The North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island Advisory Committee is holding its quarterly meeting at the aquarium on Wednesday, Feb. 8 at 1:00 p.m. The aquarium is located at 374 Airport Road in Manteo. The meeting will be held in the Conference Room and is open to the public.

Meet the Outer Banks SPCA’s “Pets of the Week” Maggie and Betty. Maggie and Betty are beautiful 2-month-old kittens who were born here at the shelter. They love to play with toys and roll around together. They’ve grown up around the staff at the shelter so they are well socialized and love to snuggle. Thefull story »

National flatpicking guitar champions Steve Kaufman and Robin Kessinger played a benefit guitar concert on January 8, 2012 at the Cape Hatteras Elementary School.

Greensboro College senior linebacker Allen Stallings has been named a Division III All-American after a record breaking season
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Colington United Methodist Church will provide the monthly mobile food pantry on Wednesday, Jan. 18 at First Flight Elementary School starting at 5:30 p.m. Now in its fourth year, the Colington United Methodist mobile food pantry, through the Food Bank of the Albemarle, is “a project we started on a wing and a prayer,” saidfull story »

All Saints Episcopal Church in Southern Shores begins its third year of offering a great cure for all ages of the winter doldrums.

“Once the first to be labeled unadoptable, homeless pets with special needs are rising to the top of the A-List at shelters.” – Faith Maloney, Best Friends Animal Society “Bri” is one such special animal. White with brown patches, the pit-bull mix with kind eyes and gentle spirit came to the Dare County Animal Shelterfull story »

The Outer Banks Parenting Expo, a free community event, will be Saturday, Feb. 25, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Outer Banks YMCA in Nags Head. Its purpose is to provide young families, caregivers of young children, and those planning families with information, products and resources regarding family planning, parenting and childrearing fromfull story »

Submitted by Dare County FairTax February 3rd, 2012, marks the 99th anniversary of the 16th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which imposed the federal income tax system on its law-abiding US citizens. The public is welcome to attend an educational seminar for all liberty loving Americans, who realize that the current Federal Income Taxfull story »

The Outer Bank Sporting Events (OBSE) Board of Directors, Staff, Organizers and Directors from OBSE’s beneficiaries – the Outer Banks Relief Foundation (OBRF) and Dare Education Foundation (DEF) – met in early January to discuss past events and future endeavors.

Miss Lizzie’s boutique in Kitty Hawk recently raised money for the Hugs Project by offering a discount to customers who donated to the cause. The Hugs Project is a national nonprofit organization that sends care packages to our troops serving in the Middle East. Myrna Hayes coordinates locally. Shown presenting a check to Hayes (pictured infull story »

The Outer Banks History Center is seeking letters, diaries, photographs and artifacts of Civil War-era ancestors, especially those on Roanoke Island in the early 1860′s, for an exhibit to open in March, as part of the commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War.