Dare County commissioners will consider on Monday the first application for cluster housing since a new ordinance was approved late last year to encourage builders to provide homes for local workers. OT enterprises is asking for a conditional use permit and approval of a site plan for three detached units with three bedrooms each to […]
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By Rob Morris THE OUTER BANKS VOICE Motorists will find two open lines heading east this week on the Wright Memorial Bridge, which is among the projects statewide where work has been suspended during the busy Thanksgiving stretch. Aside from weekends, one lane on the eastbound span has been closed while rehab work moves ahead […]
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By ROB MORRIS THE OUTER BANKS VOICE Dare County has chosen a contractor for the public-private partnership that will build and operate a dredge to maintain Oregon Inlet. One of two companies to respond to the county’s request for proposals, EJE Recycling of Greenville was chosen over a Massachusetts company primarily because of its experience […]
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Owners of rental properties will pay an average statewide of 4.8 percent more for dwelling insurance under an agreement announced Wednesday by the North Carolina Department of Insurance. In coastal Dare, Hyde and Curriuck counties, rate increases will run closer to 9 percent for buildings when wind and hail coverage are factored in. The North […]
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Among the thousands of teachers and students expected to rally in Raleigh Wednesday for better pay and working conditions will be about four dozen from Dare and Currituck counties. So far, an estimated 38 of the state’s 116 school districts are closing for the rally on the first day the General Assembly reconvenes, according to […]
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Businesses, renters and residents who lost power last summer after a transmission line was cut during construction of the new Bonner Bridge would be able to claim part of a $10.35 million fund under a preliminary settlement filed in federal court. The settlement, which still needs final approval in U.S. District Court, calls for payouts […]
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(Editor’s note: The Dare County Board of Commissioners will conduct a public hearing on the county’s 2009 draft update of its land-use plan on Monday, Nov. 15, at 5:30 p.m. in the Commissioners Meeting Room in the Dare County Administrative Building in Manteo.) During one of my nine lives as an editor, I was responsible […]
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Rob Morris, the former North Carolina editor for The Virginian-Pilot, has started a new Web site, www.outerbanksvoice.com, which will focus on news of the Outer Banks and will provide a forum for folks who live, work, own property or simply have an interest in Dare County and the northern Currituck beaches. “Our goal is to […]
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