🌱 How Atlantic Beach firefighters helped battle Emerald Isle’s destructive oceanfront blaze

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In today's newsletter:

• How Atlantic Beach firefighters helped battle Emerald Isle's destructive oceanfront blaze
• Why discarded fishing gear is injuring coastal birds near Atlantic Beach

Today's riddle: What do you call a one-legged Big Foot? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Intervals of clouds and sun, with a high of 81 and low of 64 degrees.
• Wednesday: Humid with plenty of sunshine, temps: high: 81, low: 67.
• Thursday: Partly sunny and humid, with a high of 83 and low of 69 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• UPDATE: New video shows large plume erupt at Emerald Isle fire that destroyed two homes (wbtv.com) — Firefighters from Atlantic Beach joined multiple departments battling a major blaze on Emerald Isle Saturday that destroyed two oceanfront homes and damaged five others. Everyone inside escaped safely and no injuries were reported, but officials say two houses are total losses as they continue investigating what caused the dramatic fire and large plume seen in new video.
   

• ENC shelter urging anglers to clear shorelines of fishing gear after wave of animal injuries (publicradioeast.org) — Coastal residents, including those fishing around Atlantic Beach, are being urged to clear leftover hooks and lines after a Newport wildlife shelter treated three seriously injured birds, one of which died from swallowing a hook. The Outer Banks Wildlife Shelter warns that tangled fishing gear can cause starvation and severe wounds, and asks anyone who finds an entangled animal to call a wildlife rescue instead of cutting the line.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday September 29
• VB- Home vs. Jones Sr.
  East Carteret High Beaufort, NC 28516
  4:30 pm
Wednesday September 30
• Puzzle Night & Competition →
  4778 NC-24, Newport
• Sip and Glaze →
  4778 NC-24, Newport
• Kayak the Salt Marsh →
  Gallants Channel, 293 West Beaufort Road, Beaufort
  9:00 am
• Football home against Newport
  Beaufort Middle Beaufort, NC 28516
  4:00 pm
• CC- Away @ Lejeune
  East Carteret High Beaufort, NC 28516
  4:30 pm
• SOC- Away @ Southside
  East Carteret High Beaufort, NC 28516
  6:00 pm
Thursday October 1
• This Collection Will Kill You: Identifying and Addressing Hazardous Materials in Your Collection →
  North Carolina Maritime Museum in Beaufort, 315 Front St., Beaufort
  12:00 pm
• VB- Home vs. Pamlico
  East Carteret High Beaufort, NC 28516
  4:30 pm
• SOC- Away @ Coastal Brigade
  East Carteret High Beaufort, NC 28516
  5:00 pm
• MCPL Youth Advisory Board Meeting →
  Morehead City NC Calendar, Morehead City Library - Marlin Conference Room 202 S 8th St, Morehead City
  5:00 pm
• JV FB- Away @ Southside
  East Carteret High Beaufort, NC 28516
  6:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Crab's Claw Oceanfront Caribbean Seafood Restaurant posted a job opening for Bus Person Full Time - Days or Nights in Atlantic Beach. Apply here.
• H.W. Kaufman Group posted a job opening for Associate Broker in Morehead City. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Atlantic Beach here.

🗞 Nearby News

Morehead City

• Weather alert for West Carteret and East Carteret Monday afternoon, says the NWS (heraldsun.com)
• Fellow coastal scientists, advocates reflect on Joe Ramus' life (coastalreview.org)

Newport

• Crystal Coast Highland Games return to Newport Oct. 17 (wcti12.com)
• Wildlife rescuers warn discarded fishing line and hooks can seriously injure birds (wcti12.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hop Squatch! (Thank you Terri R. for sending it in!)
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