To watch a short video overview of the procedures for Christmas tree disposal throughout unincorporated Dare County and each of the six towns, click here. Unincorporated Dare County (Hatteras Island) The Dare County Public Works Department will not pick up any Christmas trees that are left on the curbside within the unincorporated areas of Dare […]
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All Dare County offices and facilities will be closed on Monday, January 1, 2024, in observance of the New Year’s Day holiday. The Dare County C&D Landfill, Buxton Transfer Station, and Manteo Recycle Yard will also therefore be closed on Monday, January 1, 2024. These sites will reopen on Tuesday, January 2, 2023. Dare County Public […]
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In astrophotography, we combine multiple images to increase the field of view and allow us to look at very large objects or show multiple objects that appear close to each other in the night sky. This mosaic is a composition of eight frames. It shows three famous emission nebulae, the Orion Nebula, M42, (on the […]
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Are you interested in gardening and searching for a way to make your winter blues go away? Start planning your spring garden now with the 2024 Winter Library Garden Series presented by the North Carolina State Extension’s Dare County Master Gardeners in conjunction with the Dare County Library. Each of the programs within the 2024 […]
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Linda Jane Kinne died in Greenville, NC December 25, 2023, Christmas morning, of natural causes. Several relatives- including her daughter, Tabatha Kinne, and son, Ronald Boucher III survive to mourn Linda’s passing. Linda was in declining health and family resources are severely depleted. In trying to honor their mother’s dying directives for cremation, in lieu […]
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Keeper James Charlet again will be autographing and personalizing copies of his bestselling book, Shipwrecks of the Outer Banks: Dramatic Rescues and Fantastic Wrecks in the Graveyard of the Atlantic, Globe Pequot Press. The event will be at the Island Convenience store in Rodanthe this Friday, from noon until 2:00 p.m. “This is only natural […]
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From Wobx.com With North Carolina again holding party primaries during a presidential election year in late winter, that means filing for the 2024 elections took place in December. The party primaries will be held on Tuesday, March 5. In-person early voting for the begins Thursday, Feb. 15, and runs through 3 p.m. Saturday, March 2. […]
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By Maggie Miles for The Outer Banks Voice Vision at odds with Aquariums’ desire to move the 125-year-old facility There is agreement that something needs to be done with the historic, picturesque 1898 Oregon Inlet Lifesaving Station, a building whose fate has been uncertain since it was decommissioned by the U.S. Coast Guard more than […]
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AVON — Myrna L. Gray Scarborough, 84 of Avon, NC died peacefully in Greenville, NC. She was at the ECU Cancer Center under the remarkable care of the Center’s staff who the family is incredibly appreciative to. She joined her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in Heaven, December 20, 2023 as her loving family surrounded […]
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By the Ocracoke Observer A meeting with the Ocracoke Community on the future of the Ocracoke pony herd showed that islanders care about the herd and would like to see it maintained. The Cape Hatteras National Seashore staffers are studying the situation and gave a preliminary report at a meeting Nov. 29 in the […]
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