Everybody is talking about the weather, so I thought I might as well go with the flow — so to speak — and write about it this week. It’s August, so it’s supposed to be hot — the “dog days” of summer and all that. However, if you think it’s been hotter than normal on […]
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Buxton’s Chief Perry now competing in final round
It’s now official. Chief Bryan Perry of the Buxton Volunteer Fire Department is one of five finalists in the Step Up and Stand Out initiative, sponsored by Firehouse magazine and firehouse.com, to honor the country’s top volunteer firefighters. The first round of the competition started on the firehouse.com website on June 1 with a short […]
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Dare Board changes name of waterways advisory panel By IRENE NOLAN
By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN At its meeting on Monday evening, Aug. 15, the Dare County Board of Commissioners changed the name of its citizens’ advisory panel that has been focusing on Hatteras Inlet shoaling issues. A motion was made by Commission Vice-Chairman Wally Overman and seconded by Commissioner Allen Burrus of Hatteras village […]
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The Reader Mailbag
The Island Free Press gets a good deal of mail from readers — questions, comments, and suggestions. I try to answer or acknowledge all of it. Sometimes, the questions or comments lead to an article, but often they don’t — even though they might be of interest to more of our readers. Today, I thought […]
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64-year-old woman drowns off Ocracoke Island By IRENE NOLAN
By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN A 64-year-old woman drowned on Thursday afternoon, Aug. 11, while swimming off a beach on Ocracoke Island in the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. The incident is the third drowning in the seashore in less than a month. According to a National Park Service news release, seashore rangers, Hyde County […]
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Dare County’s schools are topic of radio interview ….WITH AUDIO
Danny Couch of Buxton, who has just completed three years as Hatteras Island’s representative on the Dare County Board of Education, which oversees two of our most valuable resources — teachers and the youngsters who are the island’s future, was the guest on the Radio Hatteras interview show, “To the Point,” on Sunday, Aug. 7. […]
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Hatteras Inlet Update: New name for Waterways Commission?
Last week I wrote — once again — about the continuing struggle to keep the sand-clogged channels in Hatteras Inlet open for the island’s commercial, charter, and recreational boats to transit from the Hatteras village docks to and from the Atlantic Ocean. I wrote about the steps that the county and the state have taken […]
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Dare board addresses Hatteras Inlet issues, hears Zika update
At its meeting on Monday, Aug. 1, the Dare County Board of Commissioners heard from the chairman and the vice-chairman about Hatteras Inlet issues and later got an update from the county health director on the Zika virus. “We’ve been working diligently for a number of weeks now to get (Hatteras) inlet open, and we’re […]
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Buxton’s Chief Perry takes third place in competition
The Step Up, Stand Out initiative, sponsored by Firehouse magazine and firehouse.com, to honor the country’s top volunteer firefighters ended Sunday, July 31, and unofficially, at least, it seems that one of the nominees, Chief Bryan Perry of the Buxton Fire Department finished in the top five. Most of us who were following the voting, […]
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Updates on new Bonner and Pea Island bridge ….WITH VIDEO By IRENE NOLAN
Dare County has released another video update on the Bonner Bridge replacement construction and the construction on the new interim bridge over the Pea Island Inlet. The news is that the traffic pattern was shifted at the south end of the Bonner replacement to make room for construction of the new southern approach. On July […]
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