Over the two months, we have published a series of blogs that cast light on the finances of the five environmental activist groups that are involved in lawsuits that have had and will have a profound effect on our islands. We looked at Form 990, the form that non-profit, tax-exempt organizations must file with the […]
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Kiteboard lost at sea for a week travels 20 miles and is reunited with owner
“I wanted to share with you a story with a bad start but a happy ending,” Charles Littwin of Mooresville, N.C., wrote in an e-mail to The Island Free Press this week. Littwin says he lost his kiteboard at sea at the Avon Pier last week. He writes that it’s a long story, but the […]
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Let’s put Susan and Barbara over the top
Susan West and Barbara Garrity-Blake are normally patient women, but when it came to a project near and dear to their hearts, their patience wore thin. Their goal was to produce a multi-media, online exhibit to bring audio and photography together to tell the story of life on the Outer Banks through oral histories. ?Coastal […]
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A guide to dining out during the holidays
The weather is much cooler, the days are getting shorter, and there are many fewer visitors on Hatteras and Ocracoke. Many of the islands’ restaurants have already closed and others will be closing shortly. However, visiting during the holidays is much more popular with tourists than it once was. Spending Thanksgiving or Christmas by the […]
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National Wildlife Refuge Association: By the numbers
This is the last in a series of blogs that will look at the finances of the five environmental activist groups that are involved in lawsuits that have had and will have a profound effect on our islands. We will look at Form 990, the form that non-profit, tax-exempt organizations must file with the Internal […]
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National Parks Conservation Association: By the numbers
This is the fourth in a series of blogs that will look at the finances of the various environmental activist groups that are involved in lawsuits that have had and will have a profound effect on our islands. We will look at Form 990, the form that non-profit, tax-exempt organizations must file with the Internal […]
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The final farewell for the Frisco Pier
The Cape Hatteras Fishing Pier in Frisco, known to most as just the Frisco Pier, has been a southern Hatteras Island landmark for 50 years. It?s been beloved by locals and visitors, anglers and sightseers. In recent years, it?s been badly battered by hurricanes and northeasters and only part of it is still standing. It […]
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Better than a hurricane
In the last hours of Wednesday, Oct. 16, as most members of Congress hustled to come up with a way to end the federal government shutdown and raise the debt ceiling, two powerful House committees spent five hours grilling National Park Service Director Jonathan Jarvis on why the parks and monuments were closed up tight. […]
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Rules of seashore shutdown ease this week as Congress appears ready to end the standoff
Some changes to the rules of the 16-day-old government shutdown on the Cape Hatteras National Seashore have helped to ease the situation this week for visitors and business owners. And today, there is finally some hope that Congress will pass legislation to end the standoff, keeping the government operating and raising the debt ceiling. The […]
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Shutdown
The federal government shutdown is in its 11th day and heading into a second weekend of national park closures. Here at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, all of the park facilities, lighthouses, parking areas, and beaches are closed to the public. So far, the islands and its visitors have been weathering the storm ? some better […]
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