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The Outer Banks SPCA invites the OBX community to honor their pets and support the SPCA with a Commemorative Pet Tile. “Imprinted with a beloved pet’s color photo and name, commemorative tiles are permanently installed on the interior walls of our Dare County Animal Shelter, and serve as an everlasting tribute to the love and [...] Community News Brief |  Full Article

The Island Free Press (IFP) is pleased to announce that the Irene Nolan Memorial Scholarship Fund, started through the Outer Banks Community Foundation, was a huge success in its inaugural year. The scholarship fund is close to its first goal of $25,000, but it needs the community’s help to reach this milestone before the year’s end, [...] Community News Brief |  Full Article

The Hatteras Island Cancer Foundation (HICF) recently announced the details of their upcoming New Year’s Eve dance – an annual tradition that raises funds for a great local cause while providing a decadently fun way to ring in the new year. Held at the Hatteras Village Civic Center from 8:00 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., this [...] Community News Brief |  Full Article

The N.C. Coastal Reserve and National Estuarine Research Reserve will hold Fall local advisory committee meetings Dec. 5 through 14 for their ten reserve sites. All meetings are open to the public. Emily and Richardson Preyer Buckridge Reserve Dec. 5 at 10:30 a.m. Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge Office 205 S. Ludington Drive Columbia, NC [...] Community News Brief |  Full Article

Meet the Outer Banks SPCA pet of the week, Pawlee, courtesy of their latest video produced by Dare County’s CURRENT TV. For more information on Pawlee, and the many other Outer Banks pets currently up for adoption, visit the Outer Banks SPCA website at https://www.obxspca.org/, or their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/obxspca/

Written and Submitted by Stephanie Baker, Associate Director, Outer Banks Hotline For the past two years, Outer Banks Hotline, Inc., Dare County’s local domestic abuse, sexual assault and human trafficking crisis intervention and prevention center, in partnership with the Dare County Sheriff’s Office have worked to provide community outreach, awareness and prosecution of human trafficking. [...] Community News Brief |  Full Article

Keeper James Charlet will be autographing and personalizing copies of his best-selling book, Shipwrecks of the Outer Banks: Dramatic Rescues and Fantastic Wrecks in the Graveyard of the Atlantic, Globe Pequot Press. Keeper James says, “My publishers choose this title. In spite of the ‘headline-Shipwrecks-print,’ the stories are much more about the dramatic rescues by [...] Community News Brief |  Full Article

Meet the Outer Banks SPCA pets of the week, courtesy of their latest video produced by Dare County’s CURRENT TV. For more information on the pets, and the many other Outer Banks pets currently up for adoption, visit the Outer Banks SPCA website at https://www.obxspca.org/, or their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/obxspca/

Cape Hatteras Secondary School’s (CHSS) DECA is currently accepting donations for a recently launched program, “Project Military Morale Packs.” Through the program, the students hope to bring a ray of light to a soldier’s day through a care package from home. Filled with snacks, personal hygiene products, and even handwritten cards, DECA’s goal is to [...] Community News Brief |  Full Article