Comments on: Old summer home is now a nuisance

By: Beach Renter

Beach Renter — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:12:46 +0000

What ever became of 119 East Proteus Court? Is it still standing after Hurricant Irene?

By: Carey Kelley

Carey Kelley — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 02:34:54 +0000

Has any one that is in opposition walked the beach from NEW pier south.
I have owned for 5 years in Nags Head and am appalled at the condition of this area. You should be ashamed of yourselves to let it get to this. Whenever I heard the words Outer Banks I thought immediatly of Nags Head and beaches, these aren’t beaches they are dumps. Talk about costs how much will it cost to demo the Comfort Inn, the Yatchsman, the Whalebone motel, Owens motel, etc., and how much revenue will be lost there?
I took video today and would love to see what all the folks on YouTube would think of Nags Head. I am in total disbelief that you could even consider letting this continue.
This has gone on for 20 years and and no one has made a decision and the beaches of Nags Head are embarassing.
I had family down and even though they stayed for free, will be going elsewhere because when they attempted to walk the beaches thru all the DEBRIS they ran into motels and ran out of beach since the ocean was all the way to the dunes. I never would have believed that an OCEAN community could allow this. Unbelievable

By: Donna

Donna — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 02:39:58 +0000

Whoever turned down that beach nourishment is really not thinking about the future of the Outer Banks. I own on the Outer Banks, but we are not permanent residents, so we cannot vote on anything that is done on the Outer Banks. We pay taxes in Kill Devil Hills, which are not cheap, and we have fought the northeasters for quite a while. These past three years have been the worse we have seen since we bought our place in 1998. We lost a lot of beach and sand fence each year. We have a dune push in the Spring, but it is gone by November of that year. We all need to work together to preserve our beach and our homes from the erosion problem as much as possible now and in the future. I wish more people would think about their property and their preserving of nature and the beach.

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 22:33:31 +0000

Out of curiosity, are the homes that are now beachfront homes increasing in valuation?

By: Happy Barracuda

Happy Barracuda — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:09:39 +0000

Do not feel alone Northern Dare County. The residents of Hatteras Island are facing the same erosion problems, except ours is from the ocean and sound.
It seems after every storm the official attitude is ” Well, it’s a good thing that is over and will never happen again”.

By: Bob O

Bob O — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:35:51 +0000

The MSNBC piece was in Kure Beach, NC I believe. There is some irony in contrasting the media response to the Red River flooding and the “fleecing” tag applied to Kure Beach.

By: Fish

Fish — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:25:45 +0000

SURFERS DEAL A BLOW TO A BEACH DREDGING PROJECT:
In ruling against the project, the administrative law judge who heard the case, Robert E. Meale, criticized its potential environmental effects and denounced as “worthless” some of the engineering behind it.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/09/science/earth/09surfers.html

By: Selena K

Selena K — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:20:32 +0000

And you know what? BN is happening. It will come. It’s a done deal.

The Town is testing every gov’t angle to pay for it first and when those attempts all fail the Town will proceed with BN using some kind of municipal bonds or similar means of financing. I don’t know how or if such bonds ultimately affect the constituency. Do they?

But that would let the people who are pro-BN (like Butch and them who have an immediate stake) invest in such bonds. Those who are anti-BN do not have to invest.

We might as well put the debate to rest, think positively and sit back accepting it.

And pray they’re doing the right thing and that it works in the long run.

By: Selena K

Selena K — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:13:00 +0000

Good eye, Mico! Very timely. Just wish they had said where that project was being filmed. Both University guys were from NC but the project could’ve been in a different state. Anyone know?

By: Mico

Mico — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:00:01 +0000

Investor Buyout

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/#35918805