Welcome to issue 3 of the
OuterBanksThisWeek.com magazine.
It's filled with engaging stories on some local businesses so you get to know them better and information on all the fun, don't miss events (plenty of them...Spring has Sprung on the Outer Banks!) And, as always, we wax poetic about the many things we love about this Mother-Nature-emerging time of year in our beloved island home.
Want to be a part of the next magazine, whether by letting us know some things you love about Summer on the Outer Banks or as one of our featured stories? Just email us at magazine@outerbanksthisweek.com and we'll make sure your story is told.
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
Burrus Red & White Market
With today's excess of amenities, it can sometimes be hard to imagine our way back into the past. But history has always been part of the cultural lifeblood of the Outer Banks-from lore passed down about the earliest colonies to shipwrecks and pirate legends (oh my!). This narrative tradition is particularly important... Read More
67 Years of Solid Comfort and Pleasure
1947 the nation was less than two years removed from the hard-won victory of World War II. Average annual income was $2,850. A new home averaged $6,600. Gas was 15¢ a gallon. Polaroid's Land camera introduced the world to the 60-second snapshot, and U.S. Air Force Capt. Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier over... Read More
Buxton Village Books: Always a New Story to be Told
It is said that to everything there is a season. For an independent bookseller tucked away in a small seaside resort village overlooking the vast Atlantic, Spring would appear to be a time to re-stock, re-organize and re-energize for the imminent return of thousands of summertime vacation visitors. And for many... Read More
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