Week of 02/04-02/11

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• 02/06
  Kitty Hawk Town Council Meeting
• 02/10 - 02/11
  Vagina Monologues
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Top OBX Stories

• Fearless New Year Predictions from the Editor of the North Beach Sun

  

  I took this picture at Black Pelican. Incredibly even break today. It’s hard not to be optimistic at the beginning of a new year. It’s not that I’m naive–although that is subject to debate–or a wide-eyed optimist, or a hopeless romantic. It’s just that the details of the coming year have not yet taken shape and in the absence of evidence to the contrary, there’s no reason for pessimism. On balance, I would have to say that 2011 was better than 2010, although it was by no means a straight line trajectory to betterness. At least the... more »

• Thoughts Upon Christmas

  

  Poulos House at Christmas. From a painting by Katy Caroline. The Poulos House, a spectacular celebration of Christmas lights, is on Ocean Acres Dr. just before Nags Head Woods. I should mention that I... more »

• Food for Thought Feeds Hungry Children, Growing Minds

  

  Food for Thought trailer leaving the packing shed for Manteo Elementary School. It is the least among us who suffer the most and who have the quietest voice in calling out their need. There is hunger... more »

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  In Other News

• Ribbon Cutting for Duck Town Hall and Meeting Rooms Scheduled for February 16

  

  Town Hall in October still under construction Five months beyond its planned opening, the Duck Town Hall will hold a ribbon cutting on February 16, 2012, it was decided by the Duck Town Council in... more »

• NCDOT Holds Public Hearings on Permanent Solution to NC12

  

  NCDOT proposed bridge in existing transportation corridor. Although the temporary bridge over the newly formed inlet on Pea Island has reconnected the land link of Hatteras Island with the rest of the... more »

• GOV. PERDUE ENCOURAGES CITIZENS TO ATTEND PUBLIC WORKSHOPS TO DISCUSS PERMANENT SOLUTIONS FOR N.C. 12

  

  Feedback will help determine long-term fixes for breaches at Pea Island, Rodanthe             The N.C. Department of Transportation invites citizens to attend one of two public workshops next month to... more »

• First Flight High School China Partnership Series: Article 4

  

  Cultural Differences Explained By Emma McFarlane My best friend and I were sharing a hotel room in Shanghai on the first leg of the China Partnership’s second official trip to China. It was our first... more »

• First Flight High School China Partnership Series: Article 3

  

  Nín h?o, Zàijiàn By Anna Bachman Nín h?o! or Hello! as they say in China. This was one of the many things I learned in my experience with the China Program. As a freshman it was my first time engaging... more »