This is the first of the many reports that the Island Free Press will publish about the response to our reader survey on Hurricane Irene. The survey was posted on our website on Sept. 12. From then until we took it offline on Oct. 24, we had 2,211 responses from Hatteras and Ocracoke residents, non-resident […]
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High winds and heavy seas bring ocean overwash to northern Hatteras….WITH SLIDE SHOW
A coastal storm that moved off the North Carolina coast on Friday and then intensified brought high northeast winds and heavy seas to coastal areas on both Friday and Saturday. Hatteras and Ocracoke were under a wind advisory, heavy surf advisory, and coastal flood advisory for much of Friday and Saturday. The heavy surf advisory […]
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CHEC working against time to install permanent power poles at Pea Island Inlet
Cape Hatteras Electric Cooperative is working against time, tides, and Mother Nature to move its temporary power poles at Pea Island Inlet to permanent structures, farther from the eroding shoreline. After Hurricane Irene cut the new inlet five miles north of Rodanthe, CHEC erected temporary power poles on the north and south sides to restore […]
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There’s trash everywhere, and it’s not all storm debris ¦WITH SLIDE SHOW
The final storm debris pickup on Hatteras is scheduled for next Tuesday, Nov. 8. After that date, we all hope our highway will once again be a scenic byway ? except for the pesky litterbugs tossing out their beer cans and candy wrappers. But even the old litter will be a better sight than what […]
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Thanks for giving us a great yearânow give our advertisers one
Our online newspaper ? the first and only one covering Hatteras and Ocracoke ? made its debut on Sept. 5, 2007. Each year since then, I have written a column on that date to thank our readers and advertisers for their support and to keep all of you apprised of the rapid growth in readership. […]
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It’s Pea Island Bridge and Pea Island Inlet
Our readers ? at least a few of them ? have weighed in on what to call the inlet and the new temporary bridge on the Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge. The number of voters was not overwhelming, but they did prefer Pea Island Bridge by a narrow margin. Forty-five commented on this blog page, […]
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UPDATE: We’ve picked two names for the bridge, now you choose
Readers have been voting on a name for our temporary bridge on Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge for a week now. We?ve had comments on the blog and Facebook page and in e-mails ? in addition to folks telling me what they think when I am traveling around. Our Island Free Press panel, mostly folks […]
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UPDATED: Mystery of floating lights over the ocean off Avon is solved
Avon residents near the oceanfront saw quite a mysterious and unsettling sight over water Thursday evening. Not too long after dark, folks started noticing bright, orange circular objects drifting by soundlessly from south to north out over the ocean. There were lots of them, oceanfront resident Karen Tetreault reported in a phone call to The […]
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Let’s name the temporary bridge – and other loose ends
Island Free Press reporter Anne Bowers headed up the beach yesterday, a trip that she just could not wait to make after Highway 12 reopened. She reported that the trip was eerie and a little unsettling. She had spent countless days since Hurricane Irene on Aug. 27 in Rodanthe and at the site of the […]
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Buxton culvert work causes confusion for motorists and headaches for businesses
The North Carolina Department of Transportation is replacing a culvert on Highway 12 in Buxton between Conner’s Supermarket and the entrance to the Osprey Shopping Center, and the road is closed to through traffic. However, the signage at the site is confusing to motorists and is causing headaches for businesses in the village. The good […]
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