On New Year’s Eve, the Conner family capped off their year-long 50th anniversary celebration of their supermarket by hosting a block party in the store parking lot and drawing from 250 names to see which lucky customer would start the new decade one car richer. Several hundred people showed up to eat John Conner’s famous […]
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Remembering Carey: A Scholarship Fund Honors a Beloved Friend and Health Care Provider
By SANDRA CRABTREE This last week of August marks a reflective one-year anniversary for Hatteras Island. On August 30, 2007, Carey Marie LeSieur passed away peacefully, leaving behind her loving husband, Robin, her parents Claude and Marie, her sister Jennifer, and her niece Madison. She also left behind and an infinite number of friends. Carey […]
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A Fishing Trip to Remember
By JIM BREWER A stormy night and a dash over the Bonner Bridge – before it was finished (Editor’s note: Ann Brewer Ianuario has been recording the memories of her parents for some time. This story involves a rather unusual and exciting trip that her father made to Hatteras Island in 1962 when the […]
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