Two years before the 1944 Great Atlantic Hurricane devastated Ocracoke and Hatteras islands, a national tragedy had played out in the waters off the Outer Banks, and to this day, many Americans have little knowledge of the horrific slaughter that took place. Kevin Duffus, author of the recently released book, “War Zone: World War II […]
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By CATHERINE KOZAK By CATHERINE KOZAK Significant new information may finally lead to solving the mystery of the Lost Colony. Before Elizabethan artist and mapmaker John White sailed away from Roanoke Island in 1587, he understood that the colony he left behind would go “50 miles into the maine” if they had to flee. Today, […]
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By CATHERINE KOZAK By CATHERINE KOZAK Developers who have contracted to buy the housing complex at the former Coast Guard base in Buxton are renewing promises to keep the community’s concerns in mind as they plan restoration of the property. Neighbors of the long-abandoned base came out in force at a public hearing on a […]
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By CATHERINE KOZAK Coastal Review Online By CATHERINE KOZAK Coastal Review Online A group in Currituck County that has expressed suspicions about the motives behind terms like “smart growth” and “green projects” said it is not giving up despite the county’s recent approval of a long-term planning document. “To me, it has definite ties to […]
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For at least a decade, numerous North Carolina scientists have been warning with increasing stridency about the state’s vulnerability to impending sea-level rise, but policymakers have yet to take heed. Two reports released this month by a group of independent researchers, however, have only reinforced the dire predictions about the effects of a rising Atlantic […]
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Dig for Civil War cannons at Hatteras Inlet ends in disappointment BY CATHERINE KOZAK BY CATHERINE KOZAK BY CATHERINE KOZAK They had maps, ground-penetrating radar images, and historical accounts all pointing to two buried cannons where the Civil War battle at Fort Clark raged 150 years ago at Hatteras Inlet. Early one morning last […]
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BY CATHERINE KOZAK Coastal Review Online First of two parts BY CATHERINE KOZAK Coastal Review Online First of two parts EAST LAKE — As the residents of this little community see it, the last leg of the proposed U.S 64 widening project is threatening to all but wipe them off the map, and they say […]
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BY CATHERINE KOZAK BY CATHERINE KOZAK As the dredge Merritt chugged away from Hatteras yesterday after 14 days working in Rollinson Channel, conditions in the ferry passage, at least for now, had considerably improved. And after next week, they should be getting even better. Shoaling created by Hurricane Irene in late August had created hazardous […]
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BY CATHERINE KOZAK If the state Department of Transportation wants to build a replacement for the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge, then it’s going to have to give up its land at the old lifesaving station on the northern end of Hatteras, figure out how to prevent bird strikes on the span, and design a model […]
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