Park next to the Avon Pier on May 29, raised more than $5,000 for World Central Kitchen, a non-profit organization that is currently providing meals to Ukrainian families in need. The Waves Over War Festival was the brainchild of Elijah Thompson […]
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By Michelle Wagner and Mark Jurkowitz Dare County Schools Superintendent John Farrelly’s May 25 announcement that he would retire after the 2022-2023 school year came amid controversy over him sending a Cease-and-Desist letter to a former teacher who, at several board of education meetings, cited his leadership as a primary cause of district staff retention […]
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We are celebrating the life of Alene Brown Rhodes who passed away May 26, 2022 peacefully in her home surrounded by loved ones. Alene was born September 1, 1927 in Bertie County to Rupert Brown and Nova Lowe. She graduated high school, worked as a telephone operator, and then met her husband, Carl Peace Rhodes, […]
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On Friday, May 27th, 2022, John Michael “Mike” McGuire embarked on his final road trip his way. He lived his life by his mantra – “My way or the highway” all the way to the end. Mike was born in Gulfport, Mississippi on February 5th, 1951, to John Samuel McGuire and Ophelia Elizabeth “Boots” Eley. […]
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Have you ever lost a galaxy? This is M91: It was discovered by Charles Messier in 1781. It’s a very faint galaxy (magnitude +10.0) in the Virgo Cluster that’s about 63 million light-years away from us. Unfortunately, Messier made a clerical mistake when he cataloged M91. He listed its location as being relative to M58, […]
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No matter how incessant the public frustration or how desperate the pleas from mariners to fix clogged harbors, impassable channels or eroded shorelines, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is struggling to address worsening problems in coastal North Carolina, especially on the Outer Banks. Recently, a wicked nor’easter wreaked havoc in Oregon Inlet, choking […]
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Our wonderful co-founder and editor, Irene Nolan, had a relaxed tradition of posting an annual list of beach etiquette guidelines for new and longtime visitors alike. First published decades ago when she was the editor of the now-defunct Island Breeze, Irene’s guide was a smart and timely list of the dos and don’ts when exploring […]
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When Dunbar Davis, Keeper of the United States Life-Saving Service Station Oak Island, went to bed on Monday night of August 28, 1893, he would never have dreamed of responding to four different shipwrecks mostly by himself the next day, and saving 23 men during a violent hurricane, over a course of 55 consecutive hours, […]
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