Our wonderful co-founder and editor, Irene Nolan, had a relaxed tradition of posting an annual list of beach etiquette guidelines for new and longtime visitors alike. First published decades ago when she was the editor of the now-defunct Island Breeze, Irene’s guide was a smart and timely list of the dos and don’ts when exploring […]
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A new Avon-based festival featuring live music, regional artists, and food vendors is being launched on Sunday, May 29, in an effort to provide relief on a local level to the people of Ukraine. The Waves Over War Festival is the brainchild of Elijah Thompson and Ellisa Thompson of Koru Village, (which includes Pangea Tavern, […]
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After a two-year hiatus, the annual Shore Break 5K and Tide Pool Fun Run is returning to Hatteras Island on Monday, May 30, and there is still time for participants to sign up for this year’s event. The Shore Break 5K is one of two primary fundraising events for the Hatteras Island Youth Educational Fund […]
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After an unplanned delay due to a damaged expansion joint, the Jug Handle Bridge is expected to open to traffic next week, after Memorial Day Weekend, with project managers eyeing a Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday opening. The main items left on the to-do list are pressure washing the bridge structure, paving, and adding the permanent […]
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Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands once again earned top spots on the annual Dr. Beach’s 10 Best Beaches in the USA list, with the Ocracoke Lifeguarded Beach ranked as the #1 best beach in the country, and the Old Lighthouse Beach in Buxton ranked as the #6 best beach. Released just before Memorial Day, the list […]
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Though there has been significant progress over the past two weeks in removing the major pieces of debris from mid-May’s two home collapses, there is still a lot of work to be done to clean the Rodanthe shoreline and beyond. “It’s going to be a continual effort, and it will take many more weeks,” said […]
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The non-profit organization Friends of Felines Hatteras Island will be hosting their annual yard sale this Memorial Day weekend on Saturday, May 28, and Sunday, May 29, in the parking lot adjacent to the Mad Crabber Restaurant in Avon, from 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. on both days. The annual yard sale, which has become […]
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The 13 Worrell 1000 competitors made an impressive landing near ORV Ramp 49 in Frisco on Thursday afternoon, May 19, on one of the final legs of their race up the Eastern Seaboard to the Virginia Beach finish line. The teams departed Atlantic Beach, NC, on Thursday morning to start an approximately five-hour trek to […]
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The first sea turtle nest of the 2022 season was found on Ocracoke Island on Friday morning, May 20, per an update from the Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS). The crawl pattern indicated to CHNS biologists that the nest came from a Loggerhead sea turtle, and the nest has been marked off to protect it […]
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On Wednesday morning, May 18, the Cape Hatteras National Seashore reopened Frisco Beach Access to the public after contractor T.D. McGhee Co. from Wilmington, N.C., finished an extensive renovation project that initially launched in late 2021. The Frisco Bathhouse is located just south of Frisco village, and is one of the most popular oceanside beach accesses […]
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