The North Carolina Beach Buggy Association made a number of donations to local Outer Banks charity organizations at the end of 2018, just in time for the holidays. The wave of donations included a $500 donation to Surfing for Autism, a $750 donation to Room in the Inn, and a $750 donation to the Beach […]
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Happy New Year! I hope that everyone had a great Christmas holiday and Santa brought some warm winter clothes – or maybe a new pair of binoculars! Here in North Carolina, far from the North Pole, we live at just the right latitude to enjoy a great host of wintering birds, including waterfowl, water-birds, raptors […]
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NOAA released the 11th Fisheries Economics of the United States report which provides the most up-to-date economic statistics on commercial and recreational fisheries as well as seafood-related businesses for each coastal state and the nation. “In 2016, commercial and recreational saltwater fishing in the United States generated more than $212 billion in sales and contributed […]
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CHSS Students Remember Troops over the Holiday For Cape Hatteras Secondary School (CHSS) students Henry Macchio, Morgan Fairbanks, and John Contestable, Christmas is about more than just receiving gifts – it’s about helping other people. Two years ago, they created a student-led service project devoted to supporting U.S. troops deployed overseas during the […]
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The new Bonner Bridge remains on track to open in February or March of 2019, as crews work on finishing touches to allow vehicles on the structure, such as paving the on-ramps that connect the bridge to N.C. Highway 12. Though there remains a possibility that the bridge will open in one-lane stages, (with one […]
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Fresh-cut Christmas trees once decorated for the holidays are being returned to nature, now that the season is coming to a close. Several towns and organizations are collecting the trees that will be used for dune stabilization and restoration or the trees are being turned into mulch. On the Outer Banks, Better Beaches OBX has […]
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A new river-class vehicle ferry that was originally contracted by the N.C. Department of Transportation’s (NCDOT) Ferry Division in 2017 is nearing completion and is expected to be in the water by the spring of 2019, per a recent announcement by the NCDOT. The M/V Rodanthe, which is being built at the Bollinger Shipyard in […]
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At the December 3, 2018 Hyde County Board of Commissioners Meeting, the two newly elected County Commissioners were sworn in and attended their first meeting. M. Shannon Swindell, Currituck Township, and James Topping, Swan Quarter Township, took the seats previously held by Barry Swindell and Dick Tunnell who both stepped down after multiple terms. Barry […]
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The Dare County C&D Landfill, the Manteo and Buxton Transfer Stations, the Manteo Recycle Yard and the Rodanthe Recycle Center will be closed on Monday, January 21, 2019 in observance of Martin Luther King Holiday. The trash collection for the week of January 21st through January 25th will be as follows: Monday January 21st- CLOSED, […]
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An approximate 3,500 foot section of N.C. Highway 12 just north of Rodanthe and the S-Curves is being shifted roughly 20 to 30 feet to the east to make way for upcoming construction on the new Jug Handle Bridge. The temporary traffic shift is similar to the temporary highway relocation conducted while the Bonner Bridge […]
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