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A New Start
In last week's entry long-time Outer Banks This Week blog writer Molly Harrison said goodbye to her loyal readers and introduced me as the writer to whom she was handing over the reins. But, you may wonder, who am I and how did I arrive at this moment?My relationship with the Outer Banks began in the autumn of 1993,... Read More
Talking Trash
Recently one of our readers wrote to tell us about his disappointment in the amount of trash he found on a bike ride through Nags Head Woods this fall. "What I saw in Nags Head Woods was appalling," George Mendelson wrote. "One of the last natural refuges on OBX was strewn with trash: beer cans, bottles, cigarette... Read More
Celebrating Seafood
The big news on the Outer Banks this weekend is the inaugural Outer Banks Seafood Festival. It's an idea that was a long time in coming, and it's finally here. Morehead City has been hosting the wildly successful North Carolina Seafood Festival for 26 years, so obviously the model works, and it's certainly going to be... Read More
Looking at the Bright Side
I don't like to start off on a sour note, but bear with me and I'll get to the positive, I promise. We got some bad news recently on the Outer Banks when we learned that the Nags Head Bowling Center was closing. The bowling center has been a recreational favorite on the Outer Banks for a long time, and now it's joined... Read More
Music is in the Air
Bust out your dancing shoes because it's all about live music on the Outer Banks this week. From restaurant bars to shopping center porches to our small but scenic amphitheaters, the tunes are going to be blowing in the winds this week.By now you must know about the Outer Banks Bluegrass Festival at Roanoke Island... Read More