On Saturday at 7 a.m., N.C. 12 was re-opened both to residents of Hatteras Island who evacuated and to visitors. That was the next flood, so to speak, and many with hurricane hangover were not amused.
see Irene Nolan’s blog in the Island Free Press »

The clamor against “chains” and other development returned to the Internet and water coolers when word got out that Kill Devil Hills was looking at raising hotel height restrictions.
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Moving next to an undeveloped lot carries some risks, but who would have thought 10 years ago that Lowe’s would be moving onto the Outer Banks?

Rental owners could generate a lot of goodwill and a lot less trash by signing on to a dirt cheap recycling program. Management companies can make it happen.
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We need an indoor location for crowds of a thousand or so. But my hope is they find another building and look at different uses for Windmill Point.

There’s no shortage of hot buttons on the Outer Banks, and one that will usually draw a swift and negative response is the topic of taller buildings.

Arguments over a 13-acre tract in Corolla seem self-serving and beside the point in the context of what the Currituck Outer Banks has become.

What we want to avoid is a time when we find ourselves pining for the days when the Outer Banks sported McMansions instead of 30-story high-rises.

An approaching hurricane is a news story where exaggeration might be considered a public service. But keep a level head.

The recent ruckus over fireworks is further proof that an absolutely correct decision is rare, and if you’re an elected official, you’re likely to get beat up either way.
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If it wasn’t a potentially dangerous situation, the process for getting a Bonner Bridge replacement built would be almost laughable.
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Click here for our glossary of some of the summer driving moves you are likely to see — like the brake and break and Jockey’s Ridge gaper lock.