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Jane Batten donates $1.5M for Nauticus sailing center

aaron.applegate — Wed, 23 May 2012 23:37:33 -0400

Philanthropist Jane Batten has pledged $1.5 million for a new sailing center being developed by Nauticus, a gift that could help boost efforts to support the cash-strapped Schooner Virginia.

Hang gliders swarm Nags Head for annual contest

Tom.Justice — Fri, 18 May 2012 16:57:25 -0400

KILL DEVIL HILLS, N.C. Zack Marzec hovered above sand dunes, becoming a neon-shaded wing against a cloud-speckled sky. Beachgoers gazed upward as he floated, wind rippling their clothing. It seemed almost effortless. Marzec gripped a silver bar and moved it when the wind nudged him. "He's so relaxed," fellow glider David Fynn said.

Verbolten earns a fun scream from our test rider

David.Schleck — Wed, 16 May 2012 10:12:05 -0400

WILLIAMSBURG
Gerta and Gunter have a secret.
The German guides introduce themselves on video screens as you wait in line for Busch Gardens Williamsburg’s newest roller coaster, Verbolten, which has its grand opening this weekend.

N.C. marriage vote could spark event, organizer says

Mon, 14 May 2012 21:29:20 -0400

OUTER BANKS, N.C. The first thing David Miller did when he heard that Dare County had voted down Amendment 1 opposing gay marriage was head to Facebook.

Piping plover hatching shuts down N.C.'s Cape Point

Gabriella.Souza — Mon, 14 May 2012 11:23:45 -0400

HATTERAS ISLAND, N.C.
The first piping plover nest of the season has hatched at Cape Point, closing three miles of the area - popular with surf anglers - to vehicles and pedestrians.

Edenton, N.C., is a small-town gem that defies time

Tom.Justice — Sun, 13 May 2012 16:58:29 -0400

EDENTON, N.C. Edenton has aged well. Incorporated in 1722, the town's main business district is as active as it was when colonial sailing vessels crowded the bay with cargos of local goods bound for New England and the West Indies.

War of 1812 | Battlefields, forts are legacies in Hampton Roads

david.putney — Sun, 06 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400

False Cape State Park: 'It's a little slice of paradise'

Sun, 06 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400

By David Macaulay
Correspondent
VIRGINIA BEACH
For a state park of more than 4,300 acres in Virginia's most-populated city, False Cape State Park retains a remarkable degree of seclusion for the feral pigs, egrets and venomous cottonmouth snakes that live there.

Swimming advisory for Nags Head site lifted

lauren.king — Thu, 03 May 2012 14:27:53 -0400

NAGS HEAD, N.C. A swimming advisory issued Wednesday for a site at Jockey's Ridge has been lifted. On Tuesday, state officials found bacteria levels in the sound-side access in Nags Head that exceed the state and Environmental Protection Agency recreational water quality standards, a news release from the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources said.

Congressman: Lighten N.C. beach driving restrictions

Gabriella.Souza — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:02:36 -0400

U.S. Rep. Walter Jones told a House subcommittee this morning that National Park Service beach access regulations put in place last February are negatively affecting local businesses and access to public lands and should be repealed.