ATTENTION BARGAIN HUNTERS: National chain Tuesday Morning reveals its plans to renovate the old Seamark grocery store in the Outer Banks Mall shopping center. Tuesday Morning offers high end items at closeout prices and carries many great brands like Martex, Samsonite, Lego and many more. Their items range from home accents, garden tools, clothes and accessories, lamps, candles and gifts just to name a few.
Shopping at Tuesday Morning is awesome because every Tuesday they get new shipments and have new great deals. You never know what you might find in there so it is always an adventure! Plans are still being discussed but building and sign permits have already been submitted.
You know it is summer when The Lost Colony is back in action! If you have never been it is a must do for you next Outer Banks trip! It is a fun way to learn some history behind this beautiful place we call home and how it came to be. The cast returns next Friday night for its 74th anniversary season with ticket prices starting at $20. The show runs from May 27th to August 20th so you have plenty of time to plan and work it in your vacation.
The Lost Colony is the “grandfather” of all outdoor dramas and is produced by the Roanoke Island Historical Association, a non-profit whose mission is to celebrate the history of the first English colonies on Roanoke Island, North Carolina, and to honor the founders of The Lost Colony symphonic drama through drama, education, and literature.
Join this terrific cast for a show you will never forget. Check out what our fans have to say about it!
For more information on The Lost Colony or for ticket information, check out their website or facebook page.
The Outer Banks Voice reports that with only three weeks to go before its grand opening, workers at Jennette’s Pier in Nags Head are scrambling to wrap up last-minute details before welcoming its first visitors. The pier has been scheduled to open May 21 at 10:45 but there are still a few bumps in the road that have people concerned.
Workers are still working to repair a leaky aquarium, final paint touch ups are underway and the phone system is scheduled to be installed the first of next week. Hopefully these last minute hitches wont be serious enough to affect the scheduled opening but we all know people around the Outer Banks are all on beach time
As it stands now the pier will be free for sightseers and adult anglers will have to pay $12 to go out on the pier, but this is causing some commotion for locals. Since Jennette’s Pier is a state owned facility it had promised not to compete directly with privately owned piers on the Outer Banks. They intended to accomplish this by charging higher fees for those who were not fishing.
Nags Head Commissioner Renee Cahoon, who owns a grocery store just north of Jennette’s, said that pier owners had asked her to attend the meeting on their behalf. “I think you’re betraying their trust,” she said. “It’s not a good way to start out.” The piers manager said that charging a fee at a state facility would have to clear the state Rules Review Commission which could take months.
Committee members believe that by charging no fee, beach goers will use the pier as a beach access because of its free parking and state of the art bathhouse. The limited number of spaces would be quickly taken so that anglers, the only people paying a fee, would have nowhere to park.
The committee voted to contact the Department of Natural Resources by phone and letter to explain the implications of the decision and to urge him to reconsider and expedite the process for approving a fee. Until then the pier plans to ask for $2 donations from walkers.
The pier facility will be self-supporting through the fishing fee and rentals of the pier house’s second floor for meetings and weddings. At $3,300 for five hours, 20 weddings have already been planned for this year and 23 for next year.
Educational programs are also planned to start in June. They include fishing lessons, collecting and identifying plankton, exploring the intertidal zone and examining wind power. In addition to exhibits, the pier house includes a gift ship, tackle shop and snack bar.
The good news is that fishing will be free on opening day so everyone in the area-be sure to check it out! We are hoping the piers committee can get through some of these speed bumps in its opening so that everyone can get out and enjoy the new pier and pay tribute to the old Jennette’s pier destroyed by hurricane Isabel in 2003.
For more information visit the Jennette’s Pier website or keep following our blog as we continue with updates.
Jennette’s Pier has been missed for years, but the fishing, families and fun will be back soon!
Mark your calendars for Saturday, May 21, 2011, when the new state-of-the-art, LEED certified, 1,000-foot concrete pier and 16,000-square-foot pier house will be christened and reopened to the public.
Originally built in 1939, Jennette’s is the oldest fishing pier on the Outer Banks. Battered by storms and rebuilt many times throughout its seventy-year life, Jennette’s was knocked down by Hurricane Isabel in 2003, just after the pier and its five-acre tract were purchased by the NC Aquarium Society. Now, after years of planning and twenty-four months of construction, Jennette’s will reemerge in 2011 as a one-of-a-kind educational ocean pier.
The Aquarium-operated complex will feature
Educational classrooms and programs,
Alternative energy demonstrations,
Live animal exhibits,
Meeting facilities,
A snack bar and tackle shop,
And a host of other displays and features for good family fun….with great fishing too!
You can check the Jennette’s Pier website for updates on grand opening events, fees and hours, activity calendars, facility rental options, employment opportunities, and other pier news.
The Outer Banks is about to get the “Max for the Minimum.” In December, the Outer Banks Sentinel announced the pending arrival of TJ Maxx to the Outer Banks, and the grand opening has now been scheduled.
Crews have been hard at work getting the old Nags Head Food Lion store converted, and according to the TJ Maxx website, the OBX TJ Maxx grand opening is scheduled for April 22, 2010.
2210 South Croatan Hwy
Nags Head, NC 27959
Phone: 252-441-9596 Grand Opening on April 22, 2010 from 8am to 8pm!
ATTENTION BARGAIN HUNTERS: National chain Tuesday Morning reveals its plans to renovate the old Seamark grocery store in the Outer Banks Mall shopping center. Tuesday Morning offers high end items at closeout prices and carries many great brands like Martex, Samsonite, Lego and many more. Their items range from home accents, garden tools, clothes and accessories, lamps, candles and gifts just to name a few.
