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Today's riddle: What did one strawberry say to the other strawberry? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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• Hatteras Island Meals launches annual island-wide raffle (islandfreepress.org) — Hatteras Island Meals is kicking off its annual raffle to fund weekday meal deliveries for elderly and homebound neighbors from Rodanthe to Hatteras Village, plus the Cape Hatteras Food Pantry. Tickets are on sale online and at local spots like Ace Hardware and Conner's, with prizes donated by island businesses and proceeds helping cover thousands of meals each year.
• How Hurricane Irene Changed the Outer Banks, 15 Years Later (islandfreepress.org) — Fifteen years after Hurricane Irene cut off Hatteras Island and severed N.C. 12, locals are still living with the storm's legacy in new bridges, elevated homes, and revamped emergency communications. The article explains how Irene reshaped access to Hatteras and Ocracoke, turned fire stations into recovery hubs, and continues to drive big decisions about the future of Highway 12.
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: If you weren't so sweet, we wouldn't be in this jam! (Thank you Patti F. for sending it in!)
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