Dare County stepped up its efforts last month to get the owner of one of the island’s worst eyesores to clean up the property — so far with only minimal success. On June 11, Dare County attorney and manager Robert Outten sent a letter to Ritsa Merjos of Virginia Beach, owner of Waterfall Park in […]
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Power was restored to Ocracoke early this morning after a suspected waterspout damaged power poles on the island last evening during a severe thunderstorm. According to Tideland Electric Membership Corporation, electric power went down about 7:30 p.m. Crews investigating discovered two broken utility poles, two leaning poles, and damage to several spans of wire north […]
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Three visitors, ages 18 to 67, who were bitten by sharks — all in a week’s time — while swimming off Cape Hatteras National Seashore beaches are recovering. John Cole, 18 and a recent graduate of Currituck County High School, was on a camping trip with his family on June 27 when he was bitten […]
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North Carolina Department of Transportation Secretary Tony Tata was the guest on the Radio Hatteras interview show, “To the Point,” on Sunday, July 5. In the interview, Tata discusses the negotiations to end the legal impasse with environmental groups over the replacement of the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge and answers questions about what comes next […]
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Locals and visitors on Hatteras Island descended on Avon on Saturday night, July 4, to watch the annual fireworks display over the ocean from the beaches and from windows and decks of nearby homes and businesses. Launched from Avon Pier, the pyrotechnics lit up the sky for miles and went off without a hitch despite […]
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A swimmer on Ocracoke was bitten by a shark this afternoon while swimming off a beach in Ocracoke. According to the National Park Service, the incident was reported about 12:30 p.m. near the lifeguarded beach. NPS rangers and lifeguards responded, along with the Hyde County Sheriff’s Office, Hyde County Emergency Medical Services, and the Ocracoke […]
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An 18-year-old man was transported to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital late this afternoon after having apparently been bitten by a shark while swimming off the beach in Waves in the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. According to the National Park Service, the man was in about 3 feet of water about 20 feet from shore when […]
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A 47-year-old man was apparently bitten by a shark shortly before noon today about 1 mile north of the Avon Fishing Pier. According to the National Park Service, a caller reported at 11:41 a.m. that a person was apparently injured by a shark. NPS rangers, Hatteras Island Rescue Squad, the Dare County Sheriff’s Office and […]
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The National Park Service has confirmed that a swimmer was bitten by a shark just before noon today about 1/2 mile north of the Avon Pier. Cape Hatteras National Seashore Superintendent David Hallac said that there was apparently one victim of the attack who may have been bitten several times. Other news outlets and social […]
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Cape Hatteras National Seashore Superintendent David Hallac had a media roundtable discussion with reporters last week that covered a number of topics and ended with a tour of a new infrastructure project that the park is rightly quite proud of. We met with Hallac and several key members of his staff at the Principal Lightkeeper’s […]
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