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Summer House : Your Home Away From Home

By The Independent ⋅ June 29, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

by Robin Arnold
     Walking through a dream is one of the most enjoyable activities of living. If you breeze by Summer House in Currituck near Carolina Club Golf Course you are taking part in Melody Clopton’s dream which brings “the eye” to Currituck. “The eye” is what someone has when they spot [...]

Body of missing swimmer recovered

By The Independent ⋅ June 29, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

The body of a missing Greenville woman has been recovered from the Currituck Sound northeast of Poplar Branch Landing, according to a report issued by the Currituck Sheriff’s Office.
Leah Kathleen Bland, age 26, was reported missing at approximately 8 p.m. on the evening of Sunday, June 28. Bland and her friend Rae [...]

Currituck Announces July 4th Festivities

By The Independent ⋅ June 18, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Currituck County’s 17th Annual Independence Day Celebration and fireworks display will be highlighted by a concert by country music star Stephen Cochran. The celebration, set for Saturday, July 4, 2009 at Currituck Heritage Park in Corolla, will get underway at 5:00 p.m. It will also include a fireworks display, children’s games and activities, and food [...]

Coastal Flood Statement Issued

By The Independent ⋅ June 18, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Issued by The National Weather Service
Wakefield, VA
11:49 am EDT, Thu., Jun. 18, 2009

… MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING…
PERSISTENT ONSHORE FLOW… ALONG WITH AN INCREASING… LONG PERIOD EASTERLY SWELL… WILL MAINTAIN A MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC BEACHES TODAY BETWEEN OCEAN CITY AND CURRITUCK BEACH [...]

DMV Mobile Unit

By The Independent ⋅ December 23, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

[ January 8, 2009; 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. February 5, 2009; 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. March 5, 2009; 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. April 9, 2009; 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. May 7, 2009; 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. June 11, 2009; 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. ] The Department of Motor Vehicles Mobile Unit visits Currituck County once a month on the Thursday of the first full week of each month.

The Mobile Unit will still be located in the Historic Courthouse parking lot from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The unit is scheduled to visit Currituck on the following dates:

January [...]

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