Articles
Celebrating 50 Years
When the humble Hermit Crab becomes too big for its shell, it finds a new one to move into. In order to grow larger, it must periodically shed its smaller self, sometimes up to 23 times in one life cycle. "Still growing after all these years" is the current motto of Beach Realty & Construction/Kitty Hawk Rentals.... Read More
In Search of Adventure
Kitty Hawk Kites may have been established long before 1974 if the Wright Brothers had stayed here. Instead, it took co-founders John Harris and Ralph Buxton to figure out how to make the glider business fly off the Outer Banks. Known today as a national leader in the adventure tour industry, Kitty Hawk Kites has come... Read More
Storm the Beach
An Adventure Race and Obstacle Course on the BeachWhen was the last time you ran down a beautiful beach, jumping over obstacles, crawling through pipes, carrying sandbags, laughing and encouraging yourself and others? Believe it or not, there are at this point hundreds who would answer that, "Why, just last year at... Read More
Welcome to the Family
For Leslie Painter, owner and broker at Colony Realty, it's all about family. The business has been in her family since 1963, when her uncle George started the company on Hatteras Island. Taken over by her father in 1970 and passed on to her brother in 1989, Colony Realty had become well established by the time Leslie... Read More
Rebirth, Rebloom & Return
Spring is a special time of year on the Outer Banks - a time that, perhaps more than any other, reminds us just how cyclical the seasons are. We go from the monotones of winter to, all of a sudden, the bursts of spring. There's color! Birds are chirping, people are happy! Life has changed from early twilight and grey... Read More