Outer Banks Thoughts and Happenings
By Kip Tabb – Here it is, the dog days of summer and the weather is still beautiful, the beach is calling and I’m stuck here in the office writing about the latest stuff...
Tagged: Dare County
Dare County Schools Top Tier Nationally
By Kip Tabb – Summer vacation is done, the kids are back in the classroom and it seems like a good time to take a look at our Dare County schools and recognize them...
Dare County Mourns the Death of Commissioner Richard Johnson
By Dorothy Killingsworth, Dare County Director of Public Relations The Board of Commissioners and Dare County employees are deeply saddened by the death of Vice-Chairman Richard Johnson on August 29, 2013. In recent months,...
Outer Banks Moves Toward Unified Shoreline Plan
Opinion by Kip Tabb – With the passage of a 1% increase in county occupancy taxes to pay for shoreline mitigation efforts, Dare County has taken a significant step toward creating a county...
Taking Outer Banks Weddings on an Ecological Spin
By Michelle Bunce – As the number of weddings in the US tops two million and reaches the $50 billion plateau, according to The Wedding Report, Inc. (an online resource), more and more couples...
The Art of the Tattoo
By Melissa Cox – The history of tattoos is ancient, dating as far back as the bronze age. The Outer Banks, however, was a little late to the party, with the first professional tattoo...
Legends in the Dark
By Jesse Fernandez – “Legends in the Dark” was a name given to an 8′ 6” mini-noserider that I built in January of this year. I don’t usually give names to boards that I...
Outer Banks 2013 Economic Forecast Breakfast Predicts Continued Growth
By Kip Tabb – Revamped from previous years and offering a broader spectrum of information than in the past, the 2013 Outer Banks Chamber of Commerce Economic Forecast breakfast was the most successful in...
Outer Banks Community Foundation Turns 30
By Kip Tabb – The Outer Banks is a remarkably generous community—a place where charitable giving starts at home and generally stays here. As a community it has come to understand its own needs...
Project Purple Comes to the Outer Banks
By Kip Tabb – Chris Herren created a private Hell and, and at every opportunity to turn aside from the horror he was creating, he instead placed one foot in front of the other,...
