Beginning Friday, Nov. 2, at 6:00 a.m., all re-entry restrictions for Hatteras Island will be lifted and ferry service will be available for everyone, including visitors. The island has been cut off since ocean storm surge brought sand and water onto Highway 12 between Rodanthe and the Bonner Bridge on Sunday, Oct. 28. There was […]
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The North Carolina Department of Transportation’s Ferry Division today announced the following route activation and schedule between Stumpy Point and Rodanthe. Currently the ferries are not running a set schedule, but are taking the top three priorities as announced by Dare County and will begin a set schedule tomorrow according to the following information provided […]
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As dawn was breaking this Sunday morning, the high tide, driven by Hurricane Sandy’s huge waves, was flattening dunes and sending sand and water on Highway 12 on both Hatteras and Ocracoke. And, then the assault began on the backside of the islands. By daylight, Hatteras and Ocracoke villages were underwater, soon to be followed […]
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As dawn was breaking this Sunday morning, the high tide, driven by Hurricane Sandy’s huge waves, was flattening dunes and sending sand and water on Highway 12 on both Hatteras and Ocracoke. And, then the assault began on the backside of the islands. By daylight, Hatteras and Ocracoke villages were underwater, soon to be followed […]
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Islanders didn’t prepare for Hurricane Sandy like other hurricanes that have threatened our community in the past. The forecast was bad enough to be taken seriously, but without evacuation orders issued by Dare County, people didn’t seem intimidated by this thing called Sandy. Some businesses and homeowners put up their hurricane shutters, but most did […]
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Before there were paved roads, before there were bridges, even before there was electricity on Hatteras there was charter fishing. And men named Vernon Willis, Nelson Stowe, Luther Burrus and Ernal Foster took anglers to the Gulf Stream without benefit of radio, Loran, or sonar. These men were the pioneers and the business they began […]
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I’ve been scrolling through the Rolodex in my brain of all of the buyers with whom I have worked. With real estate being in a category that I would label as “a major expense,” there are very few impulsive buyers. How exciting it is for an agent to luck into someone who had enough ready […]
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On Tuesday, Oct. 10, the North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries issued a proclamation re-opening the Pamlico Sound large-mesh gill net fishery, which had been closed on Sept. 26 because of four observed interactions between federally protected sea turtles and fishing nets. According to a statement released by the North Carolina Department of Environmental and […]
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On Oct. 1, the Department of Insurance received a rate filing to increase insurance premiums from the North Carolina Rate Bureau. The Bureau, which represents property insurance companies doing businesses in North Carolina, filed the rate increase for homeowners’, tenant and condominium insurance. The average increase statewide is 17.7 percent, but for the beach and […]
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