Posts by Russ Lay
Front Porch: New stores followed early success
Like other successful businesses on the Outer Banks, the Front Porch Cafe enjoyed growth, and with it expansion. All of these owners view expansion not merely as means to increase revenues, but a necessary component to retain exceptional employees. Seeing their employees as family translates into a stable work force. To keep those employees, opportunityfull story »
Officers air grievances with administration
The three-month suspension last year of the Kill Devil Hills police chief has generated more insight into conflicts between officers and the administration.
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State Sen. Stan White will seek another term
State Sen. Stan White announced Monday at a Democratic gathering that he will run for election to the seat he was appointed to a year ago.
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Organizers want to expand OBX bluegrass festival
The Manteo Board of Commissioners will discuss and perhaps decide on a request from the organizers of the Outer Banks Bluegrass Festival to add festivities in downtown Manteo.
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Blue Dare edges toward red on political spectrum
2010 signaled a big change. Not only did the GOP take both state houses for the first time in a century, Dare Republicans also did remarkably well.
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Moon Tillett: Inlet debate goes back 70 years
Moon Tillett, a commercial fisherman who has spent his life on the water, offers his perspective on the history and future of the industry and Oregon Inlet.
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Kill Devil Hills shopping for new town attorney
A request for qualifications by Kill Devil Hills for a new town attorney closed on Jan. 20. As of the deadline, it appears six individuals or firms have submitted RFQs, which is the first step toward finding a candidate.
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Judge blocks KDH limits on police complaints
A Superior Court judge has voided any Kill Devil Hills personnel policy that would prohibit its employees from taking complaints about the police department beyond the town’s administrative chain of command.
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Oncologist says he has closed his local practice
Dr. Jose Acostamadiedo informed the Voice in an e-mail today that his practice, Outer Banks Hematology and Oncology, is closed permanently. He will be available for emergencies for 30 days.
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Filing sheds some light on chief’s suspension
Police officer Andy Ennis says in an affidavit that he had filed a complaint against Kill Devil Hills Chief Gary Britt with District Attorney Frank Parrish.
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Hatteras channel concerns top commission meeting
Shoaling in and around Hatteras Inlet were front and center at this week’s meeting of a Dare waterways commission.
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Flatpicking workshop wraps with benefit concert
National flatpicking guitar champions Steve Kaufman and Robin Kessinger played a benefit guitar concert on January 8, 2012 at the Cape Hatteras Elementary School.
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