Students, including Kathryn Lee Cooper, from the Field School of Maritime History and Underwater Research with East Carolina University are participating in a summer partnership called Shipwrecks of the Graveyard of the Atlantic.
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Two stories will converge when the icon of the old Windmill Point Restaurant is moved to the other side of the Roanoke Sound.
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The Colonial Spanish Mustang is on its way to becoming the official state horse of North Carolina. Students at Shawboro Elementary School in Currituck County came up with the idea.
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A public hearing Tuesday night drew a small but passionate sampling of the pros and cons of a mid-Currituck County bridge. It was one of three this week.
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Drug and traffic charges against three First Flight High School teachers were dropped by the state earlier this week after the owner of the vehicle took responsibility, The Virginian-Pilot reports.
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The Virginian-Pilot reports that the executive director of The Lost Colony has resigned. Carl Curnutte says this will be his final season with the long-running outdoor drama.
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Rescuers have suspended the search for a worker who fell 15 to 20 feet into the water from the old Manns Harbor bridge Tuesday, the Coast Guard reported.
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Outer Banks Bike Week wrapped up a noisy eight days on a rainy Sunday. Besides touring the barrier islands and doing a little partying, some of the bikers hit the burnout pit at Vertigo Tattoo in Manns Harbor.
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The recommended alternative for a mid-Currituck County bridge would displace the fewest homes and businesses and would not require substantial expansion of U.S. 158 and N.C. 12, a draft environmental impact statement says.
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A memorial service was held Friday in Baltimore for Herbert Collins, the last surviving member of the historic all-African American Pea Island Life-Saving Station. Collins died March 14.
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Federal stimulus money will pay for restoration work on the Alligator River Bridge linking Tyrrell and Dare counties on U.S. 64, the main route between the Outer Banks and Raleigh.
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