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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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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The debut of the new “Ocracoke Express” passenger ferry service is roughly four months away, which puts the grand opening date around mid-July, per a recent update on the project from the North Carolina Ferry System. According to the Friday morning update, crews at the US Workboats shipyard in the town of Hubert, N.C. are […]
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Despite recent weather-related challenges, work on the new Bonner Bridge continues to progress, with approximately 65% of the project completed, per the most recent update from the NCDOT. Nearly a mile of the bridge’s northern approach has been completed, and crews at the northern end of the bridge project are closing the distance from the […]
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A locally famous but technically unknown shipwreck close to ORV Ramp 55 in Hatteras village has made another appearance after a week of rough seas and high winds. The shipwreck, which is appropriately located just across the street from the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum, comes and goes as it is unceremoniously covered with sand, […]
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Beginning late last week, a prolonged period of north winds caused major flooding at multiple points throughout Hatteras and Ocracoke islands, closing N.C. Highway 12 for roughly four days. And while the highway has been open on both islands since Wednesday afternoon, with just a limited amount of saltwater and sand remaining on the roads, […]
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The NCDOT reported that N.C. Highway 12 is now open on Ocracoke Island between the Pony Pens and the Hatteras / Ocracoke Ferry Terminal. The highway also opened in between Rodanthe and the Bonner Bridge at around noon, and has remained open for the duration of the afternoon. The Hatteras-Ocracoke Ferry route has resumed service […]
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The NCDOT said on Tuesday afternoon that crews clearing N.C. Highway 12 in between Rodanthe and the Bonner Bridge have not found structural damage to the road itself so far. This means that once crews are able to get ahead of any additional sand and water being deposited on the road, N.C. Highway 12 will […]
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NCDOT reports that N.C. Highway 12 remains closed in both directions between the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge and Rodanthe due to ocean overwash. The road is expected to reopen by 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 6. “Our crews are working extremely hard to meet the 6:30 p.m. target for reopening both closed sections of N.C. […]
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N.C. Highway 12 is now expected to reopen on Tuesday evening due to high tides tonight and tomorrow morning which will likely bring more ocean overwash, per the NCDOT. NCDOT crews steadily continued to work on reopening N.C. Highway 12 north of Rodanthe on Monday, but were dealing with miles of accumulated saltwater and sand, […]
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