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A new contractor hired to take over the troubled canal dredging project in Southern Shores is counting on good chemistry to get the job done. The project was brought to a halt earlier this year after the previous company hired to do the work was unable to extract fine particles from the water before putting it

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Troubled canal project set to resume in the fall

Southern Shores has approved a $5.8 million budget that includes a 1.25-cent tax increase for operations and another 3 cents to build a capital improvement fund. With a budget scorecard. full story ?

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Southern Shores OKs 4.25-cent tax increase

Nags Head would rather set fire to the old Windmill Point restaurant than continue to pay for insurance against one. Once proudly boasting a large collection of memorabilia from the S.S.

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Plan would use Windmill Point for fire training

Although they don’t face as big a budget squeeze as the county and some other towns, Manteo leaders will consider a 2-cent tax increase to protect against possibly losing $50,000 or more in shared regional revenues every year into the foreseeable future.

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Manteo places a bet in regional budget poker

A hotel and condominium complex approved by Currituck County commissioners last week may have benefited from a zoning mistake.

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Zoning mixup may have aided N.C. condo project