The North Carolina Department of Transportation’s Ferry Division has announced the addition of two extra runs at its Swan Quarter-Ocracoke and Cedar Island-Ocracoke routes beginning May 25, 2010. “This is an exciting announcement,” said interim director Charlie Fearing. “We are pleased to offer people a more flexible ferry schedule to better meet their travelling needs.” […]
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The Cape Hatteras Electric Cooperative is planning power outages next week in Avon, and Rodanthe, Waves, and Salvo for maintenance and upgrades for the Avon Substation. The work will require these temporary interruptions on electric service: Avon. Monday morning, April 26, from 12:05 a.m. until 2:30 a.m. and Friday morning, April 30, from 12:05 a.m. […]
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With winter fading into spring and sunny days finally displacing the rain, a jump in the ocean will soon be on most everyone’s mind. But the simple truth is we shouldn’t have had to wait this long for that swim. Why is that, you might ask? Well, my answer to that is that when my brother […]
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There was a lot of swell on the ocean this winter – more so than in the past few years. But a lot of times there was too much swell to surf with the northeasters that came through on an almost weekly basis in January and into February. However, that wasn’t the news headline […]
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A large crowd turned out on Saturday, April 17, to dedicate the Dare County Parks and Recreation Department’s ball field in Buxton to a Hatteras islander who played baseball in the major leagues. Dare County and Hatteras Island Babe Ruth Baseball hosted the dedication, which coincided with the opening day ceremonies for the Babe Ruth […]
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The National Park Service has turned down a request by three North Carolina members of Congress to extend the public comment on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement on its off-road vehicle management plan. U.S. Congressman Walter B. Jones, R-N.C., and Sens. Richard Burr, R-N.C., and Kay Hagan, D-N.C., asked National Park Service Director Jon Jarvis […]
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No one lives on Portsmouth Island anymore, but it’s still home in the hearts of former residents and their descendants, and the island has claimed the hearts of many visitors, who once they go there, can’t help but go back again and again. That’s what happened to me. My first trip to Portsmouth nearly 30 […]
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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. In past year, there have been fireworks shows in Ocracoke, Hatteras village, and Avon. “As far as I know we are not having […]
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The Cape Hatteras Lighthouse will open to the public for climbing on Friday, April 16, and remain open through Columbus Day, Oct. Climbing fees for the Lighthouse will be $7 per adult, and $3.50 for children under 12 and senior citizens. The opening day of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse will continue to be a “fee-free” […]
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By B.J. OELSCHLEGE By B.J. OELSCHLEGE The five stages of loss are denial, then bargaining, sadness and regret, resentment and frustration, and, finally, acceptance and resignation. I can hear you wondering why I would be bringing up the stages of loss when I customarily write about real estate. The answer is that I am coming […]
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