Last year, My Outer Banks Home featured Dare Central Communications Center, home of the 9-1-1 dispatchers who take calls from...
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Life & Wellness
Special Olympics Of Dare County – Brave In The Attempt
“Let me win. But if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt.” - Special Olympics Oath After...
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Trampolines, Terrorists, and Trees – Odd Things In Our Homeowner’s Policy
I have owned my house for 15 years and have yet to read past the first few lines of my...
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The Evolution Of The Swimsuit
With sun-kissed summer days nearly within reach, we decided to take a look at the history of swimwear fashion. From modesty...
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By OBX and Buy OBX
Why to Shop Local Our landscape has long brought innovative thinkers and artistic individuals in search of inspiration for invention,...
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Total Giving: Philanthropy on the Outer Banks
Looking for ways to give back? Outer Banks Volunteers has many ways to give of your time or to give...
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Everyday Extraordinary
Turn an Ordinary Day into Something Special Our world gets busier and larger by the second. Technology moves us at...
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Wild Horses Threatened by Development
The Wild Horses of Corolla This summer many of us read and perhaps even signed a petition circulated by the...
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The Healing Power of Horses
MANE & TAILL: Therapeutic Horsemanship Academy Five teenagers, grouped in two teams, slowly circled a horse that was loose in...
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Dangers of Digging on the Beach
It is a sad day when something completely recreational can lead to tragedy. Last month, David Frasier and his family...
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Where Am I
It’s summer and we’re feeling playful. So how about a game of “Where Am I?” But we have added a...
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Love Your Dog, Love Your Beach
A beach vacation can be almost as much fun for dogs as it is for their human companions. Many dogs...
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Have a Beach Smart Summer
The best way to stay safe and happy while visiting the Outer Banks is to remember three things: do not...
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Carolina Swamp Juice
In the 1920s, Buffalo City, NC was the Moonshine Capital of the United States. Almost 100 years later, the legacy...
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Lessons from the Unpainted Aristocracy
The mystique that is Nags Head is in so many ways embodied in the old weathered cottages that line the...
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When the “Off Season” Becomes the “In Season”
■ One PA Couple Finds OBX to be Perfect Winter Roost Snowbirds are typically defined in one of two ways....
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Roadside Markets to Make You Stop the Car
If our recipes have whet your appetite for the bounty that comes straight from the ground, consider a stop at...
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OBX Project Purple
Two years ago, Kelly Tobin and her husband, Jeff, with the help of their two sons established OBX Project Purple....
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What’s a Beach Worth?
Before Nags Head widened its shoreline in 2011, large stretches of the beach were a sad sight. Years of battering...
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Local Luminaries
For decades, Jim and Ann Poulos have spent months of their lives providing a Christmas spectacle of lights. The homemade...
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A Christmas to Remember
There have been moments during the holiday season that I have found myself wishing it was another holiday. I mean...
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Festival of Trees
Twenty five years ago, Outer Banks resident Mary Ann Williams brought home an idea for a fundraiser that would forever...
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YouthBuild: Helping At-Risk Youth Build a Future
Tre' Quan (front) is joined by two others of River City YouthBuild on the front steps of their recent home-renovation...
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Aging in Place
When Don Bowers’ 82-year-old mother fell and broke her leg for the second time in two years, Bowers realized that...
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