Chessen Parker, a native to the North Carolina coast, has just released her latest in a series of mystery books, on the coast of North Carolina. The first is a mystery, set along the Crystal Coast involving Blackbeard. It’s a great book for everyone to check it out!
Please visit her site at www.chessenparker.com for more [...]

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Many of you may already know about our Gallery and Gifts store. There are several holiday gifts and photos using many of the pictures you see on our site and many others. All you have to do is select your favorite photo. Select Buy in the top right corner and then select the size photo [...]

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We receive several questions every week here at CarolinaLights. We try to answer each of them as best as we can. Many of the questions we get have already been answered in our FAQ. As we get new and unique questions asked we try to answer them promptly and then also post them on or [...]

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The National Park Service will offer evening tours of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse Oct. 4 to coincide with the full moon. Each tour – at 6:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. – is limited to 30 people.
Climbers are asked to bring their own flashlights to navigate the lighthouse’s 257 steps. At the top, they will stand [...]

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Two landmarks on the Outer Banks will be going dark for needed repairs.
The Bodie Island Lighthouse and the Ocracoke Lighthouse will shut down their lights next Monday.
The National Park Service says the Bodie light will shut down for at least 18 months. Repairs include removing 344 glass prisms for cleaning, restoring the panels that hold [...]

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From hamptonroads.com
Bodie Island Light Station is getting beautified | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com
BODIE ISLAND
Nearly every corner of the Bodie Island Light Station site will soon be buzzing with restoration projects.
Three historic buildings that were on the oceanfront off the highway were relocated last week to the station’s entrance road in preparation for rehabilitation.
And workers this month [...]

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Family Night Aug. 13
An evening to shiver your timbers as pirate pretenders invade the Aquarium on Thursday, Aug. 13, for the last Family Night of 2009. The Aquarium stays open late for Pirates Family Night, with activities featuring colorful characters from North Carolina’s history on the high seas. The fun begins at 5 p.m. and [...]

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North Carolina Aquariums Jennette’s Pier construction

From www.zandavisitor.com
Manteo, NC - Construction of the North Carolina Aquariums Jennette’s Pier is moving eastward into the Atlantic Ocean. To keep informed about the progress being made on the pier site, visit this link: http://www.ncaquariums.com/aquarium-piers/jennettes-pier. There you will find information updated regularly along with photos showing different aspects of the [...]

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The Knights of the Black Flag exhibit was moved from the Maritime Museum in Beaufort, NC to the N.C. History Museum. The exhibit showcases many artifacts related to pirates, including the largest collection of artifacts ever exhibited from the shipwreck believed to be Blackbeard’s flagship, Queen Anne’s Revenge. Legends surround another compelling artifact on loan [...]

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WILMINGTON, N.C. — A South Carolina company that does dive charters and fishery research is the high bidder for a dilapidated light tower located 35 miles from the mouth of the Cape Fear River.
The Star-News of Wilmington reported Thursday that Shipwrecks Inc. bid $515,000 for the Frying Pan Shoals light tower. The tower includes 5,000 [...]

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