In the days before a surprise celebration for 50-year Buxton Volunteer Fire Department (VFD) member Bryan Perry, Deputy Chief Jeffrey DelMonte asked the 21-member crew for one word that described the honoree. “I won’t read them all, but I’ll hit on some of the highlights,” said DelMonte at the Tuesday night event. “Sharp. Expert. Hard-nosed. [...] Island Features |  Full Article

Celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2024, the annual Day at the Docks Festival will be held on Friday and Saturday, September 13-14. Initially launched as a one-day event in 2004, Day at the Docks (DATD) was created as a community-wide effort to recover after 2003’s Hurricane Isabel, which cut a new inlet south of the [...] Island Features |  Full Article

One of the most popular events at the annual Day at the Docks Festival – the Hatteras Island Cancer Foundation’s (HICF) Chowder Cook-off – is returning once again for this year’s celebration on Saturday, September 14, from 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. During this highly competitive contest, where bragging rights will last all year, various [...] Island Features |  Full Article

The Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station (CLSS) is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year, as one of the seven original Life-Saving Stations to be built in North Carolina in 1874. As such, the Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station and Historic Site in Rodanthe will be sharing stories about the seven 1874 Outer Banks stations in the weeks ahead, leading [...] Island Features |  Full Article

By Mary Ellen Riddle, from the Outer Banks Voice Rising from the destruction created by Hurricane Isabel in September 2003, Day at the Docks in Hatteras Village is celebrating its 20th anniversary on Sept. 13-14.  The event, which began in September 2004, was created to honor the watermen who helped the community survive during and after [...] Island Features |  Full Article

For more information on the background of the Oregon Inlet Life-Saving Station, click here The dream of rescuing the historic 1898 Oregon Inlet Life-Saving/Coast Guard can become a reality. As with so many things, ideas and visions morph and evolve. My first thoughts were of only using the building as a Visitor Center. My first [...] Island Features |  Full Article

Photos by Don Bowers The first-ever Labor Day Lighthouse 5K on Monday, September 2, drew a crowd of approximately 125 participants who were treated to sunny weather and amazing views of the scaffolded Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, which is in the middle of an extensive restoration project. The new-in-2023 Barrier Island Group (B.I.G.), in cooperation with the National [...] Island Features |  Full Article

The Rest of the Veil! Last month I posted this image of NGC 7974, the Western Veil Nebula. Almost immediately after posting this image, I got asked if there was an Eastern Veil. Of course, there is an Eastern Veil (NGC 6992), and here’s an image: And there’s also a central veil, which is called [...] Island Features |  Full Article

It’s not too late to sign up for the first-ever Surf or Sound Lighthouse 5K. This brand new race takes place in the shadow of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse on Labor Day, September 2, and the inaugural event will give participants an up-close look at the ongoing restoration project while supporting a range of Hatteras Island charities. [...] Island Features |  Full Article