April Bodiford, who serves as fitness coordinator for the Dare County Parks and Recreation Department’s Hatteras Island Division at the Fessenden Center in Buxton, has been named Dare County Employee of the Month for March 2023. The award was presented to Bodiford by Dare County Public Services Director Tim White during the Dare County Board […]
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The Dare County Public Works Department has announced that large item pickup for the unincorporated areas of Dare County will begin on Monday, March 27, and will run continuously for approximately 12-15 days. The large item pickup will be performed by a private contractor, Southern Disaster Recovery, and there will be a strict one pass only enforced due to budgetary […]
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Dare Arts announces a call for entry for the 26th Annual Mollie Fearing Memorial Art Show, which will open on Sunday, May 7 at their Gallery in downtown Manteo. Artists wishing to participate in this year’s exhibition can find a prospectus and sign up for a specific time to drop off their work online at DareArts.org/molliefearingshow. Ceramicist Ashley […]
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As winter turns to spring in Eastern North Carolina, three popular ferry routes will soon be adding departures to their daily schedules. On March 7, the Hatteras-Ocracoke vehicle ferry will be increasing its daily schedule from 28 to 36 departures. The schedule, effective Tuesday, will be as follows: Hatteras to Ocracoke:5 a.m., 6 a.m., […]
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The Marine Fisheries Commission Coastal Recreational Fishing License Advisory Committee will meet on March 10 at 1 p.m. by web conference. The meeting will be live-streamed on YouTube. A meeting agenda and a YouTube link can be found here. A listening station will be established at the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries Headquarters Office at 3441 Arendell […]
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From OuterBanksVoice.com Ellie Hedgepeth, a nine-old-year Frisco resident who is a third grader at Cape Hatteras Elementary School, has been selected as a youth ambassador to head to Washington and Capitol Hill starting March 6 to advocate on behalf of the Tourette Association of America. Here is additional information from the Association. The Tourette Association […]
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An Interesting Pair These are M81 (on the right) and M82. If they look close together, that’s because they are! Currently, the centers of the galaxies are about 150,000 light years apart. A couple of hundred million years ago, they were even closer together. Both galaxies were discovered by Johann Bode in 1774. Charles Messier […]
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