Posts by Michelle Wagner
Grocery chain eyes Nags Head’s Outer Banks Mall
Specialty grocery chain The Fresh Market has its eye on Nags Head and has submitted a site plan application for a store at the Outer Banks Mall in a space once occupied by Seamark.
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CSI joins Manteo in effort to save lighthouse relic
Plans are under way to preserve a massive iron screw-pile leg believed to be part of the Roanoke Marshes Light that was dredged up from the Croatan Sound.
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Here’s what’s bugging some sound-side residents
Large numbers of pesky insects have been swarming in local sound-side neighborhoods, leaving residents feeling a little bugged out.
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Amusement rides set to start Memorial weekend
A go-kart track owner will be allowed to run an outdoor amusement park this summer, with a Ferris wheel, tilt-a-whirl and other rides for school-age children.
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Coalition pushes for safer walking and riding
About 50 people are injured or killed every year while walking or riding a bike on the Outer Banks, and a new coalition wants to reduce those numbers.
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New event garden will offer brides another choice
Entrepreneurs can now add event gardens to the list of allowable uses in Kill Devil Hills under a new zoning amendment approved by town commissioners.
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Rough seas dislodge Duck ship wreckage
Rough seas churned up more than just big waves last week when a large piece of a shipwreck was uncovered in Duck. A section of its bow broke away.
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Work on wild Colington Road curve gets started
The state Department of Transportation is finally re-routing the notorious church curve on Colington Road. The goal is to get the work done by Memorial Day.
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DOT plans to fix chronically clogged outfall
The state plans to extend the chronically clogged ocean outfall at milepost 10.5 in an effort to alleviate flooding that has plagued the Gallery Row area for years.
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School Board seeks middle ground on crowding fix
The Dare County Board of Education is looking at ways to pare down expansion of Manteo Elementary School to save money and avoid changing school boundaries.
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Kitty Hawk wants offshore turbines out of sight
The Kitty Hawk Town Council has made a plea to the federal government to keep any offshore wind energy project at least 20 miles off its beaches.
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Reflections on a rare winter day
Tuesday was one of those days we savor on the Outer Banks. It was one of those rare January afternoons that renew our spirit and feed our desperate desire to believe that spring may really be around the corner, that life will surely blossom around us again and the air will feel warm against our Read More…