Some ideas to improve Hatteras Island tend to occasionally float to the surface over the years as attention ebbs and flows. The building of a new movie theater (or even a bowling alley), a new apartment housing complex, or a new hotel have all popped up sporadically into local conversations before disappearing due to languishing […]
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The 15th annual North Carolina Beach Buggy Association (NCBBA) Red Drum Tournament began at midnight on Wednesday with a record-breaking 550 anglers participating in 2024’s event. “It was much more than we expected, and we had a rush of about 60 different anglers added [on Wednesday],” said NCBBA Committee Chairman Mike Regan. “We have anglers coming […]
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Hatteras Island Community Strings has only been in existence for two years, but like many Outer Banks programs that resonate with the local community, the nonprofit organization has had a steady series of growth spurts and adjustments since launching in 2022. Jessie Taylor, a music teacher for more than 23 years, first started to envision […]
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As a service to voters during the 2024 general election, the Island Free Press asked each of the candidates running in the three competitive Dare County Commissioner races to answer questions on various issues affecting Hatteras Islanders. The General Election is November 5, 2024, although early voting is available at the Fessenden Annex in Buxton as […]
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As a service to voters during the 2024 general election, the Island Free Press asked each of the candidates running in the three competitive Dare County Commissioner races to answer questions on various issues affecting Hatteras Islanders. The General Election is November 5, 2024, although early voting is available at the Fessenden Annex as of Thursday, […]
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As a service to voters during the 2024 general election, the Island Free Press asked each of the candidates running in the three competitive Dare County Commissioner races to answer questions on various issues affecting Hatteras Islanders. The General Election is November 5, 2024, although early voting is available at the Fessenden Annex in Buxton as […]
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When the Island Inn & Commons’ landscaping project began roughly 18 months ago, the grounds surrounding the former 1901 Island Inn (or Odd Fellows Lodge) were effectively a blank slate. There were port-a-potties, some raw patches of sand and grass, and not much else. The building itself was also in minor disarray, after a years-long […]
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The Rodanthe Pier will temporarily close for imminent maintenance and repair projects, (which includes the replacement of several older pilings), starting on Sunday, October 20. “We are going to begin some much-needed repair and maintenance on the pier in the next week as that is when the crew can work in between other jobs,” stated […]
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The 1874 establishment of seven U.S. Life-Saving Service Stations in North Carolina had reverberations that are still very much noticeable today. The seven stations – all located within the Outer Banks – created new communities and generations of locals that still call the Outer Banks home. In 1915, the Life-Saving Service became the newly-created United […]
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Vegetation along N.C. Highway 12 is being cleared to make way for new transmission poles in Avon as part of an island-wide project by Cape Hatteras Electric Cooperative (CHEC) to switch out existing wooden poles with sturdier, concrete replacements. “CHEC contractor River City Construction, Inc. will work to replace 34 wood transmission poles on the […]
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