Supt. says life will be different as students return Several participants at the Oct. 1 Dare Board of Education meeting — where it was decided that K-5 students would return to class full-time and 6-12 would return part-time — acknowledged that the decision was neither easy to make nor easy to implement. Board Member Mary […]
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At a special Oct. 1 meeting, the Dare County Board of Education unanimously voted that beginning on Oct. 26, PreK-5 students will begin full-time in-school learning. Grades 6-12 will begin on that same date with a hybrid model consisting of two cohorts — one group which will be in the building on Mondays and Thursdays, […]
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The issues of affordable housing, economic development and supporting the commercial fishing industry took center stage during the Sept. 23 forum for the six candidates seeking four seats on the Dare County Board of Commissioners on Nov. 3. The virtual debate, sponsored by the Dare County League of Women Voters (LWV) and Coastal Review Online, […]
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The Dare County Board of Education will hold a special meeting on Oct. 2 to determine how to move forward with school operations after the first nine weeks of the 2020-2021 school year, which began on Aug. 17 with remote learning for all students due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Board Chair Bea Basnight made the […]
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Dare health officials explain contact tracing \ Public health experts say contact tracing is one of the key tools for slowing the spread of COVID-19 through the identification and monitoring of people who may have been exposed to someone who has tested positive for the virus. An effective tool used for decades to manage communicable […]
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With parents, students and staff uncertain about how public schools will re-open this fall, the Dare County Schools (DCS) system has sent out a survey soliciting their input on three instructional frameworks the district is considering if Governor Roy Cooper chooses a plan to re-open school buildings at 50 percent capacity. With the number of […]
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In an effort to ease the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on restaurants, the Dare County Board of Commissioners on May 18 unanimously approved measures that will temporarily allow restaurants in the unincorporated areas of the county to operate food trucks on vacant property as well as use a portion of their parking areas […]
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As local governments face the realities of lost revenues due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Dare County Manager Bobby Outten briefed the board of commissioners on May 8 about a streamlined spending plan for the 2020-21 fiscal year that will maintain all county services, but include no capital outlay purchases, cost-of-living salary adjustments, bonuses or merit […]
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Visitors Bureau preparing to welcome visitors Citing statistics from destination analysts, Outer Banks Visitors Bureau Executive Director Lee Nettles told the Dare County Tourism Board of Directors on April 16 that an estimated 74 percent of people are concerned about contracting COVID-19, with an even a higher percentage concerned about their family and friends being […]
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Dare Schools monitoring coronavirus situation Hours after Governor Roy Cooper declared a State of Emergency in response to the novel coronavirus, (COVID-19), Dare County Schools Superintendent John Farrelly told the district’s Board of Education during its March 10 meeting that school officials were closely monitoring the situation and ramping up efforts within the district’s schools […]
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