RESCHEDULED: The Nags Head Democratic Precinct is excited to announce that the Old Time Summer Fun Ice Cream Social, has been rescheduled for Thursday, September 12, 2024. The event will now include a special postcard writing session before the ice cream social. Event Details: What: Old Time Summer Fun Ice Cream Social with Postcard Writing When: Thursday, […]
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NCEMC to begin Fiber Expansion Project on Hatteras Island
North Carolina Electric Membership Corporation (NCEMC), in partnership with Cape Hatteras Electric Cooperative (CHEC) and ElectriCom Inc., will begin work to expand their cooperative fiber network by installing a new fiber line spanning from Nags Head to Buxton. The first phase of the project will begin the week of September 16th and will include fiber […]
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BCA grapples with finding a faster solution after petroleum smells and debris resurface at Buxton Beach
The mood at the monthly Buxton Civic Association (BCA) meeting on September 4 was grim, as board members and roughly 20 attendees grappled with a new wave of petroleum smells and debris that have resurfaced at the closed Buxton Beach shoreline. On Tuesday, after strong but not unusual northeast winds, the shoreline of the former […]
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Precautionary water quality swimming advisories issued for ocean-side areas in Buxton and Rodanthe
State recreational water quality officials issued a precautionary advisory on Thursday, September 5, warning the public against swimming in ocean waters near Corbina Drive in Rodanthe and near Cottage Avenue and Tower Circle in Buxton. The advisory is due to public health risks resulting from septic drain fields being exposed due to extensive erosion caused […]
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Virginia Louis (“Lou”) Newsome Overman and William Jackson (“Jack”) Overman, Jr
December 30, 1931 – July 4, 2024 • August 17, 1931 – July 21, 2024 MANTEO — Virginia Louis (“Lou”) Newsome Overman and William Jackson (“Jack”) Overman, Jr. passed away in July at their home in Manteo, North Carolina; Lou on July 4, 2024, and Jack on July 21, 2024, after 69 years of marriage. […]
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Buxton Beach closure expanded due to petroleum odors
The Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) expanded the size of a previously closed beach area by approximately 0.25 miles on Thursday morning, Sept. 5, in Buxton, North Carolina. The precautionary expansion, implemented in consultation with the Dare County Department of Health and Human Services, closes the beach from the southern end of the location of […]
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Recent erosion exposes remnant petroleum contamination at Buxton Formerly Used Defense Site
UPDATE: The Buxton Beach closure has been expanded by 0.25 miles as of Thursday morning, September 5 Over the last 24-36 hours, several feet of sand have been washed away from an area of beach in front of the Buxton Formerly Used Defense Site (FUDS) at Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore). Soil and groundwater that […]
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Commentary: The vision for rescuing the 1898 Oregon Inlet Life-Saving/Coast Guard Station
For more information on the background of the Oregon Inlet Life-Saving Station, click here The dream of rescuing the historic 1898 Oregon Inlet Life-Saving/Coast Guard can become a reality. As with so many things, ideas and visions morph and evolve. My first thoughts were of only using the building as a Visitor Center. My first […]
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Cape Hatteras Angler Club announces special benefit bingo on September 11
Meet the Outer Banks SPCA Pet of the Week, Ace
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/