The new program supplements the National Park Service’s continual efforts to ensure 75 miles of beaches are clean, safe, and enjoyable for the public. Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) welcomes organized groups of individuals to adopt sections of Seashore beaches to remove trash and help keep the beaches clean, safe, and pristine. For this first […]
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3rd Annual Wind & Waves Sailing Maritime Festival Sponsored by The Outer Banks Visitors Bureau Celebrates The Best of Hatteras Island with a Maritime Market, Surfing, Fishing, and Sailing Clinics This Weekend at Camp Hatteras KOA Resort In Rodanthe. Saturday Night Band Party and Seafood Boil is Sponsored by 1718 Ocracoke Brewing, Coastal Beverages, and Outer […]
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The North Carolina Beach Buggy Association (NCBBA) will host its second Adopt-a-Beach cleanup event for 2024 on Saturday, June 8. The event will be launched from the ORV Ramp 38 parking lot, just south of Avon, at 9:00 a.m. “The plan is to clean up all litter and trash on the beach, the access ramp, […]
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Meet the Outer Banks SPCA pet of the week, courtesy of their latest video produced by Dare County’s CURRENT TV. For more information on this pet, and the many other Outer Banks pets currently up for adoption, visit the Outer Banks SPCA website at https://www.obxspca.org/, or their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/obxspca/
On April 14, 2024, Helle Kjersgaard Cullen passed away at the age of 79. Helle was born on June 13, 1944, in Copenhagen, Denmark. When she married Larry Cullen, she moved to New Jersey and lived there until 1998. That same year, she and Larry moved to Frisco, NC, and enjoyed the island life for […]
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January 28, 1939 – May 31, 2024 KILL DEVIL HILLS — Barbara Haywood Duvall, aged 85, of Kill Devil Hills, NC, ascended into heaven on May 31, 2024. She died peacefully, surrounded by her family and friends. She was born January 28, 1939, to Clara and Ernest Haywood of Colington, NC. She was predeceased by […]
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The Dare County Library has announced that registration for its 2024 Summer Reading Program, “Adventure Begins at Your Library,” will begin this month. Registration for the program begins on Monday, June 24, 2024, at the Kill Devil Hills Library and the Manteo Library and on Tuesday, June 25, 2024, at the Hatteras Library. About the […]
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The 2024 Ocrafolk Music and Storytelling Festival will be held on the grounds of the Berkley Manor June 7 to 9. The 24th annual celebration features musicians, storytellers, artisans, characters of Ocracoke Island and more. Produced by the nonprofit Ocracoke Alive, musical performers include a mix of old and new with blues, country, soul, funk, […]
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The William B. Umstead (locally known as the Old Manns Harbor) Bridge on U.S. 64 over Croatan Sound will be closing June 3 for an estimated six months as a $33 million bridge preservation project enters a critical phase. During the closure, all 313 concrete spans on the bridge will be repaired and each of […]
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The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission will meet by web conference on June 6 at 11 a.m. The meeting will be live-streamed on Webex. A listening station will be established at the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Marine Fisheries Central District Office at 5285 Highway 70 West, Morehead City. WHO: N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission […]
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