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WEBSeptember 4, 2024 | Obituaries. SOUTHERN SHORES — William O’Brien was born June 25, 1934, in Roanoke, VA, and passed away on July 5, 2024, at his home in Southern Shores, NC, at the age of 90. He worked and visited 87 countries, was married for 63 years, and had ten holes-in-one. It was a very good life!
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WEBSeptember 13, 2024 | Local News. N.C. Department of Transportation crews will reinstall off-season speed limit signs along sections of N.C. 12 in several parts of Currituck and Dare counties on Sept. 16, weather permitting. On Monday, speed limits in areas through the tri-villages of Rodanthe, Waves and Salvo, as well as in Corolla and Frisco ...
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WEBSep 11, 2024 · August 27, 2024 | Island Features. The Ocracoke Health Center will host its third annual Seafood Festival Benefit on Saturday, August 31, with live music, a silent and live auction, family-friendly games, and plenty of local seafood. The event takes place at the Berkley Barn at 58 Water Plant Road in Ocracoke Village.
Updates on the at-risk oceanfront homes in Rodanthe are the …
WEBAug 26, 2022 · National Parks of Eastern N.C. Superintendent David Hallac provided updates on the problematic and endangered oceanfront homes in Rodanthe at a well-attended public meeting at the Rodanthe-Waves-Salvo Community Building on Wednesday night, August 24. In the past two years, four homes along a severely eroded stretch of shoreline in Rodanthe have collapsed into the ocean, [...] Local News | Full ...
Jug Handle Bridge opens to the public | Island Free Press
WEBJul 28, 2022 · Photo by Kerry Hooper Jr. The Jug Handle Bridge officially opened to traffic on Thursday, July 28, after several delays that prolonged its expected completion in the spring of 2022. The first southbound vehicles began moving across the structure at 11:40 a.m. on Thursday, and northbound lanes were opened at 12:20 p.m.
20th Annual Day at the Docks returns September 13-14
WEBSep 11, 2024 · Celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2024, the annual Day at the Docks Festival will be held on Friday and Saturday, September 13-14. Day at the Docks 2022. photo by Don Bowers. 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 ...
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WEB3 days ago · September 16, 2024 | Obituaries. October 4, 1933 – August 31, 2024 KITTY HAWK — Remo Moscatelli, age 90, of Kitty Hawk, NC, passed away peacefully on August 31, 2024. Born on October 4, 1933, in Nanticoke, PA, he lived a life dedicated to his faith, family, and community. Remo served his country …
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WEBThe Island Free Press is the first and only online newspaper serving both Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands’ locals and visitors. The newspaper made its debut on Sept. 5, 2007, and has grown since then in coverage, content, and popularity with readers on and off the islands. The mission of the Island Free Press is to cover the people, issues, and ...
Soundside flooding reported in multiple areas of Hatteras Island …
WEBDec 23, 2022 · Canadian Hole at approximately 1:30 p.m. on Friday afternoon. Video by Mandy Haage Fuller 4:00 p.m. update: Additional soundside flooding has been reported in Buxton, Frisco, and Hatteras village. N.C. Highway 12 in Avon is now flooded throughout the village. Soundside flooding was also reported between Avon and Buxton, as well as between Avon and [...] Local News | Full Article
Researchers begin study to evaluate how erosion may impact ...
WEBAug 21, 2024 · Transportation strategies that have been used for decades to maintain N.C. Highway 12 and the South Dock Ferry Terminal can impact Seashore lands and may have inadvertently contributed to the low elevations and narrow island widths that currently make transportation susceptible to disruption from multiple sources including ocean overwash, soundside flooding and heavy precipitation events.