Crowd-funding effort hopes to keep this OBX museum open all year Nellie Myrtle Pridgen’s store on the Beach Road in Nags Head has been closed for decades, but her remarkable collection of beach glass and odds and ends live in the Outer Banks Beachcomber Museum. These treasures the ocean washed ashore create a history of… Continue reading obx beachcomber museum hopes to open year-round
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everybody got crabs at crabdaddy!
Fresh crabs, good music and great wine at Crabdaddy this year Crabdaddy is all about celebrating the bounty of the sea and land… done, of course, the Outer Banks way. The setting is perfect. The vines of Sanctuary Vineyards surround the The Cotton Gin in Jarvisburg, so what better place for September festivities than under the pines on… Continue reading everybody got crabs at crabdaddy!
when mother ocean puts on a light show
OBX ocean illuminated with bioluminescent light show! The plankton rolled in with the surf this weekend and for two nights there was a light show in iridescent blues and greens that reminded us all that the beauty of nature exceeds any work of art by human hands. The scientific term is bioluminescence; the effect is one… Continue reading when mother ocean puts on a light show
flying kegs + craft beer = obx brewtag!
The 2nd Annual OBX Brewtag is Saturday! You’ll need to keep your eyes to the sky this Saturday, October 22 from 12-6pm at The Soundside Event Site in Nags Head. The inaugural OBX Brewtag event in 2015 was a BLAST (check out the quick recap video below) and this year is primed to be even… Continue reading flying kegs + craft beer = obx brewtag!
taking the ferry to portsmouth island
A Family Legacy of Journeys to Portsmouth Island The Austin family has been taking visitor from Ocracoke to the deserted village on Portsmouth Island for over 40 years. As the brothers who have made the journey a part of their family heritage age, writer Lane DeGregory looks to the future in her article for Our… Continue reading taking the ferry to portsmouth island
german sub found off ocracoke!
Remains of U576 are submerged in depths off Ocracoke On her fifth tour of duty, U576 met her doom, inexplicably surfacing in the middle of a convoy after firing four torpedoes, sinking one ship and damaging two others. There were no survivors and the crew, as Michael E. Ruane writing for the Washington Post discovered,… Continue reading german sub found off ocracoke!
kelly’s closing would be the end of an era
The iconic Kelly’s Outer Banks Restaurant and Tavern may close by the end of the year. Ending months, or even years of speculation, Outer Banks restauranteur Mike Kelly confirmed to Russ Lay of the Outer Banks Voice that he may be selling the Nags Head property that houses his iconic Kelly’s Outer Banks Restaurant & Tavern.… Continue reading kelly’s closing would be the end of an era
hermine leaves her mark on the obx
Hermine may just be a tropical storm, but she sure has packed a wallop on the Outer Banks. Kip Tabb writing for the North Beach Sun took his camera out this morning, got some pictures and put his thoughts down about the storm. Reports are rolling in now from Hatteras and Ocracoke that aren’t great– lots… Continue reading hermine leaves her mark on the obx
irene: 5 years gone but not forgotten
No OBX local could forget that Hurricane Irene rolled over the Outer Banks in August of 2011. TD8 probably wouldn’t have any significance attached to it under most circumstances… a minimal tropical system just off the OBX that’s not even going to make landfall—but this is the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Irene, a storm many… Continue reading irene: 5 years gone but not forgotten
discover SCORE on the obx!
Discover or Re-Discover SCORE Outer Banks! For over four decades the volunteers from Outer Banks SCORE have been championing and changing the face of small businesses throughout Dare County and beyond. Offering free and confidential business counseling for both start-ups as well as existing businesses, SCORE OBX is extending an invitation to prospective clients and… Continue reading discover SCORE on the obx!