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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Coastal Production Company will celebrate 10 years of production of “My Heart Will Always Be in Carolina” with the release of a new series of programs on UNC-TV beginning this month. “All of the new programs for this year are good, but I believe several of them may be some of the best we have […]
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By B.J. OELSCHLEGEL By B.J. OELSCHLEGEL I have been involved with only one fire in my life and it was chaotic. I was sitting quietly in a Quaker meeting when someone whispered that there was a fire in my subdivision. I raced out to The Jackson Tract. As I rounded the corner, it was obvious […]
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By JAMES LEA By JAMES LEA Federal district court Judge Terrence Boyle convened a status conference on Friday, March 19, on the consent decree that settled a lawsuit against the National Park Service over its lack of an off-road vehicle management plan at the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. The suit was filed in October, 2007, […]
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The vintage-style “Blue Room” wallpaper began going up this week in the Hatteras Island beach house made famous by the romance movie “Nights in Rodanthe.” Serendipity was saved from probable demise at the edge of the Atlantic Ocean by its new owners Ben and Debbie Huss of Newton, N.C. The couple is in Rodanthe this […]
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“A way of life on the North Carolina coast is disappearing. Most of the old stilt houses are gone. Giant mansions take their place. Local places to eat with seafood you knew had just been caught have been replaced by chain restaurants selling shrimp and fish from God-only-knows where. A leisurely drive along Hwy 12 […]
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