Articles

Food Is Love

By Dianne Beard
It’s an age-old saying that food is love. Across the globe at any given time, people gather around kitchen tables and in restaurants to enjoy food, conversation and connection. The love of a meal often starts with finding locally sourced foods and continues into the kitchen where decades’ worth of recipes, often... Read More

An Outer Banks-Born Business Goes Big

By Molly Harrison
Every day all across the nation, expert candymakers at more than 20 locations of The Fudgery are busy handcrafting fudge the old-fashioned way – cooking extra-fine sugar, half and half, butter, fine chocolate and salt in huge copper kettles then hand-turning the fudge on an 800 lb. slab of Georgia marble to quickly... Read More

Hot Fun in the Summertime

By Heather Frese
The tall sweep of sand dunes at Jockey’s Ridge is one of my earliest memories – the thick heat, the sticky grit on my legs as I held my mom’s hand and watched my dad run, jump, then drift through the air on a brightly colored hang glider. He had a t-shirt from Kitty Hawk Kites depicting the scene in pretty pastels... Read More

Bringing People Together with Jazz

By Hannah West
For two years Duck’s picturesque Town Green fell silent over Columbus Day weekend, a time of year traditionally filled with the lively sounds of the Duck Jazz Festival. But in 2022, the music returned and with it came more than 6,000 festival goers over the course of the holiday weekend. The 14th annual Duck Jazz... Read More

Find Treasure on the Corolla Outer Banks and Currituck Mainland

By Leah Wingenroth
Restless adventurers, relax! Around here you don’t have to look far to find the treasures that will satisfy your need for exciting new adventures and experiences. Currituck County and Corolla are jam-packed with hidden gems and historical artifacts ready for you to discover. Treasuring Northern Outer Banks History... Read More