The National Park Service has announced the temporary closure of off-road vehicle Ramp 23, which is located approximately 0.3 of a mile south of Salvo on Hatteras Island. The ramp is temporarily closed for shorebird breeding activity, as prescribed under the terms of the court ordered consent decree. The ramp is closed to both pedestrian […]
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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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Beginning May 1, all Cape Hatteras National Seashore beaches are closed to off-road vehicles (ORVs) between the hours of 10 p.m. and 6 a.m., in accordance with the court ordered consent decree. Enforcement of the restriction will begin at midnight on Friday, April 30. The 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. prohibition on beach driving […]
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Beginning May 1, the National Park Service Outer Banks Group will be providing scheduled public programs for the spring at Wright Brothers National Memorial, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, and Cape Hatteras National Seashore. These spring program schedules will run through May 27. Learn about the Wright brothers, their flight experimentation and success at the […]
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By ANNE BOWERS By ANNE BOWERS The now abandoned island of Portsmouth, which is accessible only by a 20-minute boat ride from Ocracoke or by air, celebrates its history once every two years by hosting a gathering of its surviving former residents and their descendants. About 500 people traveled from as far away as California, […]
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Two suspects have been apprehended in an investigation by National Park Service rangers into the fifth deliberate vandalism act of the 2010 season to resource protection areas within Cape Hatteras National Seashore. They are Daniel Hunt, 28, from Maryland and a local resident Brian Tillett, 34, of Rodanthe. The two men have been charged with […]
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By ROB TEMPLE By ROB TEMPLE Leave her, Johnny, leave her Oh leave her, Johnny, leave her! The voyage is done and the winds don’t blow And it’s time for us to leave her! —-An old sea chantey traditionally sung at the completion of a voyage. When I sailed the Windfall from her homeport of […]
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By SUNDAE HORN By SUNDAE HORN If you’ve been in the neighborhood of Books to Be Red on Ocracoke Island lately, you may have seen some local folks cavorting about on the Live Oak stage, exclaiming in iambic pentameter such lines as “The course of true love never did run smooth” or “What angel wakes […]
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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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