There was ample reason to celebrate on Saturday morning, October 22, as roughly 30 descendants gathered at the Salvo Community Cemetery to honor a revitalized site where local loved ones are now properly respected, honored, and remembered for many years to come. The Salvo Community Cemetery has had a long and tumultuous history. Once a […]
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Volunteers with the local organization Hatteras Island Meals (HIM) gathered at NC 12 Realty in Buxton on Saturday afternoon to announce the winners of their annual raffle, which is the non-profit’s primary source of fundraising. 2022’s raffle featured a total of seven packages – all worth more than $1,000 each – and the number of […]
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With 358,962 visitors recorded in September, the Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS) is on track to have another banner year for visitation in 2022. Per statistics from the Outer Banks Visitors Bureau, CHNS recorded a total of 2,402,866 visitors for the first nine months of the year, or from January 1 through September 30, 2022. […]
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On Saturday, October 22, the public is invited to head to the grounds of the Frisco Woods Campground for a grand Fall Festival, which will feature games, food trucks, a pumpkin patch, a dunk tank, trick or treating, a silent auction, and many more activities for attendees of all ages. And while fall-style fun will […]
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A fire destroyed the Frisco Futuro House (Or “Frisco UFO”) on Wednesday night, October 19. The fire was reported to the Frisco Volunteer Fire Department (VFD) at 10:06 p.m. and was extinguished by the Frisco and Buxton VFDs within several hours. The Frisco UFO was one of the island’s most famous roadside attractions, and was […]
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The 2022 sea turtle nesting season is winding down, but with 378 turtle nests recorded along the Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS) as of mid-October, 2022 boasts the second-highest number of nests reported since data collection began. Sea turtle nests laid by loggerheads, green turtles, and leatherbacks have been monitored at CHNS since the 1970s. […]
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American white pelicans have returned to the Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge per multiple visitors, making the fall months an ideal time for birdwatchers and nature photographers to catch a glimpse of these rare visitors, as well other migrating species that flock to the refuge in the off-season. White pelicans are big and eye-catching visitors […]
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For many longtime visitors to Hatteras Island, the famed Mirlo Beach sign at the northern edge of Rodanthe was always a sign that a long car ride was almost over, and an Outer Banks vacation was about to begin. Well known as the unofficial welcome to the island’s seven villages, the large wooden sign has been […]
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Hundreds of small fish have been washing ashore with the waves on Ocracoke Island over the past several weeks, in a phenomenon that’s both unusual and a part of the greater migration process along the southern Outer Banks. Fall is primetime for fishing on Ocracoke and Hatteras Islands, and as several larger species make their […]
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Photos by Don Bowers The Miss Katie made her public debut at a full-day event on October 13 that included tours of the 156-foot-long vessel, capped off by a Christening Ceremony with Senator Richard Burr’s wife, Brooke Burr, breaking the traditional bottle of champagne. But it was the story behind the Miss Katie’s name that […]
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