Oct 12
By Mark Jurkowitz | Outer Banks Voice
At the Oct. 7 Manteo Board of Commissioners meeting, Town Manager Kevin Brinkley identified the three eligible applicants to fill the vacancy on the board created by the resignation of Commissioner Eddie Mann.
The late September nor’ easter that smashed into the Outer Banks and isolated Hatteras Island triggered the first activation of emergency ferry service since 2013, when the then Bonner Bridge was closed due to severe sand scour and erosion around its support pilings. On Monday, Oct. 12, NCDOT released the final figures on how busy that route was between Sept. 27-30. Here’s the information.
By Brian Tress | Outer Banks Voice
For a generation of kids, the anticipation started with the billboards.
"Passing through Currituck on the way to the Outer Banks, there were all those billboards for Waterfall Park," said Chris Schroeder, 39, who now lives in Toano, Virginia, but spent his childhood summers driving down to Kill Devil Hills with his family. "When I was a kid, I would beg my parents, ‘please take me, I wanna go.’"
By Brian Tress | Outer Banks Voice
For the second October in a row, the Duck Jazz Festival didn't go the way it was planned. But on Saturday, Oct. 10, with Hurricane Isaias pushing wind and rain into the forecast, the Town Green filled anyway—first with people seated on the grass, then, by the middle of Adam Hawley's set, with a crowd on its feet.
By Loring Spencer | Outer Banks Voice
Robin and Kevin Carey are selling Outer Barks, their dog-supply shop with an in-house bakery for canine customers. But they’re not abandoning the dog-loving community they’ve spent nearly three decades bringing together.
By Maggie Miles | Outer Banks Voice
When the First Flight High School varsity football team had its season cancelled due to a limited roster and safety concerns, it was a significant blow to the school, the players and families and the community. Part of that loss was the traditional homecoming football game.
By Kip Tabb | Outer Banks Voice
Mandated by state law to place a toll on all North Carolina ferries, NCDOT Ferry Division Director Jed Dixon presented proposed tolls to the North Carolina Transportation board at a meeting on Oct. 8. As proposed, a one-way trip to Ocracoke from Hatteras will cost $10 beginning on Jan. 1, 2027. The one-way fare for the Knotts Island Ferry will be $7.
By Mark Jurkowitz | Outer Banks Voice
About 30 people were on hand at the Dare County Youth Center on Oct. 7 for the last community meeting on the quarter-cent sales tax increase proposal on the Nov. 3 ballot.
By Kip Tabb | Outer Banks Voice
Due to changes in federal law, the SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) program that provides food to low-income families is going to cost North Carolina counties considerably more money
By Brian Tress | Outer Banks Voice
People come to the Outer Banks for the beach, fishing and surfing, historic lighthouses and wild horses, and for a myriad of other reasons. Five years ago, one vacationer came with microscope in hand to conduct an experiment that led to a discovery with implications for how complex life began.
