I have been surprised by the number of negative comments that The Island Free Press has received about July 4 plans on Hatteras and Ocracoke. There will be no fireworks on the islands for a second year, but there will be other celebrations. Apparently, that does not please some people. What has surprised me is […]
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Access Advocates head to D.C. to meet with OMB on ORV rule
As I am writing this blog, a group of beach access advocates, mostly from Dare County, are heading to Washington, D.C., to meet with officials of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) about the National Park Service?s proposed rule for off-road vehicles on Cape Hatteras National Seashore. The never-ending process of formulating a final […]
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The Hatteras Village Medical Center was quiet and cool on a hot day last week, an eerie feeling for those of us who remember the hustle and bustle in the center over so many years. The center has been empty since HealthEast Family Care closed its Hatteras location and pulled back to its Avon clinic […]
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After rash of break-ins, visitors – and residents – advised to lock their vehicles
By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN The Dare County Sheriff’s Office is reminding all visitors – and residents – to keep their vehicles locked and their valuables out of sight. Vehicle break-ins happen year round, but the reports balloon in the summer with the annual influx of visitors. Just a glance back at last summer’s […]
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Meg and Joe Klea, owners of Dockside Hatteras furniture store in Avon, reported that they are open for business and planning to rebuild a warehouse that was destroyed by fire early Friday morning, June 10. The first alarm in the two-alarm fire went out at 1:36 a.m. When the first unit from Avon Volunteer Fire […]
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One-stop absentee voting on a liquor-by-the drink referendum in the northern Hatteras Island villages will begin on Thursday, June 23. Voters in Kinnakeet Township, which includes the villages of Rodanthe, Waves, Salvo, and Avon, will go to the polls on Tuesday, July 12, to decide whether they want to allow mixed drinks to be served […]
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Smoke from Pains Bay wildfire is a problem on the Outer Banks
Smoke from the Pains Bay wildfire on the Dare County mainland has continued to plague the Outer Banks. Depending on which way the wind blows, the smoke plume has headed southeast toward Hatteras and Ocracoke or northwest toward the northern Outer Banks. Last week, smoke conditions required continual air quality alerts for the area north […]
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The arrest at Ramp 45
Thousands of people have now seen a six-minute YouTube video of two National Park Service rangers wrestling with a suspect in the sand, trying to handcuff him. The incident happened on Sunday, May 27, at Ramp 45 at the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. It was taped apparently by a spectator who can be heard making […]
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And now a word from the National Park Service Director
This exchange of letters speaks for itself. The exchange is between Bob Eakes, owner of The Red Drum Tackle Shop in Buxton and a member of the federally appointed negotiated rulemaking committee that failed in its mission to formulate an off-road vehicle rule for the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, and the National Park Service?s Director, […]
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Avon water rescues call attention to rip current threat to ocean swimmers
Avon water rescues call attention to rip current threat to ocean swimmers By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN The Hatteras Island Rescue Squad responded to four calls from the beach at Ocean View Drive in Avon on Wednesday, June 1, and assisted 12 swimmers in distress. The troublesome area yesterday and today, […]
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