For the second year in a row, the on-time graduation rate for Dare County Schools is the best among the state’s 115 school districts. At a rate of 90.5 percent, Dare was the only North Carolina school district to break the 90 percent threshold, also for the second consecutive year. Rounding out the top five […]
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There are hard questions no one wants to ask when you are diagnosed with breast cancer – questions that have more to do with the curiosity factor. In my experience, one of those questions would be “Does every woman who is diagnosed with breast cancer lose her breasts?” And then “What does a chest without […]
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Some of my earliest and most treasured memories are of visits to Hatteras Island. My first vacation on the island was when I was 2 years old, back in 1977. I’m 35 now, and Cape Hatteras is still my favorite place on earth, and I vacation and fish on the island once or twice a year. This […]
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The Run for Hatteras Challenge is now underway. Hatteras Island resident Bob Spangler has challenged himself to run 50 miles on Friday, Nov. 26. The run will begin at the south end of the Bonner Bridge over Oregon Inlet and end at the Hatteras Ferry Docks. Spangler’s goal in attempting this grueling effort is twofold. […]
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Good Samaritans rescued three crew members from a burning shrimping vessel near the Bluff Shoal in the Pamlico Sound on Friday, Aug. 6. Crew members from the fishing vessel Lady Susie II safely removed all three crew members from the 75-foot vessel, First Chance, after Coast Guard watchstanders received calls at approximately 3:45 p.m. from the […]
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Summertime drivers in Hatteras and Ocracoke villages have long struggled with navigating the narrow, congested streets that, during vacation season, are filled with cars, off-road vehicles, delivery trucks and RVs, and are flanked on all sides by scooters, pedestrians, runners, and cyclists. Particularly on Ocracoke, where the village streets are especially narrow, parking is at […]
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Several local commercial fishermen began distributing 3,000 bushels of oyster shells in Pamlico Sound behind Ocracoke on Tuesday, Aug. 3, to build habitat and supplement their income. The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries will pay the fishermen $2 a bushel to distribute the shells as part of the N.C. Coastal Federation’s $5 million federal economic […]
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By B.J. OELSCHLEGE By B.J. OELSCHLEGE I don’t want to jump the gun, but I see a pattern in our real estate market. As though someone flipped a switch, the activity in buyer traffic has begun to boil. New folks are walking through the door and clients, who have made previous inquiries, are returning with […]
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The Cape Hatteras National Seashore is bringing back its sea turtle Nest Watch volunteer program for the 2010 summer and fall season. Under the direction of Park Service’s resource management staff, the goal of the Volunteer Park (VIP) Program is to ensure the success of sea turtle hatchlings as they emerge from their nests and […]
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Capt. Donald Austin, a long-time N.C. Department of Transportation Ferry Division employee in Ocracoke, has been awarded the Order of the Long Leaf Pine from Gov. Bev Perdue. This special certificate was presented to him Thursday, July 29, in between ferry runs in Ocracoke by Assistant Director of Operations Harold Thomas. Austin was instrumental in […]
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