Outer Banks Articles & Shorts - Issue 1: Fall 2013

This is our premiere issue of OuterBanksThisWeek.com magazine, a publication celebrating the Outer Banks, its people, its businesses and everything that happens here. We're featuring businesses, but not only with ads. We think the stories behind most of our local businesses are fascinating, and we've sought the history and the details that complete the picture.

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An Outer Banks Love Story

By Eve Turek
When Joe Lamb, Jr. and his wife, Ann, opened their real estate office in 1968, Dare County had less than 7,000 residents. Manteo was the county's population center. Only Nags Head and Kill Devil Hills had incorporated. The Oregon Inlet bridge was four years young, and today's bustling bypass had only two lanes.The... Read More

Whalehead Embraces Its Haunted History

By Michael Lay
With so many possible activities available during a visit to the Outer Banks, perhaps you think you already know all you need to about Corolla's immense Art Nouveau mansion (now known as Whalehead), its wealthy industrialist builder and owners and its golden years as a sportsman's paradise, hosting privileged hunters... Read More

Oh How We Love Fall on the Outer Banks

By Beth P. Storie
WE'VE ARRIVED... The time of year many locals and visitors love best has arrived. Cool winds, fewer crowds, less traffic, bluer skies and an ocean that you can still swim in until mid-October all ease us gracefully out of summer. Pumpkin Fairs! Nags Head Elementary holds The Great Pumpkin Fair every year, and... Read More