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Reward offered for beach driver info
A beach driving association is offering a reward for information that leads to the conviction of people involved in illegal driving last week on a Hatteras Island beach.
Vehicle violates protected nesting area at Cape Hatteras
Click for full view The destruction of a least tern nest is the sixth deliberate violation of the resource protection area.
Genuine beach towns highlight Hatteras Island's simple lifestyle
When I was a boy growing up in North Carolina more than half a century ago, my family would spend a few weeks every summer at a cottage on the beach at Nag's Head.
Cape Hatteras National Seashore
NPS Implements Seasonal ORV Closures on May 15
Superintendent Mike Murray announced that the annual seasonal closures of village beaches to off-road vehicle use within the National Seashore will go into affect on Thursday, May 15, 2008.
Drivers find Hatteras beaches less and less accessible
News North Carolina HATTERAS, N.C. Confused visitors and tired park rangers marked the Memorial Day weekend on Hatteras and Ocracoke islands, where changing closures to protect birds have created broad and ...
Sprinters Bolt and Gay consider NY showdown
“I told him to watch out in the 200. I said I was definitely looking forward to a showdown.”
SALVO, North Carolina: A 100m showdown between Jamaican Usain Bolt and world champion Tyson Gay could take place at New York's grand prix meeting on May 31. via People's Daily Online
National garden group brings tour to Asheville
“The lilac, cherry and camellias are all blooming. It really has been a beautiful spring.”
Each paid $3,700 for the Asheville trip, which includes a $500 donation to the society. via The Asheville Citizen-Times
Coasts of Carolinas offer many versions of vacation heaven
Small paths cut through the dunes on the way to the Atlantic Ocean in Salvo, a small town on North Carolina's Outer Banks Consider the siren call of the Carolina coastline: the lap of the ocean, the whistle of ... via Cleveland.com
Obama Fires Salvo at McCain Over Housing, Economy
“Barack Obama's diagnosis for our housing market is clearly that Barack Obama knows best - raise taxes on hardworking Americans and give government a prescription to spend”
Just finishing a short vacation in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Democratic presidential contender Sen. via Newswire.co.nz
Winds gusted at more than 50 mph today causing problems from the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel to the Outer Banks. via WTKR-TV Norfolk
“Self-indulgent isn't a strong enough word”
'The Mission Song" by John le Carre. This novel's hero, Bruno Salvador, aka Salvo, is one of le Carre's outsiders, the son of an Irish Catholic missionary and a Congolese village woman. via News Observer