The Sandfiddlers of Buxton took first place for the third straight year in the Hatteras Village Surf Fishing Tournament. The team’s captain is Eddie Ochs and its members this year were Rick Scarborough, Tim Wilson, Buddy Jennette, and Andy Stephenson. The team caught 55 fish for a total of 108 points. First place among the […]
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Jeff Johnston is the chief executive officer of the Greystone Project, a public affairs and public relations company based in New York. He is also an avid fisherman. He?s been coming to Hatteras to fish for more than 20 years and likes nothing better than to load his gear in his off-road vehicle and head […]
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Yesterday morning, my good friend and Island Free Press writer, Anne Bowers, said she thought islanders were suffering from hurricane hangover. I knew exactly what she was talking about. Most of us on Hatteras and Ocracoke spent Wednesday getting ready for the storm. We awoke Thursday morning to the news that Earl was again a […]
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09/03/2010 8:42 pm We have all made it through the storm with no injuries and very little damage. I thought we had it made about 3 a.m. The wind wasn?t too bad, but then came that shift to the northwest. And the sound tide rushed in. Much of it was still on the highway today. […]
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By ANNE BOWERS and IRENE NOLAN By ANNE BOWERS and IRENE NOLAN By ANNE BOWERS and IRENE NOLAN Hurricane Earl worked its way north along the Outer Banks overnight, and heavy rains and increasing wind speeds made for a stressful night for those who tried to sleep through the storm. However, the good news is […]
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By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN Forecasters predicted a busy hurricane season this year, and that’s exactly what we have now. There are two named storms – Danielle and Earl – and a third just waiting for a name. And other strong tropical waves are poised to keep rolling off Africa as we approach the […]
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The expected media release from the environmental groups that sued the National Park Service over its management of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore arrived today. The headline is as expected also: ?Nesting birds and turtles break records at Cape Hatteras National Seashore.? And it?s all true. As of today, there were 147 turtle nests on […]
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Earlier this week a federal judge in Washington, D.C., upheld the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service?s designation of four areas in the Cape Hatteras National Seashore as critical habitat for wintering piping plovers. The ruling came in a lawsuit filed by the Cape Hatteras Preservation Alliance (CHAPA) against the Fish Wildlife Service?s second attempt at […]
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By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN A federal judge in Washington, D.C., yesterday denied a motion by the Cape Hatteras Access Preservation Alliance (CHAPA) to block the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s latest attempt to declare parts of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore critical habitat for wintering piping plovers. U.S. District Chief Judge Royce Lamberth […]
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By IRENE NOLAN A historic number of citizens – more than 3,800 people – sent comments regarding the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge replacement project to the N.C. Department of Transportation during the public comment period that ended Aug. 9. About 95 percent of those comments favor replacing the 48-year-old bridge immediately with the short bridge […]
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