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outerbanksvoice.com | Kip Tabb
By Kip Tabb | Outer Banks Voice on April 13, 2025 An iconic moment as Lindsay Snyder (L) and Renee Long (R) run past the Wright Brothers Monument. (Photo by Kip Tabb)Lincoln Aquirre gave high fives and encouragement to runners as he waited for his dad, Christian.
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outerbanksvoice.com | Kip Tabb
By Kip Tabb | Outer Banks Voice on April 11, 2025 Concerns are voiced about contamination at Coast Guard siteBy Kip Tabb | Outer Banks VoiceWith a modest crowd on hand, the Buxton Naval Facility Restoration Advisory Board (RAB) held its first meeting at the Cape Hatteras Anglers Club in Buxton on April 10.
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2 weeks ago | 
outerbanksvoice.com | Kip Tabb
http://www.outerbanksvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/20250408-181100.mp3April 9: Currituck Commissioners approve referendum on partisan ed board elections/Dee Callahan named Administrative Director of Friends of the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum/Ocracoke Island Waterfowl Festival this weekend..
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2 weeks ago | 
coastalreview.org | Kip Tabb
First in a new commentary feature, Tabb’s Trails. Verdant and beautiful, coastal North Carolina boasts hidden treasures of nature. For the most part, the maritime forest reserves and parks that are found throughout the area require no special equipment or knowledge to explore, just a willingness to spend some time enjoying the environment’s beauty and the unexpected surprises it offers. Sandy Run Park on the The Woods Road in Kitty Hawk is a 16-acre town park.
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2 weeks ago | 
outerbanksvoice.com | Kip Tabb
By Kip Tabb | Outer Banks Voice on April 6, 2025 With over 300 ticket holders attending, the Chowder Cook Off on Saturday was “just a great day” Quinn Capps, Marketing Manager for the Outer Banks Restaurant Association told the Voice. (Photos by Kip Tabb)Learning how to Eat Like a Pirate at Jolly Roger. That’s (LtoR) Kimberly, Yvonne, Monica, and Abby Griffith from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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2 weeks ago | 
islandfreepress.org | Trista Talton |Joy Crist |Kip Tabb
From CoastalReview.orgA pilot study tracking a popular saltwater fish was not expected to yield as much information as it did in its first year. When the North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries and its nonprofit project partner, the North Carolina Marine and Estuary Foundation, launched its red drum study last year, researchers thought the pop-off point where a satellite tag detached from a fish would be the most important piece of information they would glean.
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2 weeks ago | 
islandfreepress.org | Joy Crist |Trista Talton |Kip Tabb
After a winter of various repairs and updates, the Rodanthe Fishing Pier will reopen for the 2025 season on Saturday, April 5, at 7:00 a.m.There have been multiple improvements at the Rodanthe Pier over the past few years, which includes a new ramp that was installed in 2020, and a number of structural repairs that were necessary after various nor’easters. In the 2024 winter season, 10 new pilings were installed after storm damage that occurred in the fall.
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3 weeks ago | 
islandfreepress.org | Joy Crist |Trista Talton |Kip Tabb
On Friday, March 28, Captain Tim Hagerich of Black Pearl Charters had a once-in-a-lifetime encounter with an estimated 1,800-pound great white shark just off the coast of northern Ocracoke Island. “I have spent thousands and thousands of hours in the ocean, and I have only seen one great white shark in my entire life, and that was a small one at about eight feet,” said Hagerich.
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3 weeks ago | 
islandfreepress.org | Trista Talton |Joy Crist |Kip Tabb |Sam Walker
Anglers who catch Bluefin Tuna and billfishes in North Carolina no longer need to report those catches to the state. As of Tuesday, April 1, the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Marine Fisheries has discontinued its Highly Migratory Species Catch Card Program.
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3 weeks ago | 
outerbanksvoice.com | Kip Tabb
By Kip Tabb | Outer Banks Voice on March 30, 2025 New technology could conceivably save money and sandBy Kip Tabb | Outer Banks VoiceAs a mitigation tool to protect homes and infrastructure, beach nourishment has worked well for the Outer Banks. But it does have problems, problems that Dare County Manager Bobby Outten addressed head-on in remarks to the North Carolina Coastal Resources Commission (CRC) at its Feb. 27 meeting.
