It’s a preservation victory when heritage and water quality both stand to benefit from a real estate deal. Last week, the nonprofit Ocracoke Foundation closed on the half-acre Ocracoke Community Square and its docks, shops, and views of postcard-pretty Silver Lake harbor. The acquisition is a vital step toward protection of the vibrant heart of […]
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With its mast visible over the dunes, a damaged sailboat stranded for weeks on a Pea Island beach is attracting numerous curious passers-by and concerned local residents who want to help. The Belle, a 30-foot vessel from Miller Place, N.Y., and another sailboat that was towing it ran aground about Oct. 20. The Belle is […]
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The tale of Gustave Whitehead and his flying machine might be the zombie version of aviation history — it was killed long ago, but it keeps coming back. In an effort to slay Connecticut’s persistent claim that the German immigrant flew the first manned flight two years before the Wright brothers, the First Flight Foundation […]
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Drastic increases in flood insurance policy rates are looming for a small percentage of property owners, especially those who own older houses below base flood level or second homes in flood zones. But most people won’t be facing the astronomical spikes in their insurance bills that some fear. “Eighty-one percent of the properties are going […]
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A community-run radio station on Hatteras Island that has been in the works for years is finally close to being launched. Radio Hatteras has been granted approval by the Federal Communications Commission to have an existing commercial license transferred to a nonprofit license. “It’s very exciting,” said Jean Taylor, past president of the Radio Hatteras […]
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Despite two lawsuits that have stymied progress on the replacement bridge over Oregon Inlet, the state Department of Transportation is moving along with several critical projects on the highway south of the bridge. A contract to construct a permanent bridge over the new inlet in Pea Island was advertised for bids by the department this […]
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Derelicts, ghosts, and orphans might sound more like Charles Dickens characters than lost or abandoned crab pots, but the terminology is an apt description of marine debris clogging northeastern North Carolina waterways. A two-year pilot project to find and remove unattended, storm-tossed or sunken wire pots, netting and fishing line from areas of the region’s […]
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A little more than a week after Outer Bankers applauded a federal judge’s strong ruling in favor of plans to replace the Bonner Bridge, the glow has dimmed with the realization that other legal action potentially could prevent construction for years. “It absolutely could,” said Shelley Blake, general counsel for North Carolina Department of Transportation. […]
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North Carolina Department of Transportation Secretary Tony Tata came to the Outer Banks today to publicize the need to move forward with replacing the aging Herbert C. Bonner Bridge over Oregon Inlet. With a view of the bridge behind him, Tata stood in a parking lot in front of the rock jetty on northern Hatteras […]
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BY CATHERINE KOZAK BY CATHERINE KOZAK For the first time in at least 17 years, Oregon Inlet Fishing Center, Inc., which includes some of the original sportfishermen on the Outer Banks, will have to compete against other bidders for a 10-year concession contract to run the busy marina. “We’ve had this contract for 40 years,” […]
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