A new video arcade has opened in the village of Avon at the Simply OBX store, just north of the Avon Pier on N.C. Highway 12. The arcade, which officially opened on Thursday, March 11, takes up 3,000 square feet of the Simply OBX gift shop, (or roughly half of the total building space), and […]
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The establishment of a new Tax Service District in Avon to fund a potential beach nourishment project will be discussed at the next Dare County Board of Commissioners meeting, which is scheduled for Monday, March 15, at 5:00 p.m. The proposed Avon Beach Nourishment project will place over 1 million cubic yards of sand along […]
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The 2.4 mile-long Jug Handle Bridge is 63% complete as of March 4, with a projected opening date of late 2021 or early 2022, per an update from the North Carolina Department of Transportation’s (NCDOT) resident engineer for the project, Pablo Hernandez. “As of this week, we are about 63% percent [finished], and that’s taking […]
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The Dare County Department of Health & Human Services announced on Thursday, March 4, that they will be accepting vaccine registration requests for folks in Group 3: Front-line Essential Workers. Dare County residents who want to make a request can do so via the online registration form at www.darenc.com/Register4Vaccine. Once submitted, a call center member […]
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A prescribed burn of 70 acres is underway at the Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge as of Tuesday, March 3, per a recent update from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) in North Carolina. The burn is taking place between N.C. Highway 12 and the North Pond, which includes the area directly behind the Visitor […]
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Dare County Schools (DCS) Superintendent John Farrelly provided the following information for students and their families regarding the return to in-person learning for Dare County students on Monday. “I am highly confident that we will keep our schools open for the remainder of the school year and continue on a path to easing the necessary restrictions that […]
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A prescribed burn of 791 acres is scheduled at the Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge on Friday, February 26, per a recent update from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) in North Carolina. “The latest forecast indicates rain should hold off until after 4 p.m.,” stated the update. “If correct, we should be able […]
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The Cape Hatteras Lighthouse Restoration project is about to begin, and the Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS) has created a new page on their website where the public can learn about the endeavor, and track the progress as the work is underway. Built in 1868-70, the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse has understandably suffered some wear and […]
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A prescribed burn of 766 acres is underway at the Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge as of Thursday afternoon, February 25, per a recent update from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) in North Carolina. “Test fire performed well on the [Pea Island Refuge], so we are moving into the prescribed burning,” stated the USFWS in […]
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Dare County Manager Bobby Outten provided more information on the upcoming details of the Avon Beach Nourishment project, and fielded dozens of questions from property owners, at a virtual public meeting held on Wednesday evening, February 24. “Earlier this month, 3,700 letters were sent to property owners in Avon to share the county’s proposed plans […]
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