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Mission Statement
The Island Free Press is a Web newspaper covering the people, the issues, and the happenings that are constantly shaping our Hatteras and Ocracoke communities. It is edited and owned by Irene Nolan, who was for 16 years the editor of The Island Breeze and who lives on and loves these islands and who knows their people, their issues and their happenings. Your Island Free Press will cover and post the news as it happens, and its writers will explain the past, examine the present, and explore the future for residents and visitors alike. Writers familiar to island readers will cover everything from recreation to education, from policies to politics, and the Editor’s Column will try to put all this in perspective. We thank you for caring about these islands and for being good neighbors - be it for a weekend or a lifetime.   One more gathering to celebrate beach access…..WITH SLIDESHOW An eerie sensation descended upon the island like the fog that hid our lighthouse from view. One by one, islanders and some visitors headed out to the beaches of Cape Hatteras. It was April 4, the day the request by environmental groups for a temporary injunction to close popular areas on the Cape Hatteras National Seashore was scheduled to be heard in U.S. District Court in Raleigh. Two days earlier, a call had gone out for the folks to show up on the Hatteras beaches at noon to demonstrate support for free and open access for everyone. There was talk that the court hearing might be continued, but no one knew for sure. Some felt it could be their last legal trip driving across the sands to Cape Point. Read more....  We are thankful…..WITH SLIDESHOW Photographer Don Bowers put together a photographic essay that is his comment on all that he – and all of us who live here and visit – can be thankful for this season on Hatteras and Ocracoke islands. Enjoy and Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at The Island Free Press. Click Here To View Slideshow  The Island Free Press Is Here Editor and owner Irene Nolan explains the mission of The Island Free Press and what the newspaper hopes to do and accomplish in the coming months. Read more....   Guest Column….ORV rulemaking was out of public sight, but the settlement is very visible This settlement is an environmental regulation ordered by the court without public review and comment, with no consideration of economic impact and with no hard look at the scientific basis for numerous technically related requirements found in the document. Yet, this agreement will significantly change our way of life and access to the seashore. Read more....  Guest Column …An open letter to all juniors and seniors – and their parents Last Sunday in church, when our minister asked for prayer requests from the congregation, my heart was touched when someone asked the church to pray for our high school students as the end of the year pushes important decisions on them, such as end of year exams, college plans, and junior-senior activities. My mind drifted back to my high school friend Carl Jackson and the result of that one bad decision he made 45 years ago. Read more....  Reader comments on The Island Free Press A selection of messages about the start-up of Hatteras and Ocracoke islands’ first and only Web-based newspaper. Read more.... |
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