Native son of Kinnakeet, Blake Wesley Miller, suddenly departed this life on Friday, July 21, 2023, at the family home in Camden, NC at the age of 28. Blake was the only child of his mother, Jettie Miller, and John B. Miller, Jr. (deceased), and the grandson of his paternal grandmother, Nita Miller, all of […]
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Dare County Water Department to increase new water connection fees
The rates charged by the Dare County Water Department for water connection and water system development fees will soon increase, following an evaluation conducted by Raftelis Financial Consultants. The purpose of the evaluation was to examine Dare County’s water connection fee—which is the cost to install a meter in the ground and connect it to […]
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Division of Marine Fisheries releases annual Fishery Management Plan Review
How much blue crab was harvested commercially and recreationally last year? What’s going on with striped bass in the two management areas? What did the division see in its sampling last year? These are all questions that are answered in the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries’ 2022 Fishery Management Plan Review, released today. The annual Fishery Management […]
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Alma Beacham Hayman
November 14, 1922 – July 9, 2023 KITTY HAWK — Alma Beacham Hayman bid farewell to Spring Arbor of The Outer Banks on Sunday, July 9, 2023. She was 100 years old, only a few months shy of her 101st birthday. A native of Kitty Hawk, NC, she was born on November 14, 1922, to […]
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Carl E. Jordan
September 19, 1947 – June 28, 2023 MANTEO — Carl E. Jordan, 75, of Manteo, NC, passed away on Wednesday, June 28, 2023, at his home. Born September 19, 1947, in Washington, DC, to William Pritchard Jordan, Sr., MD, and Mary Margaret Schlanser Jordan, Carl later moved with his family and grew up in Windsor, […]
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Michael A. Gard
October 12, 1951 – July 21, 2023 NAGS HEAD — The family of Michael Andrew Gard of Nags Head, NC, is saddened to announce his sudden passing on July 21, 2023, at the age of 71. He was born October 12, 1951, in Norfolk, VA. Mike was preceded in death by his parents, Carl and […]
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Meet the Outer Banks SPCA Pet of the Week Bella
Meet the Outer Banks SPCA pet of the week, Reed, courtesy of their latest video produced by Dare County’s CURRENT TV. For more information on Reed, 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/
10 priority ORV ramps open at 6:30 a.m. starting Aug. 1, and more National Seashore updates for July
The Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS) announced several recent updates related to recreational activities and events on Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands in their most recent edition of the Cape Chronicle Newsletter. News items and events related to the National Seashore for the week of July 25 include the following: Seashore Updates Cape Hatteras National Seashore’s 10 […]
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John “Jack” Shea
January 21, 1927 – July 23, 2023 John “Jack” Shea was born on January 21, 1927, in Orange, NJ. He was the first son of William and Ellen Shea. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II in Germany. He graduated from Bethany College in West Virginia with a Bachelor of Science degree […]
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Sea turtle release scheduled for Tuesday morning at Coquina Beach on Bodie Island
Two sea turtles will be going home on Tuesday, July 25, after being rehabilitated by the North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island’s Sea Turtle Assistance and Rehabilitation (STAR) Center, and the public is invited to come out and watch the turtles as they head back to the ocean. A juvenile green sea turtle and a […]
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