AVON — Jacqueline “Denise” Dorsett Gaskins, 69, of Avon, NC passed away in the comfort of her home while surrounded by family and dear friends on May 7th, 2024. Born March 10, 1955, in Norfolk, VA to the late William Herbert Dorsett, Sr. and Jacqueline Clark Dorsett, Denise spent her childhood living a real-life children’s [...]
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Author and co-creator of the Children’s book character “Surf Dog” Kevin McCabe has recently launched a new initiative – Surf Dog’s very own hot sauce. “My culinary trek began at a young age in the legendary food markets deep into Mexico,” said McCabe in a press release announcing the launch. “Back in the early 1970s, [...] Community News Brief | Full ArticleA retirement party will be held on Wednesday, May 29, 2024, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Hatteras Civic Center in honor of United Methodist Church Hatteras Charge Pastor Toni Wood. It will be a covered dish dinner. All are invited. Your presence is the greatest gift, but if you wish to give [...] Community News Brief | Full ArticleThe Coast Guard assisted with the rescue of a 70-year-old male, Monday evening, near Nags Head, North Carolina. Nags Head Fire Rescue Fireboat 16 located and recovered the individual wearing a lifejacket, who was showing signs of severe hypothermia west of Jockey Ridge State Park, after a multi-agency search effort led by the Coast Guard. [...] Local News | Full ArticleThree marketing students from Cape Hatteras Secondary School’s (CHSS) DECA Club placed in the top 20 worldwide in the Community Giving category at the DECA International Career Development Conference in Anaheim, California. DECA club members Kristin Bennett, Ann Lord, and Emma Riggs presented their Coastal Care Packs, a project aimed to support children in foster [...] Local News | Full ArticleIsland History: A spotlight on stories from the Outer Banks’ Lif ...
May 8, 2024 | Local News | By: Jen Carlson
The Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station (CLSS) is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year, as one of the seven original Life-Saving Stations to be built in North Carolina in 1874. As such, the Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station and Historic Site in Rodanthe will be sharing stories about the seven 1874 Outer Banks stations in the months ahead, leading [...] Local News | Full ArticleThere will be daily chances for shower and thunderstorm activity from Wednesday through Friday, per an update from the National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City office. A few of these storms have the potential to become severe with the greatest risk for severe weather occurring on Thursday. However, there is still some uncertainty regarding the exact [...] Local News | Full ArticleFrom SamWalkerOBXNews.com Communications to-and-from Hatteras Island, including cell phones and internet, was knocked out Tuesday afternoon due to a damaged fiber optic cable. Information about the nature and location of Tuesday’s cable cut was not immediately available, and service was restored just before 11 p.m. Dare County Emergency Management’s “Compact Rapid Deployables” were set up [...] Local News | Full ArticleRecently Frisco Native American Museum received a donation of a remarkable collection of arrowheads and stone tools. David and Barbara Howell gifted this amazing set that his father, John Collins Howell, started collecting in the early 1960’s. David joined his father in collecting in the late 1970’s and for thirty years they added to their [...] Community News Brief | Full ArticleOcracoke Express passenger ferry will begin service for the 2024 ...
May 7, 2024 | Local News | By: Joy Crist
The Ocracoke Express passenger ferry between Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands will begin service for the 2024 season on May 23, and online reservations are currently available for the summer months. The passenger ferry, which is now in its sixth season, transports passengers via a 70-minute trip between Hatteras Village and Silver Lake Harbor in Ocracoke Village, where [...] Local News | Full ArticleFrom Trista Talton at CoatsalReview.org Coastal recreational anglers are questioning the fairness and motive of a new law that will require them and commercial fishermen to report certain harvests to the state beginning late this year. Temporary rules for the law, which was tucked into a controversial bill the North Carolina General Assembly passed last [...] Fishing | Full ArticleOver 150 people gathered in Dare Arts’ Courtroom Gallery on Sunday, May 5 for the opening reception of the 27th Annual Mollie Fearing Memorial Art Show, which features 77 pieces of work by local and regional artists. Artist and College of the Albemarle art instructor Patrick Berran carefully selected the following award recipients: Best In [...] Island Features | Full Article- The William B. Umstead (locally known as the Old Manns Harbor) Bridge on U.S. 64 over Croatan Sound will be closing June 3 for an estimated six months as a $33 million bridge preservation project enters a critical phase. During the closure, all 313 concrete spans on the bridge will be repaired and each of [...] Local News | Full Article
Exposed pipe that may be source of petroleum on Buxton Beach is ex ...
May 9, 2024 | Local News | By: Joy Crist
An exposed pipe that is believed to be a source of petroleum on a closed section of Buxton Beach is expected to be removed by May 24, per an update from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) Savannah District. On Friday, May 3, the Corps awarded a $525,000 contract to SLSCO, LTD for work [...] Local News | Full ArticleThe William B. Umstead (locally known as the Old Manns Harbor) Bridge on U.S. 64 over Croatan Sound will be closing June 3 for an estimated six months as a $33 million bridge preservation project enters a critical phase. During the closure, all 313 concrete spans on the bridge will be repaired and each of [...] Local News | Full ArticleExposed pipe that may be source of petroleum on Buxton Beach is ex ...
May 9, 2024 | Local News | By: Joy Crist
An exposed pipe that is believed to be a source of petroleum on a closed section of Buxton Beach is expected to be removed by May 24, per an update from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) Savannah District. On Friday, May 3, the Corps awarded a $525,000 contract to SLSCO, LTD for work [...] Local News | Full ArticleFrom OuterBanksVoice.com The fate of the $35 million in state funds awarded for affordable housing in Dare County was resolved at the May 7 Dare Board of Commissioners meeting when County Manager Bobby Outten informed the board that the money had to be returned to the state in the near future. At their May 7 [...] Local News | Full ArticleThe Coast Guard assisted with the rescue of a 70-year-old male, Monday evening, near Nags Head, North Carolina. Nags Head Fire Rescue Fireboat 16 located and recovered the individual wearing a lifejacket, who was showing signs of severe hypothermia west of Jockey Ridge State Park, after a multi-agency search effort led by the Coast Guard. [...] Local News | Full ArticleThree marketing students from Cape Hatteras Secondary School’s (CHSS) DECA Club placed in the top 20 worldwide in the Community Giving category at the DECA International Career Development Conference in Anaheim, California. DECA club members Kristin Bennett, Ann Lord, and Emma Riggs presented their Coastal Care Packs, a project aimed to support children in foster [...] Local News | Full ArticleIsland History: A spotlight on stories from the Outer Banks’ Lif ...
May 8, 2024 | Local News | By: Jen Carlson
The Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station (CLSS) is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year, as one of the seven original Life-Saving Stations to be built in North Carolina in 1874. As such, the Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station and Historic Site in Rodanthe will be sharing stories about the seven 1874 Outer Banks stations in the months ahead, leading [...] Local News | Full ArticleThere will be daily chances for shower and thunderstorm activity from Wednesday through Friday, per an update from the National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City office. A few of these storms have the potential to become severe with the greatest risk for severe weather occurring on Thursday. However, there is still some uncertainty regarding the exact [...] Local News | Full ArticleFrom SamWalkerOBXNews.com Communications to-and-from Hatteras Island, including cell phones and internet, was knocked out Tuesday afternoon due to a damaged fiber optic cable. Information about the nature and location of Tuesday’s cable cut was not immediately available, and service was restored just before 11 p.m. Dare County Emergency Management’s “Compact Rapid Deployables” were set up [...] Local News | Full ArticleOcracoke Express passenger ferry will begin service for the 2024 ...
May 7, 2024 | Local News | By: Joy Crist
The Ocracoke Express passenger ferry between Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands will begin service for the 2024 season on May 23, and online reservations are currently available for the summer months. The passenger ferry, which is now in its sixth season, transports passengers via a 70-minute trip between Hatteras Village and Silver Lake Harbor in Ocracoke Village, where [...] Local News | Full ArticleThe Dare County Public Works Department has announced that it will host a three-day household hazardous waste collection event from Thursday, May 9, 2024, through Saturday, May 11, 2024, in three different locations throughout the county. During this event, Dare County residents and property owners can drop off hazardous waste for safe disposal at the [...] Local News | Full ArticleProject to replace sandbags on Ocracoke Island will continue until ...
May 5, 2024 | Local News | By: Joy Crist
A project to repair pavement and replace sandbags along N.C. Highway 12 on the north end of Ocracoke Island is in progress, and is expected to continue until May 17, per an update from the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT). N.C. Highway 12 was routinely flooded by ocean overwash during multiple storms in the [...] Local News | Full ArticleSolid visitation at OBX attractions in first quarter of 2024
May 5, 2024 | Local News | By: Sam Walker
From SamWalkerOBXNews.com While occupancy and meals collections were lower than the last several years in Dare County to start 2024, a look at the number of visitors at key attractions seems to contradict a predicted slowdown in tourism on the Outer Banks. According to statistics reported by the Outer Banks Visitors Bureau for January through March 2024, [...] Local News | Full ArticleThe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) issued a press release on Friday, May 3, stating that the contract to remove a pipe that is believed to be a source of petroleum smells and sheens along a closed section of Buxton shoreline has been awarded months ahead of schedule. According to an April 29 press [...] Local News | Full ArticleJohn E. “Jed” Dixon, a 21-year veteran of the North Carolina Ferry Division, will become the division’s new director effective today. “I’m honored to be offered this opportunity,” Dixon said. “I’ve been with the division a long time, so I know just how important the Ferry Division is to the people in this area. I’m [...] Local News | Full ArticleBodie Island Lighthouse to offer evening and full moon climbs starting in May
May 9, 2024 | Seashore News | By: Joy Crist
The Cape Hatteras National Seashore will offer additional Bodie Island Lighthouse climbing opportunities, including full moon and evening climbs, starting later in May. Every Tuesday from May 28 through August 27, evening climbs will occur at 8 p.m., 8:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. Additionally, full moon climbs will be offered on May 23, June 21, July 21, August 19, and September 17. All climbing tickets are available on the day of climbing starting at 7:00 a.m. Tickets can be purchased online at https://www.recreation.gov/ticket/252034/ticket/10087143, and a full schedule is listed below. Bodie Island Lighthouse Daily Climbing Dates: Daily. First climb at 9 a.m. and final climb at 5:40 p.m. Details: Climbing tickets can only be purchased on the day of the intended climb. Tickets are available to purchase daily, starting at 7 a.m. Bodie Island Lighthouse Evening Climbing Dates: Every Tuesday even [...] Seashore News | Full Article
Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) will seek input on the development of a horse management plan at a May 21 public meeting on Ocracoke Island. In light of sea level rise effects and in consideration of National Park Service management policies, the Seashore is preparing to develop a management plan for the Ocracoke horses and [...] Seashore News | Full ArticleNational Park Service staff at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, and Wright Brothers National Memorial recently finalized early season educational programming schedules. Upcoming events for the Cape Hatteras National Seashore are listed below, and event schedules for all parks can also be found on the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic [...] Seashore News | Full ArticleScaffolding around the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse is complete; Paint ...
May 3, 2024 | Seashore News | By: Joy Crist
The scaffolding installation around the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse is complete, and paves the way for the next steps in an 18-month restoration project that began in earnest at the start of 2024. The scaffolding project, (which was performed by subcontractor Scaffold Resource), took 60 days to install with a team of 10 people, and more [...] Seashore News | Full ArticleORV night driving restrictions on Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands be ...
April 30, 2024 | Seashore News | By: Joy Crist
Night driving restrictions on oceanside beaches within the Cape Hatteras National Seashore begin on Wednesday, May 1, at 9:00 p.m. From May 1 through July 31, priority off-road vehicle (ORV) ramps close at 9:00 p.m. and will reopen the following morning at 6:00 a.m. All other designated oceanside ORV ramps close at 9:00 p.m. and [...] Seashore News | Full ArticleThe Cape Point Campground in Buxton opened for the 2024 season on Saturday, April 27, per a recent announcement from the Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS). The CHNS’ other seasonal campground – the Frisco Campground – opened on March 30, however, the Cape Point Campground’s opening was delayed due to excessive rainfall-related flooding in the [...] Seashore News | Full ArticleCape Hatteras National Seashore reports more than 331,000 visitors ...
April 26, 2024 | Seashore News
With 311,384 visitors recorded in the first three months of 2024, the Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS) is on track to have another busy year. Per statistics from the Outer Banks Visitors Bureau, CHNS recorded 154,935 visitors in March, 79,256 visitors in February, and 77,193 visitors in January. In recent history, this is a higher [...] Seashore News | Full ArticleFAQs for Buxton Beach added to Cape Hatteras National Seashore’s ...
April 16, 2024 | Seashore News | By: Joy Crist
The Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS) has added a new FAQ section to its Buxton Beach webpage in order to provide essential information on the evolving public safety and environmental issues that are occurring along a 500-yard stretch of Buxton shoreline. “Frequently asked questions for the Buxton Beach Access closure were developed by [the] Cape [...] Seashore News | Full ArticleBodie Island Lighthouse opens for climbing on April 19
April 15, 2024 | Seashore News | By: Joy Crist
The Bodie Island Lighthouse, recognized by its unique horizontal black and white stripes, will open for climbing this year beginning Friday, April 19. 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 [...] Seashore News | Full ArticleNational Park Service seeks information on human-caused fires at F ...
April 15, 2024 | Seashore News
On Sunday morning, National Park Service law enforcement rangers responded to a report of two wildfires adjacent to Fort Raleigh National Historic Site’s Freedom Trail. Both fires were safely extinguished and posed no risk to public safety. Since the fires are suspected of being human caused, the National Park Service is asking the public for [...] Seashore News | Full ArticleTopDare Arts Announces 27th Annual Mollie Fearing Memorial Art Show Award Recipients
May 7, 2024 | Island Features
Over 150 people gathered in Dare Arts’ Courtroom Gallery on Sunday, May 5 for the opening reception of the 27th Annual Mollie Fearing Memorial Art Show, which features 77 pieces of work by local and regional artists. Artist and College of the Albemarle art instructor Patrick Berran carefully selected the following award recipients: Best In Show: Tom Dean “Beach Finds" (acrylic) Excellence Awards: Makenzey Pullen “Untitled” (mixed media sculpture), Sam Ray “Moonlit Dreams” (oil), Thomas Aubrey “Spring Apple Blossoms” (acrylic), and Julia Gabitova “The Acceptance” (oil pastels on paper) Honorable Mentions: James Melvin “Ray” (oil), Francesca Beatrice Marie “Meet Your Inner Demons” (photography series), and Connor Hughes “Restraint” (charcoal on watercolor paper) “I really enjoyed the show and am thankful for the opportunity,” said judge Pat Berran. “ [...] Island Features | Full Article
Outer Banks Forever announces the 2024 opening of annual ‘Adopt ...
May 2, 2024 | Island Features | By: Joy Crist
Outer Banks Forever, the official nonprofit partner of the Outer Banks national parks, has opened its annual Adopt A Sea Turtle Nest program for the sea turtle nesting season at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, which occurs from May to October each year. The Adopt A Sea Turtle Nest program launched in 2020 to support projects and programs that protect and [...] Island Features | Full ArticleNight Sky: Eta Aquarids meteor shower and more highlights for May
May 2, 2024 | Island Features | By: Gerry Lebing
The Eclipse and the Comet! On April 8, there was a total eclipse of the sun, if you happened to be about 400 miles west of the Outer Banks. Here in Waves, we had a somewhat less exciting experience, but interesting all the same. We saw about 60-65% coverage of the sun. I think a [...] Island Features | Full ArticleIsland History: A spotlight on stories from the Outer Banks’ Lif ...
May 1, 2024 | Island Features | By: Jen Carlson
The Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station (CLSS) is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year, as one of the seven original Life-Saving Stations to be built in North Carolina in 1874. As such, the Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station and Historic Site in Rodanthe will be sharing stories about the seven 1874 Outer Banks stations in the months ahead, leading [...] Island Features | Full ArticleAnnual Buxton and Ocracoke Ceremonies to honor WWII sailors will b ...
April 30, 2024 | Island Features
Two annual ceremonies are returning in 2024 to honor the World War II British and Canadian sailors who lost their lives off the Outer Banks 82 years ago. In mid-May, representatives of the U.S. Coast Guard, Coast Guard Auxiliary, U.S. Navy, British Royal Navy, and National Park Service will come together at the British cemeteries [...] Island Features | Full ArticleOuter Banks named one of the top July destinations in Travel+Leisu ...
April 29, 2024 | Island Features | By: Sam Walker | 1
From SamWalkerOBXNews.com Travel+Leisure magazine has released its international list of the “15 Best Places to Travel in July,” and includes the Outer Banks among some very elite company. Using their own research and experience, along with suggestions from local experts, they rounded up the best places to travel this July in the United States and [...] Island Features | Full ArticleSaturday’s SpaceX launch puts on a show over the Outer Banks
April 28, 2024 | Island Features | By: Joy Crist
On Saturday at 8:34 p.m., SpaceX launched the Falcon 9’s European Commission’s Galileo L12 mission to medium Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and folks on Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands were able to catch the show from multiple locations. This was the 20th flight of the first stage [...] Island Features | Full ArticleDare County provides update on three Housing Task Force meetings held in April
May 2, 2024 | Real Estate
The Dare County Housing Task Force held three meetings in April 2024. At its meeting held on April 16, 2024, Dare County Manager/Attorney Bobby Outten briefed the group on actions that have been taken by the Dare County Board of Commissioners to address the ongoing housing issues in the county, including the board’s recent decision to end its partnership with Coastal Affordable Housing LLC and return the $35 million in state funding allocated to Dare County in 2021 for the purpose of working with a qualified private partner to construct affordable housing units back to the state due to the inability of developers to make progress on such developments thus far. The Housing Task Force then voted to send a letter to N.C. Representative Keith Kidwell, N.C. Representative Ed Goodwin, N.C. Senator Bobby Hanig and N.C. Senator Norm Sanderson to request their support and assistance with repeal [...] Real Estate | Full Article
From OuterBanksVoice.com The Dare County Housing Task Force, which has significantly picked up the pace of its work, will meet for the third time in two weeks when it convenes at the Dare County Administration Building on April 30. Among the items on the agenda is an effort to set up a future meeting schedule, [...] Real Estate | Full ArticleDare Housing Task Force to convene special April 22 meeting with s ...
April 22, 2024 | Real Estate | By: Mark Jurkowitz
From OuterBanksVoice.com Following up on a decision taken at the April 16 Dare County Housing Task Force meeting, that group will hold a special meeting on Monday, April 22 at 3:30 p.m. with State Senators Norman Sanderson and Bobby Hanig. The agenda for the meeting states it is being called to “discuss the housing challenges [...] Real Estate | Full ArticleDare Housing Task Force wants to incorporate more community voices ...
April 18, 2024 | Real Estate | By: Mark Jurkowitz
From OuterBanksVoice.com Meeting one week after the county commissioners voted to cut ties with its remaining affordable housing partner and return $35 million in housing funds to the state, the Dare County Housing Task Force made several decisions on how to move forward—including one that involves broadening and restructuring the group. Following the suggestion of [...] Real Estate | Full ArticleCoastal property owners yet to embrace roof-girding grants
April 16, 2024 | Real Estate | By: Catherine Kozak
From CoastalReview.org Maybe one North Carolina insurance provider should join the industry trend and advertise: “Hello Beach Plan policyholders! Do you need a new roof? Want to save on your property insurance? How about we help you out with as much as $8,000 toward a much stronger roof that is fortified to withstand storms? And [...] Real Estate | Full ArticleNorth Carolina Insurance companies have filed a request with the N.C. Department of Insurance to increase insurance rates for mobile home policies. The North Carolina Rate Bureau, which represents insurance companies and is not a part of the Department of Insurance, has requested an overall state average increase of 82.9% for mobile home fire policies [...] Real Estate | Full ArticleFisheries Division seeks to delay mandatory catch reporting
May 9, 2024 | Fishing | By: Trista Talton
From CoastalReview.org State fisheries officials are asking lawmakers for another year to roll out a new harvest reporting requirement for coastal recreational anglers and commercial fishermen. “This will allow us more time to get the word out to the fishing public about the new law and to help them understand the importance of compliance,” North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries Public Information Officer Patricia Smith said in an email earlier this week. The reporting requirement is set to go into effect Dec. 1, after which time a fisher caught not complying with the law will receive a verbal warning. As it stands, full enforcement of the law, which will carry a $35 fine for each violation and the threat of license and permit suspensions for repeat offenders, is set to kick in Dec. 1, 2026. Chad Thomas, executive director of the North Carolina Marine & Estuaries Foundation [...] Fishing | Full Article
Author and co-creator of the Children’s book character “Surf Dog” Kevin McCabe has recently launched a new initiative – Surf Dog’s very own hot sauce. “My culinary trek began at a young age in the legendary food markets deep into Mexico,” said McCabe in a press release announcing the launch. “Back in the early 1970s, [...] Community News Brief | Full ArticleA retirement party will be held on Wednesday, May 29, 2024, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Hatteras Civic Center in honor of United Methodist Church Hatteras Charge Pastor Toni Wood. It will be a covered dish dinner. All are invited. Your presence is the greatest gift, but if you wish to give [...] Community News Brief | Full ArticleRecently Frisco Native American Museum received a donation of a remarkable collection of arrowheads and stone tools. David and Barbara Howell gifted this amazing set that his father, John Collins Howell, started collecting in the early 1960’s. David joined his father in collecting in the late 1970’s and for thirty years they added to their [...] Community News Brief | Full ArticleOn May 12, nine families will travel to Hatteras Island as part of the Little Pink Houses of Hope retreat. The nonprofit organization provides free week-long vacations for breast cancer patients and their families to give them an opportunity to reconnect and celebrate life in a relaxing environment. For the past 13 years, Hatteras Island [...] Community News Brief | Full ArticleMeet 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/Paddle Palooza will be held in June to benefit the Hatteras Island ...
April 25, 2024 | Community News Brief
The Hatteras Island Cancer Foundation (HICF) is sponsoring the Paddle Palooza in Honor of Andy McKinney on Sunday, June 23, and everyone is welcome to join in the fun of a lightly competitive 5K race on the open waters of the Pamlico Sound. Sponsors for the popular annual event are currently being accepted, and businesses [...] Community News Brief | Full ArticleAVON — Jacqueline “Denise” Dorsett Gaskins, 69, of Avon, NC passed away in the comfort of her home while surrounded by family and dear friends on May 7th, 2024. Born March 10, 1955, in Norfolk, VA to the late William Herbert Dorsett, Sr. and Jacqueline Clark Dorsett, Denise spent her childhood living a real-life children’s [...] Obituaries | Full ArticleFebruary 1, 1941 – April 3, 2024 SOUTHERN SHORES — On the early morning of April 3, as sunrise peeked over the sand dunes of the Outer Banks, casting its golden glow across the still waters of the Croatan Sound, with waterfowl announcing the new day, Ramona looked out from her home upon those magical [...] Obituaries | Full ArticleRobert M. Frank III, affectionately known as Bobby, passed away on the evening of Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Born on January 31, 1989, in Point Pleasant, New Jersey, Bobby spent most of his life on the Outer Banks of North Carolina surrounded by family and friends. He found solace and joy in the simple pleasures [...] Obituaries | Full ArticleJuly 24, 1950 – April 1, 2024 OCRACOKE — Robert Wayne Self, 73, of Ocracoke, North Carolina, passed away on April 1, 2024. Wayne was born in Pittsburgh, PA, on July 24, 1950. Wayne was a devoted and loving husband to his wife, Judith Ann Groff. Wayne and Judy fell in love with Ocracoke when [...] Obituaries | Full ArticleFRISCO — William “Honest Bill” Crook III, of Frisco, North Carolina, passed away on Monday, April 29, 2024, shortly after midnight. Bill was born on February 21, 1950, in Memphis, Tennessee, to parents Aljean Weeks Crook and William Guy Crook Jr. After graduating high school, Bill attended Arkansas State University. Bill could best be described [...] Obituaries | Full ArticleSeptember 17, 1939 – April 18, 2024 BUXTON — Jeanette Gray Finnegan Torok, 84, known as Jaye, died on Thursday, April 18, 2024, in her home in Buxton, N.C. A native of Buxton, she was the daughter of Jeanette (Janet) Finnegan and William Finnegan. Jaye attended East Carolina University, and upon graduating, she received a [...] Obituaries | Full ArticleHatteras and Ocracoke Islands’ Most Trusted News Source
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