By Mary Ellen Riddle for OuterBanksVoice.com Three Cape Hatteras Secondary School students in the DECA club were state finalists at a March competition in Greensboro, vying against more than 5,000 students. As a result, they are headed to Anaheim, California this month to compete in the DECA International Career Development Conference Competitive Events program. Emma Riggs, Ann [...]
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September 17, 1939 – April 18, 2024 BUXTON — Jeanette Gray Finnegan Torok, 84, known as Jaye, died on Thursday, April 18, 2024, in her home in Buxton, N.C. A native of Buxton, she was the daughter of Jeanette (Janet) Finnegan and William Finnegan. Jaye attended East Carolina University, and upon graduating, she received a [...] Obituaries | Full ArticleNorth Carolina Coastal Federation launches new webpage on Buxton B ...
April 27, 2024 | Local News | By: Joy Crist
The North Carolina Coastal Federation (NCCF) recently launched a new webpage on Buxton Beach with background information, resources, and details on how the NCCF has become involved in calling for action to fix the contaminated Buxton shoreline. A three-tenths-of-a-mile section of the Buxton oceanfront has been closed since September 1, 2023, after two offshore hurricanes [...] Local News | Full ArticleThe Cape Point Campground in Buxton opened for the 2024 season on Saturday, April 27, per a recent announcement from the Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS). The CHNS’ other seasonal campground – the Frisco Campground – opened on March 30, however, the Cape Point Campground’s opening was delayed due to excessive rainfall-related flooding in the [...] Seashore News | Full ArticleThe N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission is seeking public comments on its Sea Turtle Conservation Plan through May 24. The plan will guide the agency’s efforts to maintain and increase populations of five species of sea turtles that nest on North Carolina beaches, primarily from May to August, and are declining in the state. All five species are [...] Local News | Full ArticleCape Hatteras National Seashore reports more than 331,000 visitors ...
April 26, 2024 | Seashore News
With 311,384 visitors recorded in the first three months of 2024, the Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS) is on track to have another busy year. Per statistics from the Outer Banks Visitors Bureau, CHNS recorded 154,935 visitors in March, 79,256 visitors in February, and 77,193 visitors in January. In recent history, this is a higher [...] Seashore News | Full ArticleFrom CoastalReview.org Coastal recreational and commercial fishermen will have to report certain fish harvests under a new North Carolina law that takes effect later this year. Preliminary details are scant as to how the two state agencies tasked with overseeing the reporting requirements will implement the program, one that is slated to be discussed during [...] Fishing | Full ArticleFrom OuterBanksVoice.com The Dare County Schools announced on April 25 that it will host a series of faculty and community meetings at each of the county’s middle and high schools. The meetings are designed to offer accurate information and address any questions regarding our secondary education program as it pertains to the possibility of [...] Local News | Full ArticlePaddle Palooza will be held in June to benefit the Hatteras Island ...
April 25, 2024 | Community News Brief
The Hatteras Island Cancer Foundation (HICF) is sponsoring the Paddle Palooza in Honor of Andy McKinney on Sunday, June 23, and everyone is welcome to join in the fun of a lightly competitive 5K race on the open waters of the Pamlico Sound. Sponsors for the popular annual event are currently being accepted, and businesses [...] Community News Brief | Full ArticlePortsmouth Island Homecoming returns for 2024 on April 27
April 25, 2024 | Island Features | By: Joy Crist
Every two years, deserted Portsmouth Island comes alive with hundreds of descendants, friends, and visitors during a springtime event that honors the once-thriving village’s roots, and rekindles the island’s inherent sense of community. The event that brings everyone together is the Portsmouth Island Homecoming, and the more than 30-year tradition is once again returning for [...] Island Features | Full ArticleWeekly Hatteras Village Community Fish Fry returns for 2024 on May ...
April 25, 2024 | Island Features | By: Joy Crist
Organizers are gearing up for the 2024 season of the Hatteras Community Fish Fry, a weekly Hatteras village event that has been a tradition for roughly 80 years. Once again, the Hatteras Volunteer Fire Department will be the seasonal home of the fish fry from May 25 until August 31. Profits from the Fish [...] Island Features | Full ArticleIsland History: A spotlight on stories from the Outer Banks’ Lif ...
April 25, 2024 | Island Features | By: Jen Carlson
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 in the months ahead, leading [...] Island Features | Full Article-
U.S. Coast Guard Station Oregon Inlet responds to two incidents on ...
April 29, 2024 | Local News | By: Joy Crist
On Sunday morning, April 28, members of the U.S. Coast Guard Station Oregon Inlet conducted a medevac of a person with a concerning head injury that was sustained while fishing approximately offshore 33 miles. After Coast Guard Cutter Bear arrived on scene to conduct first aid, the person was transferred to the station’s lifeboat where [...] Local News | Full ArticleNorth Carolina Department of Environmental Quality demands action ...
April 28, 2024 | Local News | By: Joy Crist
On April 17, 2024, the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) sent letters to the U.S. Coast Guard, the Navy, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) demanding immediate action to remediate the environmental and public safety issues that have plagued a 500-yard section of Buxton Beach since September 2023. The NCDEQ is [...] Local News | Full Article
U.S. Coast Guard Station Oregon Inlet responds to two incidents on ...
April 29, 2024 | Local News | By: Joy Crist
On Sunday morning, April 28, members of the U.S. Coast Guard Station Oregon Inlet conducted a medevac of a person with a concerning head injury that was sustained while fishing approximately offshore 33 miles. After Coast Guard Cutter Bear arrived on scene to conduct first aid, the person was transferred to the station’s lifeboat where [...] Local News | Full ArticleNorth Carolina Department of Environmental Quality demands action ...
April 28, 2024 | Local News | By: Joy Crist
On April 17, 2024, the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) sent letters to the U.S. Coast Guard, the Navy, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) demanding immediate action to remediate the environmental and public safety issues that have plagued a 500-yard section of Buxton Beach since September 2023. The NCDEQ is [...] Local News | Full Article
By Mary Ellen Riddle for OuterBanksVoice.com Three Cape Hatteras Secondary School students in the DECA club were state finalists at a March competition in Greensboro, vying against more than 5,000 students. As a result, they are headed to Anaheim, California this month to compete in the DECA International Career Development Conference Competitive Events program. Emma Riggs, Ann [...] Local News | Full ArticleNorth Carolina Coastal Federation launches new webpage on Buxton B ...
April 27, 2024 | Local News | By: Joy Crist
The North Carolina Coastal Federation (NCCF) recently launched a new webpage on Buxton Beach with background information, resources, and details on how the NCCF has become involved in calling for action to fix the contaminated Buxton shoreline. A three-tenths-of-a-mile section of the Buxton oceanfront has been closed since September 1, 2023, after two offshore hurricanes [...] Local News | Full ArticleThe N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission is seeking public comments on its Sea Turtle Conservation Plan through May 24. The plan will guide the agency’s efforts to maintain and increase populations of five species of sea turtles that nest on North Carolina beaches, primarily from May to August, and are declining in the state. All five species are [...] Local News | Full ArticleFrom OuterBanksVoice.com The Dare County Schools announced on April 25 that it will host a series of faculty and community meetings at each of the county’s middle and high schools. The meetings are designed to offer accurate information and address any questions regarding our secondary education program as it pertains to the possibility of [...] Local News | Full ArticleCape Hatteras Lighthouse restoration contractor plans to activate ...
April 24, 2024 | Local News | By: Joy Crist
The contractor for the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse restoration project, Stone and Lime Historic Restoration Services, plans to switch the lighthouse’s source of light from the current beacon to a temporary, fixed beacon on the evening of Thursday, April 25. “This [new] tiny beacon can project 18 miles out into the ocean, it’s U.S. Coast Guard approved, [...] Local News | Full ArticleOuter Banks motorists can expect a much smoother ride between Nags Head and Manteo this summer as the westbound lanes of the Washington Baum (Pirate’s Cove) Bridge on U.S. 64 reopen to traffic on Friday. Beginning tonight, traffic will be switched to both outside lanes as workers make final preparations for a compete traffic shift [...] Local News | Full ArticleBuxton Civic Association launches online petition for immediate ac ...
April 22, 2024 | Local News | By: Joy Crist | 1
The Buxton Civic Association (BCA) recently launched a Change.org petition to encourage the public to demand an immediate solution for the environmental and public safety hazards at Buxton Beach. The online petition is part of a flood of recent initiatives by the BCA to quickly facilitate a resolution for the roughly 500-yard shoreline at the end of [...] Local News | Full ArticleEarly voting for North Carolina’s 2024 statewide second primary election—which will be held on Tuesday, May 14, 2024, for the Republican candidates running for the offices of North Carolina Lieutenant Governor and North Carolina Auditor only—will begin on Thursday, April 25, 2024. Also known as a runoff election, a second primary election is held when [...] Local News | Full ArticleNOVEMBER 2, 1977 – APRIL 16, 2024 On April 16, 2024, Donald Christopher Oden, 46, of Orange Park, Florida, passed away. Born November 2, 1977, in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, Don was the precious son of Jane Oden and the late Dan Oden, Sr. Don is survived by his partner, Jennifer Rodriguez; his brother, Dan [...] Local News | Full ArticleN.C. Department of Transportation contractors will soon begin driving as many as 18 concrete test piles into the bed of the Alligator River, an important step in the project to replace the Lindsay C. Warren (Alligator River) Bridge on U.S. 64 between Tyrrell and Dare counties. Skanska USA will be overseeing the test pile project, [...] Local News | Full ArticleWork underway to repair and replace sandbags on Ocracoke Island; S ...
April 18, 2024 | Local News | By: Joy Crist
A project to repair and replace sandbags along N.C. Highway 12 on the north end of Ocracoke Island is underway, and a single-lane closure is in effect due to the ongoing work, per an update from the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT). “While work is in progress, there will be a short single-lane closure [...] Local News | Full ArticleNC State researchers predict active 2024 hurricane season
April 18, 2024 | Local News | By: Sam Walker
From SamWalkerOBXNews.com The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season begins in less than two months, and already a pair of preseason predictions are calling for it to be a busy one. On the heels of researchers at Colorado State University making their highest-ever early call for the number of hurricanes, a team at N.C. State University is [...] Local News | Full Article
The Cape Point Campground in Buxton opened for the 2024 season on Saturday, April 27, per a recent announcement from the Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS). The CHNS’ other seasonal campground – the Frisco Campground – opened on March 30, however, the Cape Point Campground’s opening was delayed due to excessive rainfall-related flooding in the area. According to the National Weather Service, Cape Hatteras had 13.86 inches of total rain in March, which made it the wettest March on record. (The average rainfall for March at Cape Hatteras is 4.43 inches.) “The Cape Point Campground will open loops D, E, and F, today at 3:00 p.m. [and] the restrooms on loop D and showers on loop F will also open today,” stated CHNS in a Saturday update. "Due to continued flooding of low-lying areas, all other campsites and facilities in Cape Point will remain closed until conditions improve. [...] Seashore News | Full Article
Cape Hatteras National Seashore reports more than 331,000 visitors ...
April 26, 2024 | Seashore News
With 311,384 visitors recorded in the first three months of 2024, the Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS) is on track to have another busy year. Per statistics from the Outer Banks Visitors Bureau, CHNS recorded 154,935 visitors in March, 79,256 visitors in February, and 77,193 visitors in January. In recent history, this is a higher [...] Seashore News | Full ArticleFAQs for Buxton Beach added to Cape Hatteras National Seashore’s ...
April 16, 2024 | Seashore News | By: Joy Crist
The Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS) has added a new FAQ section to its Buxton Beach webpage in order to provide essential information on the evolving public safety and environmental issues that are occurring along a 500-yard stretch of Buxton shoreline. “Frequently asked questions for the Buxton Beach Access closure were developed by [the] Cape [...] Seashore News | Full ArticleBodie Island Lighthouse opens for climbing on April 19
April 15, 2024 | Seashore News | By: Joy Crist
The Bodie Island Lighthouse, recognized by its unique horizontal black and white stripes, will open for climbing this year beginning Friday, April 19. Climbing tickets go on sale at 7 a.m. and may only be purchased on the same day of your intended climb. Tickets are only available for purchase at www.recreation.gov/ticket/252034/ticket/10087143. Pro tip: Create your www.recreation.gov account [...] Seashore News | Full ArticleNational Park Service seeks information on human-caused fires at F ...
April 15, 2024 | Seashore News
On Sunday morning, National Park Service law enforcement rangers responded to a report of two wildfires adjacent to Fort Raleigh National Historic Site’s Freedom Trail. Both fires were safely extinguished and posed no risk to public safety. Since the fires are suspected of being human caused, the National Park Service is asking the public for [...] Seashore News | Full ArticleSeasonal off-road vehicle (ORV) routes in front of Hatteras Island villages and the Ocracoke Campground become pedestrian-only starting on Monday, April 15. These routes, which run parallel to the towns of Hatteras, Frisco, Avon, and the Tri-villages, open to ORVs annually in the winter months when the visitor population is low, and close from April [...] Seashore News | Full ArticleCape Hatteras National Seashore will maintain gravel portion of Fl ...
April 12, 2024 | Seashore News
As a result of feedback received from the public during a two-week-long comment period, including residents that live on Flowers Ridge Road in Buxton, Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) has decided not to pave the 400-foot-long section of the road that leads into the private neighborhood. The Seashore requested funding for the road paving project [...] Seashore News | Full ArticleScaffolding around Cape Hatteras Lighthouse is 95% complete; Tempo ...
April 11, 2024 | Seashore News | By: Joy Crist
Despite multiple storms over the past few weeks, there have been waves of progress on the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse restoration project, starting with the tower of scaffolding. “We are closing in on 95% complete, so we expect to be done with the outside [scaffolding] by the end of April,” said Ed Milch, General Superintendent for [...] Seashore News | Full ArticleThe National Park Service’s Frisco campground reopened for the 2024 season on Saturday, March 30, per an update from the Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS). Hatteras Island’s other seasonal CHNS campground, the Cape Point Campground in Buxton, remains temporarily closed due to flooding of low-lying campsites from the recent heavy rains. The Frisco and Cape [...] Seashore News | Full ArticleThe Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) invites public review and comments on a proposed project to pave a small section of road at the intersection of Lighthouse Road and Flowers Ridge Road in Buxton. Public comments will be accepted from March 28 through April 10, 2024. The current roadbed at the Seashore’s boundary is gravel [...] Seashore News | Full ArticleTopOuter Banks named one of the top July destinations in Travel+Leisure magazine
April 29, 2024 | Island Features | By: Sam Walker
From SamWalkerOBXNews.com Travel+Leisure magazine has released its international list of the “15 Best Places to Travel in July,” and includes the Outer Banks among some very elite company. Using their own research and experience, along with suggestions from local experts, they rounded up the best places to travel this July in the United States and around the world, according to T+L's Patricia Doherty. "Whether you want to be part of the crowd in Paris or prefer an out-of-the-way destination, we’ve got you covered," Doherty writes. When describing what visitors to the Outer Banks will find, Doherty includes "(b)eaches, state parks, lighthouses, museums, and historical sites provide plenty to see, and visitors can go fishing, kitesurfing, diving, boating, and hiking." "The 46th Annual Wright Kite Festival is set for July 19-20, with 30- to 100-foot kites flying and on display. Guest [...] Island Features | Full Article
Weekly Hatteras Village Community Fish Fry returns for 2024 on May ...
April 25, 2024 | Island Features | By: Joy Crist
Organizers are gearing up for the 2024 season of the Hatteras Community Fish Fry, a weekly Hatteras village event that has been a tradition for roughly 80 years. Once again, the Hatteras Volunteer Fire Department will be the seasonal home of the fish fry from May 25 until August 31. Profits from the Fish [...] Island Features | Full ArticleIsland History: A spotlight on stories from the Outer Banks’ Lif ...
April 25, 2024 | Island Features | By: Jen Carlson
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 in the months ahead, leading [...] Island Features | Full ArticleIsland History: Memories of Ocracoke residents from 1942, preserve ...
April 24, 2024 | Island Features | By: Kevin Duffus
The kindly, great-grandfather of 17 children smiled uncomfortably as he sat in front of a large TV camera, with lights glaring, a microphone clipped to his blue, black, and gray flannel shirt, and strangers about to ask him to relive one of the most horrific, heart-rending moments of his life. His name was Ulysses Levi [...] Island Features | Full ArticleNonprofit dedicated to saving the 1898 Oregon Inlet Life-Saving St ...
April 24, 2024 | Island Features | By: James D. “Keeper James” Charlet
Its name is the Outer Banks Coast Guard History Preservation Group. The broad name is to match its broad objective, starting with rescuing the 1898 Oregon Inlet U.S. Life-Saving Service (LSS) Station No. 16. Here is the Oregon Inlet LSS Station’s brief background, or ‘How It Got into This Mess.’ It started in 1988 when [...] Island Features | Full ArticleHotline Thrift Store is returning to Hatteras Island with a new Fr ...
April 22, 2024 | Island Features | By: Joy Crist
The Hotline South Thrift Store has been a Hatteras Island fixture for two decades, but for a brief spell in 2024, the island community was concerned that the store was in danger of permanently closing. After leasing retail space in Buxton for roughly 20 years, the store discovered in 2023 that they would need to [...] Island Features | Full ArticleOyster Roast on May 11 will benefit the Frisco-Buxton Pathway
April 20, 2024 | Island Features | By: Joy Crist
The community is invited to an oyster roast on Saturday, May 11, at the Frisco Woods Campground, with oysters, barbecue, Lost Colony Beer, a bounce house, and live music, which will all combine to raise funds for the Frisco-Buxton Pathway. The Oyster Roast is from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. and is $40 for adults and [...] Island Features | Full ArticleFrom OuterBanksVoice.com The Dare County Housing Task Force, which has significantly picked up the pace of its work, will meet for the third time in two weeks when it convenes at the Dare County Administration Building on April 30. Among the items on the agenda is an effort to set up a future meeting schedule, select a chairperson, and look at ways of possibly retaining the $35 million that the state had awarded Dare County for affordable housing development. The election of a chair appears related to a suggestion to rethink and reconfigure the Task Force that was made at its April 16 meeting. At that meeting, County Manager Bobby Outten said that “maybe it’s time to make [the Task Force] a more community-led group”—something members agreed with. One sentiment that surfaced from Task Force members at that April 16 meeting was that the county should reconsider its decision to giv [...] Real Estate | Full Article
Dare Housing Task Force to convene special April 22 meeting with s ...
April 22, 2024 | Real Estate | By: Mark Jurkowitz
From OuterBanksVoice.com Following up on a decision taken at the April 16 Dare County Housing Task Force meeting, that group will hold a special meeting on Monday, April 22 at 3:30 p.m. with State Senators Norman Sanderson and Bobby Hanig. The agenda for the meeting states it is being called to “discuss the housing challenges [...] Real Estate | Full ArticleDare Housing Task Force wants to incorporate more community voices ...
April 18, 2024 | Real Estate | By: Mark Jurkowitz
From OuterBanksVoice.com Meeting one week after the county commissioners voted to cut ties with its remaining affordable housing partner and return $35 million in housing funds to the state, the Dare County Housing Task Force made several decisions on how to move forward—including one that involves broadening and restructuring the group. Following the suggestion of [...] Real Estate | Full ArticleCoastal property owners yet to embrace roof-girding grants
April 16, 2024 | Real Estate | By: Catherine Kozak
From CoastalReview.org Maybe one North Carolina insurance provider should join the industry trend and advertise: “Hello Beach Plan policyholders! Do you need a new roof? Want to save on your property insurance? How about we help you out with as much as $8,000 toward a much stronger roof that is fortified to withstand storms? And [...] Real Estate | Full ArticleNorth Carolina Insurance companies have filed a request with the N.C. Department of Insurance to increase insurance rates for mobile home policies. The North Carolina Rate Bureau, which represents insurance companies and is not a part of the Department of Insurance, has requested an overall state average increase of 82.9% for mobile home fire policies [...] Real Estate | Full ArticleAnti-regulation sentiment may be fueling insurance crisis
April 8, 2024 | Real Estate | By: Catherine Kozak
First of a two-part series by Catherine Kozak, Coastal Review When Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey met last month in Manteo for a brief overview and Q&A with community members worried about property insurance issues, he stressed that his office had limited power over building code changes and insurance company business decisions in North Carolina that [...] Real Estate | Full Article
From CoastalReview.org Coastal recreational and commercial fishermen will have to report certain fish harvests under a new North Carolina law that takes effect later this year. Preliminary details are scant as to how the two state agencies tasked with overseeing the reporting requirements will implement the program, one that is slated to be discussed during a combined virtual public hearing next week. The N.C. Marine Fisheries and N.C. Wildlife Resources commissions have opened a public comment period ending May 20 on the temporary rules, which were established under the North Carolina General Assembly’s Regulatory Reform Act of 2023. The mandatory harvest reporting requirements were tucked into the controversial law, one environmental advocates referred to as a “pro-polluter” bill for cutting favors to industries that control hog and poultry farming, discharge per- and polyfluoroa [...] Fishing | Full Article
Paddle Palooza will be held in June to benefit the Hatteras Island ...
April 25, 2024 | Community News Brief
The Hatteras Island Cancer Foundation (HICF) is sponsoring the Paddle Palooza in Honor of Andy McKinney on Sunday, June 23, and everyone is welcome to join in the fun of a lightly competitive 5K race on the open waters of the Pamlico Sound. Sponsors for the popular annual event are currently being accepted, and businesses [...] Community News Brief | Full ArticleTaking a minute for ourselves Those of us who live here on Hatteras are looking forward to a busy summer as we clean cottages, mix drinks, manage reservations, stock shelves, repair everything that breaks, and all work together to help our summer visitors make those precious memories that keep them coming back to Hatteras year [...] Community News Brief | Full ArticleThe Cape Hatteras Elementary School (CHEM) publishes a monthly newsletter called The Storm Report for students, parents, supporters, and friends. The newsletter is a nod to the school’s mascot, the Cape Hatteras Tropical Storms. The newsletter covers everything from upcoming special events to recent initiatives in art, technology, music, media, and more. It is a [...] Community News Brief | Full ArticleOcracoke is an island where folks think they can find the purported treasure of Blackbeard, but island homes and businesses will unveil their own treasures for all to peruse and plunder as the Ocracoke Civic & Business Association hosts the spring Ocracoke Island-Wide Yard Sale from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, May 4. [...] Community News Brief | Full ArticleMeet 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/From OuterBanksVoice.com A new hotel is set to open in Rodanthe this June, according to representatives of Edgecamp Pamlico Station. The new lodging facility is a 14-suite-style boutique hotel that will be located at 24267 NC 12 in Rodanthe with an ownership team led by Richard Fertig, CEO of Stomp Capital and Owner of Edgecamp Pamlico Station. [...] Community News Brief | Full ArticleSeptember 17, 1939 – April 18, 2024 BUXTON — Jeanette Gray Finnegan Torok, 84, known as Jaye, died on Thursday, April 18, 2024, in her home in Buxton, N.C. A native of Buxton, she was the daughter of Jeanette (Janet) Finnegan and William Finnegan. Jaye attended East Carolina University, and upon graduating, she received a [...] Obituaries | Full ArticleDecember 31, 1946 – April 21, 2024 KITTY HAWK — Marilyn Kay Pokorny went to meet her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on April 21, 2024. She was 77. Marilyn is survived by her husband, John; her son Jeffrey John, MD (Anne) and daughter, Jody Lynn (Ross); her grandchildren John Russell, Christopher Thomas, and Caden [...] Obituaries | Full ArticleLong-time Wanchese citizen Michelle “Micky” Montague, 64, died unexpectedly in Manteo. NC April 23, 2024 of natural causes. Micky was honest, funny, down-to- earth, and kind. She adored her family and friends all over the Outer Banks. Survivors include her daughter, Gretchen Montague of Manteo; her son, James Montague of Michigan; five grandchildren (and one [...] Obituaries | Full ArticleAlexander M. Engart, Jr. died peacefully April 19, 2024 in Nags Head, NC at the age of 78. Mr. Engart was a longtime resident of Southern Shores, NC. For many years, he worked as a successful local architect. Survivors of Mr, Engart include several cousins and their families. Plans for memorial services are pending at [...] Obituaries | Full ArticleOn April 21, 2024, George S. Garrick, a lifelong resident of the Outer Banks and Currituck, passed away at the age of 73. George graduated from J.P. Knapp, in Currituck, in 1968. He worked in many different occupations throughout his life, including retail grocery, mobile home sales, real estate, and building supply sales. George was [...] Obituaries | Full ArticleMay 3, 1947 to April 21, 2024 Michael left this earth at his Southern Shores home with his wife Geri by his side. Michael was born to Ruth Harriet Hughes Zona and Albert Joseph (Bucky) Zona on May 3, 1947 in Greensburg, PA, just minutes behind his twin sister, Michele. His parents as well as [...] Obituaries | Full Article
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