From CoastalReview.org Dozens of carvers, collectors and exhibitors from North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware are planning to make the journey later this month to Ocracoke Island for a two-day celebration of waterfowl carving heritage. Hosted by the Ocracoke Island Decoy Carvers Guild, the Ocracoke Island Waterfowl Festival is scheduled for 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, […]
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After a winter of various repairs and updates, the Rodanthe Fishing Pier will reopen for the 2025 season on Saturday, April 5, at 7:00 a.m. There have been multiple improvements at the Rodanthe Pier over the past few years, which includes a new ramp that was installed in 2020, and a number of structural repairs […]
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From SamWalkerOBXNews.com Colorado State University hurricane researchers are predicting another above-average Atlantic hurricane season in their initial 2025 forecast. And they say current global weather conditions headed into this season are very similar to memorable years of tropical activity on the Outer Banks and in eastern North Carolina from over the last four decades. The team […]
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On April 3, the Town of Duck announced the appointment of Jeffrey Del Monte as Deputy Chief of the Duck Fire Department. Del Monte, who has served as Acting Deputy Chief since January 2025, was sworn into his new role during the Town Council Meeting on April 2, 2025. A dedicated fire service professional, Del […]
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On Friday, March 28, Captain Tim Hagerich of Black Pearl Charters had a once-in-a-lifetime encounter with an estimated 1,800-pound great white shark just off the coast of northern Ocracoke Island. “I have spent thousands and thousands of hours in the ocean, and I have only seen one great white shark in my entire life, and […]
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Parent University Night kickoff event to be held on Tuesday, April 8, at 5:30 p.m. at COA-Dare Campus in Manteo The Dare County Library, in collaboration with Manteo Elementary School and College of The Albemarle (COA)’s Dare County campus, is pleased to announce the launch of “Parent University Night,” a new community initiative designed to empower […]
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The Really, Really Free Market is returning to Avon on Saturday, April 5, from 9:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. at the Avon Fire Station. The Really, Really Free Market started more than a decade ago and became a valuable resource for islanders in need after several historic storms, including Hurricane Isabel in 2011, and Hurricane […]
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From OuterBanksVoice.com John “Jay” Tolson, who pled guilty on Aug. 31, 2023, to voluntary manslaughter in the July 2020 death of Kitty Hawk resident LeeAnn Fletcher has a projected release date from the Pender Correctional Institution on May 31, according to the NC Department of Adult Correction. The 2023 manslaughter plea came during the fourth […]
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The Bodie Island Lighthouse will be open for daily climbing from Friday, April 18 through Oct. 13, 2025. Climbing tickets go on sale at 7 a.m. and may only be purchased on the same day of your intended climb. Tickets are only available for purchase at www.recreation.gov/ticket/252034/ticket/10087143. Pro tip: Create your www.recreation.gov account prior to the date you […]
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Therese E. (Bernard) Smith, 97, passed away peacefully on Feb. 8, 2025, at St. Anne’s Retirement Community, Columbia, Pennsylvania, where she had resided for 6 years. She entered hospice there a few months before she passed. Therese was born on August 29, 1927, in Nashua, NH, the 4th of 6 (surviving) children of Regina (Desmarais) and Dosithé Wilfred Bernard. […]
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