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This is the season for giving in a
year when help is especially needed
December 19, 2008
This is the time of year when most of us open our checkbooks to send
gifts to nonprofit groups that help those in our community who most
need it.
Or we buy groceries for the island’s food pantries or toys
and clothing for children who might otherwise go without.
And, if ever there was a time to help your neighbors, this year is
it. Read more....
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- Guest Column: Scallops, scallops everywhere but not a one to eat – at least for people. Click on the Commentary Page.
- Another chapter in the strange story of the stranded sailboat, Gypsy Dane. Click on Local News Page.
- Letters
to the Editor. Click on Commentary and Letters Page
- Next
negotiated rulemaking committee meeting is Jan. 6-7. Click on Beach
Access Issues Page.
- Guest
Column: How commercial fishing fits into an economy of
sustainability. Click on
Commentary and Letters page.
- A
quiet revolution is underway to buy foods grown closer to home. Click
on Real Estate and Business Page.
- The
saga of Hatteras Island’s Fat Frosty. Click on Local News
Page.
- This
is the season for giving in a year when help is especially
needed. See
the editor’s column, Shooting the Breeze,
at the top of this page.
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Beach Access Issues
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New....12.30.2008
8:30 am Next negotiated rulemaking
committee meeting is Jan. 6-7
Update and reports on December
negotiated rulemaking meetings 12.19.2008
3:00 pm
What you can and cannot find
out about harassment of negotiated rulemaking committee 12.15.2008
1:15 pm
Beach access group and Dare and
Hyde counties plan to sue over piping plover habitat designation 12.12.2008
4:15 pm
Commentary: Park’s
administrative history makes a case for Congressional action on access 12.09.2008
3:45 am
Park Service releases its management alternatives for ORV use on the
seashore 11.10.2008 5:00 pm
Dare County details where to
view negotiated rulemaking meetings 11.07.2008 4:30 pm
Workbook comments on ORV
management now available to public 11.04.2008
3:30 pm
Latest meeting of RegNeg
subcommittee on ORV routes is another stalemate 10.28.2008
4:30 pm
Beach-driving advocates wary of
new rule on critical habitat for wintering plovers 10.23.2008
3:15 pm
The problems with the
negotiated rulemaking process
Record number of nests on seashore take a beating from September storms
10.07.2008
3:30 pm
Commentary: A member of the
negotiating committee looks at the process for an ORV plan 10.06.2008
3:45 pm
Guest Column: A
citizens’ beachwatch would help stop vandalism of resource
closures 09.29.2008
2:45 pm
Negotiated rulemaking committee
meets for two days, but finds little common ground 09.12.2008
5:00 pm
House subcommittee hears
testimony on legislation, but Senate nixes action 09.11.2008
5:45 pm
Committee members favor
continuing negotiated rulemaking 09.03.2008
2:45 pm
NPS Releases Park
Administrative History Document 09.03.2008
1:45 pm
Guest Column: Science and the
consent decree, the need for public review, and the case for ending
negotiated rulemaking 08.25.2008
11:45 am
National
Park Service weekly resource management
summary
National Park Service weekly
beach access report
National Park Service ORV
access mileage report
Turtles, eggs, and nesting: A
simple primer 08.13.2008
10:00 am
Sea turtles are nesting on the
seashore in record numbers 08.12.2008
3:30 pm
Guest column: A critical look
at designating critical habitat for wintering piping plovers 06.02.2008
11:30 am
Background
information on establishment of the national seashore 05.12.2008 10:00 am
Judge Boyle signs the
consent decree; Beaches remain open but with more restrictions
04.30.2008
5:00 pm
What Island Free Press readers
say about beach access issues. 03.21.2008
4:30 pm
The
beach driving crisis and how we got here 09.05.2007 3:00 pm
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New....01.05.2009 8:30 am Another chapter in the strange story of the stranded sailboat, Gypsy Dane
New....12.29.2008
9:45 am The saga of Hatteras
Island’s Fat Frosty
UPDATE: Two more whales wash up
on seashore beaches 12.24.2008 12:45
pm
Frisco woman wins a
new Jeep in Our Lady of the Seas fundraiser….WITH
SLIDE SHOW 12.22.2008
4:45 pm
Dare to challenge deductible
for wind damage 12.22.2008 3:15 pm
Christmas on Hatteras and
Ocracoke – and elsewhere. WITH SLIDE
SHOW 12.22.2008 1:15 pm
Spirits are high and the sun
shines for Hatteras Christmas Parade…WITH SLIDE
SHOW 12.15.2008 2:45 pm
Divers and fishermen worry
about possible expansion of marine sanctuary 12.09.2008
1:15 pm
Making wreaths from
island’s cedar trees is an Ocracoke tradition 12.08.2008
9:30 am
UPDATE:
The sailboat Gypsy Dane is the wreck that just won’t go away 12.05.2008
4:45 pm
Insurance rates on coast to
jump if new Beach Plan proposal is approved 12.04.2008
2:00 pm
First Hatteras Christmas Parade
in 1991 was caught on film…WITH VIDEO 12.03.2008
3:30 pm
Hatteras Island has a new movie
theater 11.25.2008
3:45 pm
Pirates return to Ocracoke to
honor their dead…WITH SLIDE SHOW 11.25.2008
3:00 pm
UPDATE. Park
Service needs volunteers to find cold-stunned sea turtles 11.24.2008
5:30 pm
Locomotion’s first
block party is deemed a success 11.20.2008
6:30 pm
Economic woes put more pressure
on island’s Food Pantry 11.14.2008
4:10 pm
Strained NOAA no longer taking
lead in marine strandings 11.14.2008
4:00 pm
Hatteras Holiday Craft Bazaar
was another success…WITH SLIDE SHOW 11.10.2008
5:30 pm
Another tournament and another
storm 11.04.2008
5:00 pm
Halloween on the islands
– and beyond…WITH SLIDE SHOW 11.02.2008 7:00 pm
Hatteras village’s
Margaret Peele celebrates Halloween with a 95th birthday
party…WITH
SLIDE SHOW 10.31.2008
3:45 pm
A small storm causes big
trouble on Hatteras Island…WITH SLIDE SHOW 10.20.2008
8:15 pm
Bonner Bridge replacement
finally makes some final progress 09.25.2008 5:00 pm
The Only on Hatteras or
Ocracoke Photo Corner
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Letters to
the Editor
New....1.5.2009 7:45 am
Readers write about the issues
facing Hatteras and Ocracoke
Commentary
Commentary: Park’s
administrative history makes a case for Congressional action on access
12.09.2008
3:45 am
Remembering Lucy Allen Stowe of
Hatteras village 12.02.2008
3:45 pm
Commentary: A member of the
negotiating committee looks at the process
for an ORV plan 10.06.2008
3:45 pm
On
Wednesday, Sept. 5, of last year, The Island Free Press made its debut
online 09.05.2008
7:30 am
Guest Columns
New....01.05.2008 11:15 am Guest Column: Scallops, scallops everywhere but not a one to eat – at least for people
New....12.29.2008
4:15 pm Guest Column: How commercial
fishing fits into an economy of sustainability
Guest Column: A
citizens’ beachwatch would help stop vandalism of resource
closures 09.29.2008 2:45
pm
Guest Column: The problem with
hurricane forecasters 09.16.2008
1:15 pm
Guest Column: Science and the
consent decree, the need for public review, and the case for ending
negotiated rulemaking 08.25.2008
11:45 am
Guest Column: Bring back the
night sky 08.14.2008
4:30 pm
More
Letters
Reader comments on The Island
Free Press
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Diving on sunken German subs
off the Outer Banks for history’s sake 07.30.2008
11:00 am
Shipwreck
salvaging is a time-honored tradition on Hatteras and Ocracoke 07.28.2008
1:00 pm
PRECIOUS
MEMORIES....A collection of stories about spending summers in Hatteras
in the late 1940s. . . . WITH
PODCASTS
Now you can listen to the
children’s classic, ‘Taffy of Torpedo
Junction’ 02.12.2008
12:30 pm
The story behind 'Taffy of
Torpedo Junction,' and the Buxton girl who was the real-life Taffy
02.12.2008
12:30 pm
A
Fishing Trip to Remember ….A stormy night and a
dash over the Bonner Bridge – before it was finished
Solving
a wartime mystery: The search for the SS Chester Sun
The Battle for
Torpedo Junction
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Fisheries News
Limited access privilege
program for striped bass still under discussion and still controversial 12.17.2008
2:25 pm
New fisheries management report
has local commercial fishermen worried 12.01.2008
11:30 am
Management of commercial
striped bass fishery is still an issue 10.08.2008
3:45 pm
Budget crunch hits North
Carolina Sea Grant 09.24.2008 2:00 pm
Trip limit on smooth dogfish is
a problem for local fishermen 09.24.2008
1:45 pm
Commercial fishermen looking to
a future with local, sustainable seafood 08.21.200810:30
am
Recreational
Fishing Features
A guide to searching for the
fish in the surf 11.24.2008
12:30 pm
Anglers Club tournament beats
the Hatteras weather…WITH SLIDE SHOW 11.11.2008
2:30 pm
A guide to natural baits for
surf fishing 11.07.2008
2:00 pm
Red
drum tournament was a success, despite the nasty weather WITH
VIDEO 10.28.2008
2:45 pm
Hanna causes a shortened
Hatteras village tournament WITH
SLIDESHOW 09.06.2008
6:30 pm
Three rod-and-reel combinations
will cover most surf fishing situations 08.25.200810:15
am
Florida man hauls in potential
state record blue marlin 08.18.2008
10:45 am
Catching blues and macks from
the surf and from the pier
08.11.2008
9:45 am
Wading on the soundside is a
different fishing choice for anglers 06.05.2008
3:45 pm
Commercial Fishing Features
Fisheries Bulletin Board
Announcements,
meetings, and
other news
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New....12.29.2008
4:00 pm A quiet revolution is underway
to buy foods grown closer to home
Hatteras Island Real Estate:
Short sale is an alternative to foreclosure 12.11.2008
1:45 pm
Ocracoke Real Estate:
Enforcing building regulation upfront makes sense 12.11.2008
1:30 pm
Two Hatteras homeowners to be
featured on HGTV show 12.09.2008
11:45 am
Hatteras and Ocracoke
businesses have a new avenue to promote the
islands 11.26.2008
5:30 pm
Hatteras Island Real
Estate: Third quarter market update 10.30.2008
4:00 pm
Ocracoke Real Estate: The ebb
and flow 10.17.2008
2:30 pm
August’s boom in
tourism wasn’t spread evenly along the Outer Banks 10.14.2008
9:00 am
Midgett brothers named Outer
Banks Citizens of the Year 10.06.2008
2:15 pm
Hatteras Island Real
Estate: Straight talk for sellers 09.22.2008
12:20 pm
Ocracoke Real Estate:
Does the community understand the results of a decision on
lot size calculations 09.18.2008
7:00 pm
Hatteras Island Real Estate:
Foreclosures revisited 08.07.2008
12:45 pm
Ocracoke Island Real Estate:
Your first offer is usually your best
07.21.2008
1:15 pm
Getting more information
Business Briefs
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Record number of nests on
seashore take a beating from September storms 10.07.2008
3:30 pm
Turtles, eggs, and nesting: A
simple primer 08.13.2008
10:00 am
Sea turtles are nesting on the
seashore in record numbers 08.12.2008
3:30 pm
Baby sperm whale stranded on
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