Four Quakers set sail in 1958 on a 37-foot wooden ketch on a mission to prevent nuclear weapon testing. Sixty-five years later, a new crew is at the helm but still sharing the same message of peace. Golden Rule, considered the world’s […]
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Local boaters are getting ready to deck their hulls for a popular Carteret County Christmas tradition. The Crystal Coast Holiday Flotilla will return for its 30th year along the Morehead City and Beaufort waterfronts. The annual parade of decorated vessels can be seen
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Fall First Friday Nov. 4, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. Join the museum for the final fall “First Friday” art event where the museum hosts artists with a reception and presentation of their work. Meet Artist Vicki Mann, Jeweler Amy Hughes, and Greeting
The North Carolina Maritime Museum in Beaufort is known for an extensive collection that highlights the many types of shells that are found along our coastline. But it’s a shell in the personal collection of the museum’s education curator that is particularly notable.
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The author of a new book that addresses misconceptions about sharks and explores the species’ importance within the marine environment will make a stop in Beaufort later this month as part of his “reading frenzy” tour. Award-winning marine biologist Dr. David Shiffman
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When David Bennett joined the N.C. Maritime Museum at Beaufort as maritime historian it was just days before the 2019 Wooden Boat Show. He had no idea that he’d have to wait three years before there was another one. “Part of my
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A popular outdoor event that celebrates the maritime community while gearing up for the summer season returns this month to Beaufort. The Friends of the North Carolina Maritime Museum in Beaufort will host Maritime Day on June 12 from 11 a.m. to
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BEAUFORT, NC – The director of the North Carolina Maritime Museums will be in Beaufort next week, and he’s set aside some time to meet with the community. “I always try to remain open and accessible,” Joseph Schwarzer, director of the three
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With Hungry Town Bike Tours North Carolina’s Southern Outer Banks, Hungry Town Bike Tours, launches a new bicycle tour that takes visitors to several of the locations in Beaufort, NC. as described in Nicholas Sparks’ bestselling novels A Walk to Remember and
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