Local firefighters worked well into the early morning hours to extinguish an accidental fire that occurred at the former site of the Down Under Restaurant in Waves. The two-story restaurant had been demolished during the day on Tuesday, June 27 by East Coast Abatement and Demolition, but the remains of the structure caught fire at […]
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On Tuesday, June 27, the state Senate approved House Bill 56 by a vote of 33-15. The Bill, which is titled as an “Act to Amend Various Environmental Laws” includes a repeal of the current Plastic Bag Ban for the Outer Banks in Section 10(a.) The bag ban, which went into effect in 2009, prohibits […]
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Cape Hatteras point and the new sandbar island #capepoint A post shared by 🅲🅷🅰🅳 (@chadonka) on May 31, 2017 at 6:01pm PDT The island that has surfaced off of Cape Point in the last couple months has become a media sensation. The island, which measures roughly a mile long depending on the tide and weather […]
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Late last week Jim Bagwell, (owner of the property where the Frisco UFO has landed), and LeRoy Reynolds, (the UFO’s resident alien), approached a local building inspector to see if they could do some repairs and refurbishments to the iconic local structure. Per Reynolds, they initially received the verbal OK to proceed, but were then […]
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There are obviously plenty of “Rules of the Beach” that are both good manners and are enforceable by law, but what about those other circumstances that aren’t necessarily illegal, but can nevertheless drive you mad? I couldn’t help but mull over those situations as well, and wonder if there could be a secondary set of […]
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The Buxton Beach Nourishment project has begun, with crews working along the shoreline at a starting point that’s roughly 1,000 feet north of the town’s border. The project, which was schedule to begin on June 17 had to be postponed due to inclement weather and high winds over the weekend. Now that it’s officially underway, […]
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The first sign that something was amiss was the presence of quite a few bees buzzing in and out of a little hole in the shed. “Once you got closer, you could definitely hear the buzz of a ton of bees,” says Carol. As it turns out, their shed – which usually serves as Scott’s […]
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There?s a photo from a story we did last summer on rip currents that shocked the heck out of me when it was happening, and which still lingers in my mind. It was during a ride along with Chet Bailey, the captain of the Chicamacomico Banks Water Rescue team, who was pointing out rip currents […]
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The short term dredging of the Connecting Channel has paved the way for mariners to travel through Hatteras Inlet, but plans need to be made to keep the channel open in the weeks and months to come. This was the overlying message at the Dare County Waterways Commission meeting, which was held on June 12 […]
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In 2016, the Avon Farmers Market had a banner year with more than 25 vendors lined up every week in the large grassy yard next to the Avon Beach Klub. It was the highest number of vendors since the market was first established in 2010 in Buxton, and the summertime market was a big success […]
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