OBX Bike Week another success
OBX Bike Week is great in its own way according to a New Jersey biker who owns a second home here.
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Outer Banks Bike Week 2012, held April 21-29, was another success story as an estimated 40,000 bikers visited these islands during our otherwise slow shoulder seasons.
Restaurants were packed, vendor stalls did a brisk business, and my very limited forays into the bar scene, day and night, revealed large crowds.
This year, as with all previous Bike Week’s was a quiet affair as far as the behavior of the crowds was concerned.
The rumble of bikes is another thing altogether, a sound you either love or hate.
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Outer Banks Bike Week great in its own way
Daytona. Sturgis. Myrtle Beach. These are names of the most famous destinations bikers dream about. But Outer Banks Bike Week, it’s not the same as the others.
Wrong amendment, wrong time
If Amendment 1 passes, all state courts, including the North Carolina Supreme Court will be bound by its terms.
Hatteras music jam to benefit beach access group
“Beach music” will take on a new meaning on Saturday, May 5, when some 40 Outer Banks musicians will be playing all day and night to raise money to restore more reasonable public access to the beaches of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore.
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Britt letter led to town retraction
A letter by the police chief said his predecessor sought to harm the reputation of an officer and the department.
A good call on beach nourishment
When beach nourishment come before elected officials, it is not often that they are sitting in the catbird seat.
Smart growth: A U.N. conspiracy?
A Currituck County group that has expressed suspicions about terms like “smart growth” and “green projects”
Legal haze shrouds central KDH story
A simple set of complaints from police officers against their chief has become a legal and public relations battleground.
ORV fight moves to cyber freeway
Facebook and Twitter are alive with opposition to new rules governing access to Hatteras Seashore beaches.
Law says judges can remove police
A section of state law legally empowers a Superior Court judge to remove a police officer or sheriff considered unfit.
Plan short changes day trippers
Day trippers will have to pay a premium to drive on Cape Hatteras beaches under the new plan that starts this week.
Was a new policy in the works?
What Kill Devil Hills officials have told us about a new police policy doesn’t square with an e-mail town officials received.
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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Denying carnival was the right call
Use of the publicly owned Windmill Point property by a carnival company would create unfair competition for local businesses.








