Several readers have taken me to task this week for letting comments on my blog get out of control. ?Irene, where are you?? asked one reader. ?All these verbal attacks on everyone?s gotta stop?? The readers who have taken me to the woodshed have been correct to do so. I have let the blog get […]
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Ocracokers can’t get a break
Ocracokers are a tough bunch of people, used to dealing with problems getting on and off their island, which is accessible only by boat or plane. However, their latest round of ferry woes has got to be trying their patience and challenging their resilience and ingenuity. Highway 12 finally reopened just before Christmas, making travel […]
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Boyle changes venue of status conference
U.S. District Court Judge Terrence Boyle has changed the venue of a status conference on Wednesday, Jan. 23, from Raleigh to Elizabeth City. The conference will be at 2 p.m. in the federal courthouse. The judge has set aside an hour for the conference on the court schedule. The status conference will deal with follow-up […]
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Support for our national parks
There is a reader who has started posting frequently and anonymously on my recent blogs and who is very fond of referring to a poll that, he ? or she ? says proves that Hatteras and Ocracoke islanders who are not happy with the National Park Service?s new off-road vehicle plan are a small minority […]
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North Carolina hurricane relief also tied up in U.S. House
The U.S. House of Representatives’ failure to act on the Hurricane Sandy Supplemental Appropriations Bill will also affect aid to North Carolina, especially funds for the state’s inlets which saw significant shoaling during the hurricane in late October. The bill passed the Senate on Dec. 28, and the House was expected to act on the […]
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D.C. judge sends CHAPA lawsuit to stop ORV plan to Boyle
U.S. District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan this week sent the Cape Hatteras Access Preservation Alliance lawsuit over the National Park Service’s final rule and off-road vehicle plan to Judge Terrence Boyle of the federal court in the Eastern District of North Carolina. Sullivan had said at the end of July that he was inclined to […]
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Looking back at 2012…WITH SLIDE SHOW
For another year, a hurricane was the major news event of the year. As the new year began last January, many folks in Avon and the tri-villages of Rodanthe, Waves, and Salvo were still cleaning up and rebuilding after Hurricane Irene on Aug. 27 sent a historically high storm surge from the Pamlico Sound onto […]
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Opening up, cleaning up, closing up
Highway 12 reopened to all traffic on Wednesday evening, Dec. 19. The road was damaged in Hurricane Sandy in late October and back-to-back northeasters in November and was closed for almost two months. Several weeks into the closure, the North Carolina Department of Transportation opened a four-wheel-drive only bypass around the most serious damage […]
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Talking trash – lots and lots of trash
It started with a trickle after Hurricane Sandy passed by the Outer Banks in late October with high winds and ocean and soundside flooding. Small piles of debris started appearing along roadways. In my neighborhood, it was understandable. Homeowners started gathering downed tree limbs, picking up stray pieces of lumber that floated in, and raking […]
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Another northeast blow sets back highway repair, but Christmas opening still possible
High winds, heavy seas, and a lunar tide combined this morning to shut down repair work and the four-wheel-drive access at the S-curves in northern Rodanthe. The latest weather event to delay repairs to the road damaged by Hurricane Sandy in late October was “disheartening,” said Pablo Herndandez, North Carolina Department of Transportation resident engineer […]
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