Sandy One Year Later—Anniversary Thoughts
By Kip Tabb – It’s been a year since Hurricane Sandy brushed past the Outer Banks. That day—October 29, 2012—is fading into memory now, becoming a little less clear, a little more indistinct. After...
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All Hail the Idiots!
By Phyllis Cole – With the intent to educate people and show them what not to do while driving on the Outer Banks beach, while poking a bit of fun, Facebook’s Oregon Inlet Idiots encouraged...
2013 Fearless Predictions
By Kip Tabb – Predictions are a dangerous business, invariably proving us wrong in our judgments and frequently demonstrating for one and all that our intelligence is a transient thing limited only to the...
Saying Goodbye to 2012
By Kip Tabb – 2012 has come and gone, and like most things it was a bit of a mixed bag. Overall, it was a pretty good year—we welcomed record a number of visitors,...
Open all Night at Winks in Kitty Hawk
By Ann and Danny Greeson – Winks is a neighborhood grocery store that is a Kitty Hawk landmark—and one of a number of buildings along the Beach Road that paints a picture of...
Wright Place Preschool Re-opens
By Kip Tabb – Seven weeks after Hurricane Sandy deposited 18” of water in the classrooms of the Wright Place, the preschool and childcare facility in Kitty Hawk, the doors are open once again...
Thoughts on Hurricane Sandy
By Kip Tabb – Monday morning, October 29th, started with a call from Cathy Baldwin, publisher of the North Beach Sun, asking me to get to the office as soon as possible: “The tide’s...
