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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Debbie Swick has never been a fan of balloons. Working in the restaurant industry for 35 years, she went to great lengths to minimize their presence – and their impacts – whenever she could in her New Jersey home. “Even when I was a Banquet Manager, when balloons were used as centerpieces, I made sure […]
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By Joel Diaz | Outer Banks Voice For 30 years, Coach Earl Fountain, who retired at the end of this just completed season, has been a mainstay in high school basketball at Cape Hatteras Secondary School. Yet, before he stepped onto the court with his coaching skills, Fountain laid the foundation for his career at […]
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The speed limit on the U.S. 64 William B. Umstead Bridge (locally known as the Old Manns Harbor Bridge) will be reduced from 55 mph to 45 mph as early as March 18 as crews continue a $33 million bridge preservation project on the 69-year-old structure. In the coming weeks, workers will begin replacing the bridge’s […]
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