The Avon Fishing Pier is opening for its 56th season on Good Friday, April 19, and longtime visitors can expect some familiar faces and events, as well as some new additions for 2019. In 2018, the Avon Pier had a delayed reopening due to damage from a month of nor’easters that battered the island in […]
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During the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for the new bridge on April 2, crews were already hard at work removing the spans of the old Bonner Bridge in a demolition project that is currently scheduled to be completed by late 2019 / early 2020. The discarded bridge material is being removed by cranes, and is being […]
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For the first time in more than 25 years, the Froggy Dog restaurant is opening its doors for the 2019 season with new owners. But longtime fans of the Avon eatery, which first launched as a hot dog stand a few decades ago, will find that the Outer Banks landmark is in very capable hands. […]
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Back in 2016, when the National Park Service was celebrating its 100-year anniversary, our own local Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS) was orchestrating several initiatives to mark the Centennial Celebration, which included taking the initial steps to designate CHNS as an official “International Dark Sky Park,” or IDSP. This designation is made by the International […]
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January 21, 1965 – April 3, 2019 BUXTON — Monica F. Collinsworth Scarborough, 54, of Buxton, NC died Wednesday, April 3, 2019, at her home. Born in Greenville, SC on January 21, 1965, she was the daughter of Thelma Southerland and Theron Collinsworth of Bratt, FL. A reservationist for Midgett Realty, Monica loved her work, […]
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Dare County Offices will be closed on Friday, April 19 in observance of Good Friday. The Dare County C&D Landfill, the Manteo and Buxton Transfer Stations, the Manteo Recycle Yard and the Rodanthe Recycle Center will also be closed Friday, April 19. Trash collection for the week of April 15 through April 19 will be […]
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RODANTHE — Gary A. Langner, 73, of Rodanthe, died April 3, 2019. Gary was born May 23, 1945 in Bremerton, WA. He was the son of the late Harold Langner and Norma Langner. Gary earned his undergraduate degree from Kansas State University and his Master’s in education from the University of Missouri, Kansas City. He […]
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The Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS) announced several recent updates and news items related to recreational activities and seashore conditions on Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands. News items and events related to the National Seashore for the week of April 4 include the following: Seashore Updates On Tuesday morning, the Federal Highway Administration began a one […]
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Pablo Hernandez may finally have a chance to sit back and realize how much he has accomplished. He’s the North Carolina Department of Transportation resident engineer for the Manteo office, which means he wears a lot of hats, but mostly it means he was the eyes, ears and supervisor for the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge […]
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Project seen as part of effort to create more long-term housing Following up on their February approval of a planned cluster home development in Avon, the Dare County Commissioners continued their efforts to use recent zoning changes to encourage new year-round housing with an April 1 approval of a site plan and conditional use permit […]
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