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Manteo Map Music: To Be Announced – find out when we get there I guess.  :) Art: Dare County Arts Council Gallery, reception 6-8 p.m.; painting demo by local artist Catherine Hamil at Washed Ashore in the Phoenix Shops Activities: Historic Inn Crawl, 4-6 p.m. (a self-guided tour); wine tasting from local Scuppernong vineyard at the Full Moon Cafe with local artist E.M

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First Friday on the Outer Banks – Tonight 8/6

Freddie Mac reported this morning that interest rates on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages averaged 4.57 percent this week. That’s down a hundredth of a percentage point from last week’s average rate, which was already at record lows.   Freddie Mac has been tracking 30-year-fixed-rate mortgages for 39 years, and the past three weeks have shown record-setting lows for the most popular type of home loan.

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Mortgage Rates at Record Lows for Third Week

Mid-Currituck Bridge North Carolina recently passed the 2011 budget, and included in the newly passed budget is the approval for a new Outer Banks bridge – the Mid-Currituck Bridge crossing the Currituck Sound from mainland Currituck at Aydlett to Corolla on the OBX. The proposed bridge has been in the works for years.  It is estimated that the bridge could shave about 50 miles off the drive to the Northern Outer Banks. The bridge is estimated to cost over 650 million dollars and open in 2014, and it could cost drivers $10 to $15 each way

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New Outer Banks Bridge Approved in NC Budget

A limited ban on plastic bags (prohibiting major retailers from distributing lightweight plastic bags) began on the Outer Banks in the fall of 2009, and beginning in the fall of 2010, the ban is being extended to include all businesses in Currituck, Dare, and Hdye Counties.  OBX businesses will be required to use recycled paper bags or reusable cloth bags to consolidate customers’ purchases. The new provision will ban plastic bags of any weight — flimsy or not — from being used by any business on the Outer Banks beginning on Oct.

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Outer Banks Plastic Bag Ban Extends to All Businesses

Purple Martin Wikipedia :  The Purple Martin is the largest North American swallow. These aerial acrobats have speed and agility in flight, and when approaching their housing, will dive from the sky at great speeds with their wings tucked

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Outer Banks Hidden Treasure – Purple Martins