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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The Dare County Sanitation Department will be conducting a large household pickup for residential customer only. NO COMMERCIAL BUSINESS DEBRIS WILL BE PICKED UP. April 8, 2019 Monday Buxton, Frisco, Hatteras April 9, 2019 Tuesday Avon April 10, 2019 Wednesday Rodanthe, Waves, Salvo PLEASE DO NOT INTERFERE WITH COUNTY EMPLOYEES PICKING UP LARGE ITEMS. If […]
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The North Carolina Coastal Federation is looking for volunteers for the 2019 Coastwide Cleanup Kickoff set for Jan. 12 in Rodanthe, Atlantic Beach and Morris Landing Clean Water Preserve. The cleanup will run from 9 a.m. to noon in Rodanthe and is in partnership with Dare County to clean up estuarine shorelines of marine debris. […]
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With an approximate total of 90.05 inches of rain, 2018 was one of the wettest years on record in the past three decades, per the National Weather Service (NWS) Newport / Morehead City office. The 90.05 inches of rain was tallied from data collected at Cape Hatteras, and is the second highest recording in the […]
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Your assistance is requested. Please contact Dare Central and ask to speak to a Dare County Sheriff’s Office. 252 473 3444. Thank you! Here is a quick video and some picks of suspects in two car B&Es that occurred in Rodanthe on 12/29. Nothing was stolen. They happened around 2300 on Surf Side Drive and […]
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Several first-timers were among about 45 kids and adults of all ages Tuesday afternoon for Ocracoke’s version of the Polar Plunge at the airport beach off Ramp 70. As kids ran around the beach in their bathing suits and swimmers gathered for a group photo, air temperatures in the upper 60s and an ocean temperature […]
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The large, bright nebula in the lower two-thirds of this image is M42, the Orion Nebula. It’s big, about 24 light years across, and bright! With a magnitude of +4, you can spot M42 with your naked eye! M42 is only 1,400 lights years away from us. It’s an area of intense star formation – […]
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I don’t know about you, but I like to make New Years’ Resolutions that are ridiculously easy to achieve. In previous years, this included resolutions like “Eat more chocolate” or “Vacuum the living room.” By going this route, I can just get my resolution out of the way within hours, while enjoying a vague feeling […]
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The Coast Guard saved three mariners aboard a disabled sailing vessel more than 50 miles east southeast of Cape Lookout, Saturday evening. At 9:45 a.m., watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector North Carolina received notification of the 36-foot disabled sailing vessel Cloud from Sea Tow. All persons aboard the sailing vessel had donned their life jackets […]
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