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A Dovekie in Ocracoke Island's Silver Lake harbor on Jan. 4, 2024. Photo by Peter Vankevich By Peter Vankevich The cold open waters off Newfoundland may not seem like an ideal location to spend the winter. But it is for some, especially the Dovekie (Alle alle), a small seabird known as the Little Auk in…
Cape Lookout National Seashore Superintendent Jeff West, left, looks on as Rhonda Jones delivers the invocation June 10, 2023, during the Portsmouth Middle Passage marker dedication at Harkers Island. Photo: Mark Hibbs By Mark Hibbs, editor Coastal Review OnlinePublished June 13, 2023 HARKERS ISLAND – “The Hannah,” a sailing ship blown off course on its…
Neither the theft of four casks of whale oil nor the bombardment by a patriot raiding party during the Revolutionary War were able to permanently darken the Sandy Hook Lighthouse, a stout, eight-sided structure that continues to warn vessels off the shoals of Raritan Bay.
The infamous pirate died on Nov. 22, 1718.
