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Holiday Feasts, Last Call for Lights and New Year's Festivities
As I've talked with friends and acquaintances over the past few weeks a consensus seemed to develop that 2013 has been a long year, and for some folks, quite a challenging year. But, finally, the holidays have arrived, bringing with them all their glad tidings and good will, and a brand new year full of hopeful... Read More
An Early Gift for Hatteras, Holidays Lights and Santa Paws
Hatteras Islanders received an early Christmas gift Sunday afternoon as the North Carolina Department of Transportation re-opened the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge to traffic for the first time since its Dec. 3 closure. The decision to re-open the bridge was made after several sonar scans, test pilings and multiple... Read More
Holiday Spirit Bridges Distances of Water and Time
Only in a few places do residents have as much appreciation for history as they do on the Outer Banks. Whether it is due to the awareness of our place in the story of European colonization of the New World and the later development of powered flight or a well-honed sensitivity to the ephemeral nature of an existence... Read More
A Silver Anniversary Brightens the OBX Holiday Season
Our sense of time changes as we age. When you're 6 years old the period of time between Halloween and Christmas seems an eternity. At the age of 12 it seems you'll never reach 16 and the nearly mystical freedom promised by a driver's license. By the time we enter our second quarter-century, time begins to take on a... Read More
A Time of Feasting, Santa Sightings and a Twinkle or Two
Let me begin by wishing everyone a safe and happy Thanksgiving holiday. Many of us will be surrounded by family and friends and a world of plenty for the next several days. But some of us - both two-legged folks as well as four-legged folks - will experience loneliness and want during the holiday just as they do... Read More