By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN The National Weather Service in Newport/Morehead City has issued a coastal flood advisory for the soundside areas of Hatteras and Ocracoke islands from 10 a.m. on Saturday until 4 a.m. Sunday. A strong cold front will pass through the area tonight, followed by a major surge of Arctic air […]
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The Dare County Board of Commissioners this morning heard from six property owners at a public hearing on establishing a special tax district on the Buxton oceanfront to help pay for beach nourishment but took no action on the proposal. Instead, the board decided to pursue expanding the special district — from 35 oceanfront properties […]
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Dare County’s planned beach nourishment project in north Buxton moved along quickly, making news headlines during March, and you can expect even more news in April — especially next week. On Monday, April 4, at 10 a.m., the Dare County Board of Commissioners will have a public hearing in the commissioners’ meeting room at the […]
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David Twiddy was has defeated Brandy Foreman by the very narrow margin of just 48 votes after today’s recount of the results in the race for the District 5 seat on the Dare County Board of Education in the March 15 election. The election night results showed Twiddy with a 53-vote lead. Foreman asked for […]
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My friend Kathy Kiddy called me this week to ask, “Am I the only one who is upset that we are greeting our Easter visitors with piles of trash along the highway?” Kathy lives in Buxton and owns a business on Highway 12 in Frisco called Changing Tide, a place where you can find many […]
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Board of Education candidate Brandy Foreman has requested a recount of the vote in the race for the at-large seat on the board, which she very narrowly lost to David Twiddy in the March 15 primary election. The non-partisan Board of Education races are final in the primary election. The Dare County Board of Elections […]
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By IRENE NOLAN Dare County’s proposed beach nourishment project in north Buxton has now received all of its permits and has been put out for bids from contractors. The National Park Service issued a special use permit for the project on March 11, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued the final permit needed […]
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When Gov. Pat McCrory sat on a makeshift stage on the north end of Hatteras Island on a clear, spring-like morning, March 8, celebrating the groundbreaking for the Bonner Bridge replacement, a small plane made maybe a dozen passes overhead, trailing a banner that said, “Oil drilling is bad for business. Not the answer NC.org.” […]
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At a special meeting this morning, the Dare County Board of Commissioners accepted the bid from Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company for the beach nourishment project that encompasses the Town of Duck, Town of Kitty Hawk, and Town of Kill Devil Hills. The award is contingent on approval from the Local Government Commission. The […]
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Fellow Dare County Commissioners Warren Judge and Beverly Boswell will face off in the November general election for the N.C. House District 6 seat that is being vacated by Paul Tine of Kitty Hawk. In yesterday’s primary election, Judge easily defeated Judy Justice in the Democratic primary — Judge had 72 percent of the vote […]
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