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It’s Independence day on the Outer Banks and the classic though, so much to do and so little time, seems to have been confirmed. From Hatteras to Corolla there is plenty to do. 

The National Park Service has been working for some time to restore the Hatteras U.S. Weather Bureau Station to its original look and feel. With the recent completion of the metal warning tower, the building and grounds are back to the what would have...

Visitors to Hatteras Village may notice a sign on the north end of the village and may even notice there is a Fessenden Center. 

Fessenden Road Sign

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The Corolla Wild Horses are back in the news. This time it’s because they are behaving like, well…wild horses. Last week we wrote about two stallions that were fighting for dominance and how dangerous it could be.

Even with modern equipment, minute by minute weather forecasts and GPS, the waters of the Outer Banks can prove treacherous. And yesterday there was another example of that as a 28’ vessel, the Caro-lina, ran ashore in the early morning hours on the north...

And another foal joins the Corolla Wild Horse herd, this one born less than a week ago. His name is Donner, German for thunder since he was born, evidently during a thunder storm.

Juneteenth came just a little bit early to the Pea Island Cookhouse Museum in Manteo this year. 

Juneteenth at the Pea Island Cookhouse Museum

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Island Farm on Roanoke Island is sort of an overlooked gem of a place to check out on the Outer Banks. Located on 15 acres of what was once the 420 acre Etheridge farmstead, Island Farm does everything the old fashioned way.

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The Lost Colony is not the live action entertainment that can be enjoyed on the Outer Banks in the Summer. The Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station in Rodanthe reenactment of an early 20th century rescue may be only seven minutes long, but it may be the...

With a wonderful breeze from the south giving us a bright warm day of sunshine and great weather, today was a near perfect beach day.