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Artrageous and Shrimptastic!
Any time an event can claim "23rd Annual" as part of its name, you know the event's organizers have a well-earned connection with the hearts and minds of the community. The 23rd Annual Artrageous Art Extravaganza, to be held Saturday, Nov. 17 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Dare County Family Recreation Park in Kill Devil... Read More
An Election, a Marathon, and Food
Yesterday Americans successfully conducted another Presidential election, the 57th since the founding of our nation. Now, after months of endless campaigning that at times seemed more like a political version of the movie Groundhog Day than the rational political process one might expect of a civilized nation, it is... Read More
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