By JOY CRIST At a public meeting with the Dare County Board of Commissioners (BOC) in March, a number of controversial topics with varying viewpoints were brought to attention (i.e., beach nourishment.) Speakers would head to the podium to share their thoughts with the BOC, and were met with applause, the shaking of heads, […]
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Nights in Rodanthe House in the Headlines Again after Being Listed for Sale
The famous house from the 2008 movie “Nights in Rodanthe,” (based on the book of the same name by Nicholas Sparks), is up for sale, and listing agent Frank Jakob of Cape Hatteras Realty & Construction says that it’s already garnering a ton of attention. “We’ve had calls from all over the world, and at […]
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Shipwrecks Resurface All Along the Island after a Month of Nor’easters By JOY CRIST
A month of nor’easters can lead to great things when the weather clears, and throughout Hatteras Island, consistent northeast winds mean that shipwrecks which are often covered during the summer months are once again exposed. The G.A. Kohler , which is one of the most visible wrecks in between Avon and Salvo, has resurfaced to […]
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Video Shows In-Depth Study of Pappy’s Lane Shipwreck in Oregon Inlet
Video footage shared by the Coastal Studies Institute and released by the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) gives an inside look on the examination of the shipwreck that was recently identified in Oregon Inlet. The DOT partnered with the University of North Carolina Coastal Studies Institute to study what is known as the Pappy’s […]
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Construction on New Jug Handle Bridge Slated for June as “Behind the Scenes” Work Continues
The 2.4 mile Jug Handle Bridge project, which will bypass the area north of Rodanthe known as the S-Curves, is quietly gearing up for a June 2018 construction start date. “We’re doing a lot of behind the scenes work right now, such as permitting and right of way acquisitions,” said NCDOT Public Relations Officer (Ferry […]
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A Closer Look at Offshore Drilling Along the Outer Banks, Past and Present
By CATHERINE KOZAK When I first traveled through Texas in the 1980s, I visited Galveston, an old Gulf Coast town not far from lovely San Antonio. Naturally, considering the blistering humid heat of the Texas June day, I wanted to take a dip in the Gulf of Mexico. Wading in, I was immediately struck by […]
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By JOY CRIST
The Dare County Board of Commissioners (BOC) heard from the public on a wide range of issues at a well-attended community meeting on Tuesday evening. The casual forum enabled folks to step up to the microphone to bring issues or questions to the commissioners’ attention, and topics ranged from beach nourishment in Buxton and along […]
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Help Needed to Repair Steeple that Toppled During March Storm By JOY CRIST
The early March nor’easter caused damage all across Hatteras and Ocracoke islands, but in the town of Rodanthe, one of the storm’s local impacts was impossible to miss. After the waters and winds subsided, islanders noticed that the steeple at the Fair Haven United Methodist Church (UMC) – a local landmark on the oceanside of […]
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Avon Celebrates St. Baldrick’s Day with a Cool New Venue and Plenty of Cheers
Doing it with strobe lights… And maybe a St. Patrick’s Day brew or two. Avon’s annual St. Baldrick’s Day event had a cool new venue for 2018, with plenty of bald heads and beers to go around. On Saturday afternoon on St. Patrick’s Day, Turner’s High Moon Bar served as the setting for the beloved […]
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Shelly Island Sandbar Resurfaces – in the Headlines, Anyways
By JOY CRIST In the past week, many islanders were a little surprised to see a familiar former landmark resurface in news headlines across the country, if not in person – namely, the Shelly Island sandbar. When NASA satellite photos surfaced showing ?before and after? aerials of the area in July 2017 and February 2018, […]
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