The weekly Old Trent Market will be returning to the Frisco Woods campground for its second season starting on Thursday, April 13, from 9:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. The market will be held every Thursday during the spring, summer, and fall months, and will feature about 10-15 local artisans and craftsmen from around the Outer […]
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The Big Wave Risk Assessment Group (BWRAG) will kick off its 2023 Surf Responder Summit schedule in Nags Head on April 22-23, 2023. This will be the first-ever BWRAG Surf Responder Summit held on the East Coast of the United States. BWRAG was founded in 2011 in honor of the late Sion Milosky who lost his life while […]
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The Dare County Tax Department has announced that a project designed to capture street-level imagery of commercial and residential properties throughout Dare County has begun. The project is being performed by a company called Cyclomedia, which is based in Madison, Wisconsin, and specializes in capturing and recording visual data in public spaces using a patented camera […]
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May 22, 1948 – April 9, 2023 MANTEO — Melville Warren Jones, 74, of Manteo, NC, died at his home on Sunday, April 9, 2023. A native of Pasquotank County, he was born May 22, 1948, to the late Virginia Frances Liverman Jones and Melville Wright Jones. Warren is survived by three daughters, Lauren Abernethy […]
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The Outer Banks Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that the 2023 edition of the Outer Banks Experience Magazine is now available. Outer Banks Experience is a full, color 74-page magazine highlighting the economy, attractions, and businesses of Dare County, Currituck County and Ocracoke Island. The 2023 issue highlights the beautiful Outer Banks region […]
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Local organization Coastal Humane Society and the Roanoke Island Animal Clinic are sponsoring a vaccination clinic at the Good Dog Retreat in Manteo on Sunday, April 16, from 11:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. Cats and dogs are both welcome. The cost for cats is $18 which includes rabies and the FVRCP vaccine. The cost for dogs […]
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Seasonal off-road vehicle (ORV) routes in front of Hatteras Island villages and the Ocracoke Campground become pedestrian-only starting this Saturday, April 15. These routes, which run parallel to the towns of Hatteras, Frisco, Avon, and the Tri-villages, open to ORVs annually in the winter months when the visitor population is low, and close from April […]
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NOAA has selected Mike Brennan, Ph.D., to serve as the next director of NOAA’s National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami, as preparations continue ahead of the 2023 hurricane season. He will assume this new role effective today, April 10, 2023. “The NHC director is one of the most visible and important jobs in the nation, […]
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The Outer Banks Lighthouse Society, utilizing a grant from North Carolina Humanities, will present Joseph Smith as Augustin Fresnel, inventor of the Fresnel lens, Friday, April 28 at 7:30 p.m. at the Ocracoke Community Center, 999 Irvin Garrish Highway. The public is invited to this free event. From the first lighthouse known to man, the […]
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James D. Charlet of Salvo, AKA Keeper James, will present a program about our connection to the Titanic at the Hatteras Weather Bureau in Hatteras Village on Friday, April 14 at 1:00 p.m. The well-known tragic sinking of the White Star liner RMS Titanic is THE most documented with media coverage of any shipwreck in […]
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