Heidi von Schmertzing Blackwood

March 19, 1963 – October 25, 2024 Heidi von Schmertzing Blackwood, 61, passed on Friday, October 25, 2024 while surrounded by her husband, her son and some of her closest family and friends. Heidi was born in Bethesda, Maryland on March 19, 1963.  Heidi graduated from Leon High School in Tallahassee, FL in 1981.  She […]

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Meet the Outer Banks SPCA Pet of the Week, Kimber

Meet the Outer Banks SPCA pet of the week, courtesy of their latest video produced by Dare County’s CURRENT TV. For more information on this pet, 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/  

Island History: A spotlight on stories from the Outer Banks’ Life-Saving Service

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 until the end of 2024, to celebrate and mark this […]

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Cape Hatteras Secondary School invites community to annual Veterans Celebration

 Cape Hatteras Secondary School invites the community to its Annual Veterans Celebration on Friday, November 8, 2024.  All local veterans, active-duty service members, and their families are welcome to join this special day of gratitude and remembrance. The event starts at 9:00 a.m. with a complimentary breakfast in the CHSS cafeteria, prepared by the Foods […]

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Is the Hatteras Island community pool project back on the public’s radar?

Some ideas to improve Hatteras Island tend to occasionally float to the surface over the years as attention ebbs and flows. The building of a new movie theater (or even a bowling alley), a new apartment housing complex, or a new hotel have all popped up sporadically into local conversations before disappearing due to languishing […]

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Coastal Humane Society will host vaccination clinic in Avon on October 30

The Coastal Humane Society will hold a fall Pet Vaccination Clinic on Wednesday, October 30, from 3-5 p.m. at the Avon Fire Station on Harbor Road.  The Clinic Veterinarian is Dr. Mary Burkart from Roanoke Island Animal Hospital. The vaccination prices for dogs and cats are listed below. Vaccines are priced individually so families can choose […]

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