The North Carolina Department of Transportation’s Ferry Division has cancelled several ferry runs at the Swan Quarter-Ocracoke and Cedar Island-Ocracoke routes on Tuesday, July 27, for necessary repairs to the Motor Vessel Cedar Island. The Ferry Division selected that date because it had the least number of reservations and would inconvenience fewer passengers. The […]
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Historic shipwreck moves to Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum in Hatteras village…..WITH SLIDE SHOW
(Editor’s note: The shipwreck that was featured in this story can be seen at the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum in Hatteras village — on a concrete slab on the side of the building. The wreck, still believed to perhaps be the oldest found in North Carolina, is sheltered, but Joseph Schwarzer, the museum’s executive […]
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Coast Guard and good Samaritans rescue three fishermen from sinking boat off Ocracoke
Coast Guard crews and good Samaritans rescued three fishermen after their fishing vessel began taking on water and sank Monday, July 19, in the Pamlico Sound northeast of the Brant Island Shoal. Crew from the good Samaritan fishing vessel, Miss Kelly, relayed a mayday call to Sector North Carolina watch-standers at 6:10 a.m. on Monday […]
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Historic shipwreck in Corolla will travel down the highway to Hatteras Museum on July 1
After lying hidden under sand and water for centuries, a recently discovered and very historically important North Carolina shipwreck will soon be on the move again, heading south via Highway 12 from Corolla to the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum in Hatteras. The museum announced that plans have been set to move the 12-ton wooden […]
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Several ferry runs to Ocracoke are cancelled Monday and Tuesday, July 19-20
The North Carolina Department of Transportation’s Ferry Division announces that several runs at the Swan Quarter-Ocracoke and Cedar Island-Ocracoke routes will be cancelled Monday, July 19, and Tuesday, July 20, for necessary repairs to the Motor Vessel Pamlico. The ferry will be moved to the N.C. State Shipyard in Manns Harbor. Once it is […]
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Ocracoke Real Estate: Owning your own business
By B.J. OELSCHLEGE By B.J. OELSCHLEGE This commentary is a partial reprint of an article I wrote several years ago. At the time, the column was a response to what I felt was a neighbor’s lack of understanding of the complexities of starting a business. With the flood of tourists each summer, it looks easy […]
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Jones introduces bill to end ‘appalling’ misuse of NOAA fisheries law enforcement fund
On Thursday, July 1, the U.S. Department of Commerce inspector general released what Congressman Walter B. Jones, R-N.C., called an “appalling” audit of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Office of Fisheries Law Enforcement’s (OLE) Asset Forfeiture Fund (AFF). The audit is a follow-up to both the inspector general’s scathing January report that found “systemic […]
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Third annual Carey Fest will be July15 in Rodanthe …WITH SLIDE SHOW
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The weather was hot and sticky – really hot and sticky for Hatteras. The sun beat down unmercifully for most of the day on Friday, June 25, for the third annual Stand in the Sand, the Outer Banks Preservation Association’s annual fundraiser, at the Fessenden Center in Buxton. By mid-afternoon, thunder rumbled across Pamlico Sound, […]
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No fireworks this year, but there will be other July 4 celebrations on the islands
New regulations coupled with lack of funding and a host of other factors have led to the cancellation of all three of the July 4 fireworks displays on Hatteras and Ocracoke islands. However, there will be celebrations on both islands, including a military band concert in Rodanthe and Hatteras village and the annual Old-Time Parade […]
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