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Joe Schwarzer is named director of state’s maritime museums
Joseph
K. Schwarzer, who has been executive director of the Graveyard of the
Atlantic Museum in Hatteras village for 12 years, has been appointed
director of all three of North Carolina’s maritime museums.
Schwarzer will supervise the museums in Beaufort and Southport, as well
as the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum. ....Read
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Much more than offshore drilling could be in the future for coastal waters
Even
as politicians stake out positions on opening offshore sites to oil and
gas drilling, other ventures could be in the cards for the waters off
the U.S. coastline, including offshore aquaculture and wind energy
projects. North Carolina’s Ocean Policy Steering Committee is
developing a policy report with recommendations on emerging ocean
issues. ....Read
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NOAA expedition surveying German subs sunk off the coast in World War II
The
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association is leading a research
expedition this month to study the wrecks of three German submarines
sunk by U.S. forces in 1942 off the coast of North Carolina
during the Battle of the Atlantic. ....Read
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Baby sperm whale stranded on Avon Beach
Early
on Monday afternoon, June 30, the National Park Service received calls
about a baby sperm whale in distress off Hatteras Island at
Rodanthe. A few hours later, around 4 in the afternoon, the 14
foot, 6 inch calf beached itself in Avon, right beside the pier.
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New island skate park is a labor of love and faith – and a big hit with young folks…WITH SLIDE SHOW
Three
1 Six, known to many island skaters simply as “the skate
park,” is the only indoor skate park on the island, and it has
attracted the attention of skaters young and old, novice and experts
alike. For many island youth it has become their mainstay “hang
out” throughout the year. This is its story. ....Read
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‘Scotty’ the sea turtle goes home
Sunday
evening, June 22, was a big night for “Scotty,” a large
female loggerhead turtle who, after months of rehabilitation, was
finally going home. ....Read
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Hatteras Cancer Foundation is expanding its role with more support and information
Hatteras Cancer Foundation is expanding its role with more support and information
The
Hatteras Island Cancer Foundation, now almost eight years old, is
expanding from offering just financial support into providing support
groups and helping patients find information. ....Read
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A reminder that all fireworks are illegal on the islands and seashore beaches
If you brought fireworks to Hatteras or Ocracoke this year, don’t
even think about using them. All fireworks are now illegal on both
islands. That includes everything – even such devices as
sparklers and smoke bombs. ....Read
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The bigger and better Hatteras Library is now open ....UPDATED
The
Hatteras Library re-opened in its new quarters on Thursday, May 29, in
its completely renovated and expanded space, located in the Community
Building in Hatteras village. ....Read
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Mainland wildfire continues to grow and plague the Outer Banks
The Evans Road wildfire grew to 40,195 acres or about 63 square miles
on Tuesday, June 10. The blaze covers portions of Hyde, Tyrrell,
and Washington counties in Eastern North Carolina and is presently the
largest active wildfire in the United States, according to the
inter-agency incident team assigned to the area. Thick smoke and ash
from the fire have been blown toward the Outer Banks – and
Hatteras and Ocracoke – all week. ....Read
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41 seniors receive diplomas at CHSSCS graduation
The Cape Hatteras Secondary School of Coastal Studies awarded diplomas
to 41 seniors at its graduation ceremonies on Saturday evening, June 7. ....Read
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Ocrafolk Festival 2008 – sweltering but still spirited …WITH SLIDE SHOW
In
spite of sweltering heat, the Ocrafolk Festival, which was June 6
through 8, was a weekend of great music and fun. Gary Mitchell, who
started the music festival nine years ago, is happy with the way the
festival has grown, yet has stayed small enough to fit Ocracoke’s
small-town island style. ....Read
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‘Nights in Rodanthe’ will be in a theater near you on Oct. 3
“Nights
in Rodanthe,” the film based on the best-selling Nicholas Sparks
novel and starring Richard Gere and Diane Lane, is scheduled to be
released on Oct. 3, according to Warner Bros. Pictures. The movie was
filmed in North Carolina, much of it on Hatteras Island. The article on
the release of the film is followed by a reprise of the editor’s
story of “Stalking Richard Gere.” ....Read
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Another Deadline gets away in effort to replace Bonner Bridge
Another
planning deadline has been missed in the replacement project for the
Herbert C. Bonner Bridge, but bridge officials say the project is still
on schedule. By Catherine Kozak in The Virginian-Pilot.
http://hamptonroads.com/2008/06/another-deadline-gets-away-replacement-ncs-bonner-bridge
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Cape Hatteras beach makes Top Ten list
Buxton Beach at Cape Hatteras has been named the No. 8 beach on Dr. Beach’s Top Ten list for 2008.
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Kinnakeet vacations
Mark
Augustson is a Hatteras Island native who now lives in Cary, N.C.
His family includes Grays from Avon, and he often returns there to
vacation. He says he misses the island and has shared some of his
favorite photos with us.
Winter on Ocracoke
Ben
Spain of Tarboro, N.C., a regular visitor to Hatteras and Ocracoke
islands for many years, took these photographs on a weekend trip to
Ocracoke in February.
Deer Go To
School
Cape
Hatteras Elementary School first-grade teacher Trish Dempsey took these
photographs of a doe and her fawn just outside her classroom
window on Feb. 25. "It was so cool," observed
Dempsey,
"they stayed around for a few minutes, giving students time to check
them out! How neat is this?"
Salvo Sunset
Jenny
Hooper of Salvo sent us these photos of a January sunset at the
National Park Service's Salvo Day Use Area.
A little
piece of Heaven
Paul
and Shirley Kelly of New Milford, Pa., have owned a unit at Hatteras
Cabanas for 24 years. Shirley says they have trouble thinking
of
another place that they want to vacation. They already
thought
they had found their “little piece of heaven” when
they
came for a visit in late October.
“This
beautiful rainbow happened on a gloomy week for us in
Hatteras,”
Shirley says, “but it reminded us how, even in the
dreariness, we
seem to always find something glorious to make our time there
memorable.
The
photo were taken on Oct. 26 from the upper deck of Cabana 16.
The
cabanas were totally destroyed in Hurricane Isabel in 2003.
“It
is wonderful just to be back and part of our beautiful community
again,” Shirley says.
A bagpiper on the beach
Only on Hatteras would you be
riding your bicycle through
the village on the day before Thanksgiving and hear a bagpipe rendition
of
“Amazing Grace” coming from the other side of the
dunes, but that is
what
happened to Buddy and Anne Swain.
“Knowing that to be
a bit
unusual,” Buddy says, “we parked
the bikes and did a little investigating. As we crested the
dunes,
there, silhouetted by the sun, was the guy you see
below playing his
heart out. Of course, I raced home, got my trusty camera,
returned and
clicked away.”
We’re sorry we
don’t know the
name of the bagpiper, but if
you do, please let us send it along.

Fire in the Sky
Many
of us believe that only on Hatteras and Ocracoke can you view winter's
most spectacular sunsets. These photos of the sun setting on
the Pamlico Sound were taken by Lynne Murray of Frisco from her home in
Brigand's Bay. And they do, indeed, look like there is a fire
on the horizon.

Taking a marlin for a walk
Only
on Hatteras can you see a blue marlin being taken for a walk.
As
renovation work progressed on the Hatteras Village Community building,
the world record blue marlin had to be moved from the glass display
case in the front of the building to safer quarters. The
marlin
will reside at the Hatteras Marlin Club until the work is
complete. After a beauty treatment, the marlin will return to
a
refurbished showcase in the front of the building for all to admire.
The original plan was for the men pictured to load the marlin in a
truck for the trip to its temporary home. However, the day
was
nice and the Marlin Club is only a short distance, so they decided to
take the giant fish for a walk.

Fall on
Ocracoke
Only
on Hatteras and Ocracoke are the colors in the late afternoon sky so
lovely. These photos were taken on Ocracoke by Jo Anna
Chrismon
of Clayton, N.C., on Sept. 27 of last year. "Ocracoke is my piece of
heaven, and I try to pay an annual homage trip there," Jo Anna says.
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