The Outer Banks Community Foundation hosted civic leaders, nonprofit professionals, and donors at Jennette’s Pier in Nags Head for its annual meeting on March 12. The annual meeting began with a heartfelt tribute to the Outer Banks Community Foundation’s co-founder Ray White, who passed away in February. Community Foundation Director Noel Preston acknowledged Ray White’s […]
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Meet the Outer Banks SPCA pet of the week, courtesy of their latest video produced by Dare County’s CURRENT TV. For more information on this pet, 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/
What happened to Sir Walter Raleigh’s colonists? Renowned British archaeologist Dr. Mark Horton will be visiting Hatteras Island in March and will be hosting a special presentation to help resolve the mystery of the abandoned English colony on Roanoke Island – a mystery since 1590, when John White returned to the Roanoke Island-based “Cittie of […]
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Sarah Elizabeth Swayne Stafford Strickland, 83, passed away peacefully after several years of declining health Saturday, March 16, 2024, at her daughter’s Manteo home. She was born January 6, 1941 in Hertford, NC to Thomas and Pearl Swayne- both deceased. In addition to her parents, Sarah bid farewell to her first husband, Frederick Stafford, a […]
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In observance of Good Friday, all Dare County offices and facilities will be closed on Friday, March 29. In addition, Dare County Public Works—which provides trash collection for the unincorporated areas of the county as well as the Town of Kitty Hawk—has announced its revised collection schedule for the week of Monday, March 25 to Friday, March […]
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Five centuries ago, on March 7, 1524, (or March 18 on our modern Gregorian calendar), La Dauphine, a 100-ton, three-masted caravel from Dieppe, France, cautiously crept westward toward the North American continent, constantly probing the turquoise depths by soundings. A week earlier, the trans-Atlantic expedition of a single vessel sponsored by the French king, Francis I, encountered […]
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At the request of Manns Harbor residents and Dare County officials, the N.C. Department of Transportation (NCDOT) will be taking several measures aimed at improving traffic safety on U.S. 64 in and around Manns Harbor on the Dare County mainland. Beginning March 19, the speed limit on the Virginia Dare Bridge between Manns Harbor and […]
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The Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS) recently posted an update on the progress of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse restoration project, which began in earnest at the start of 2024. Updates on the project’s status are regularly published on the CHNS website, but frequent visitors to the Buxton area have noticed these changes in person, as […]
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From OuterBanksVoice.com Hosted by Dare County Children and Youth Partnership (CYP), the 2024 State of the Child Conference at the Ramada Plaza on Thursday, March 14, presented a troubling picture of a growing crisis in childcare impacting the economic well-being of parents and the ability of employers to fully staff their businesses. Dare County Director […]
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The Dare County Department of Health & Human Services would like to make residents aware of recent fictitious emails that seek to gain personal information from college students who are Food and Nutrition Services (FNS) recipients. The emails falsely claim that students are automatically eligible for SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits if they are […]
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