June 3, 1933: The first issue launches, giving readers 24 pages that foretell our spirit of editorial celebration. Positive stories delve into the state’s robust strawberry market — “The market at Chadbourn has shipped a total of 180,000 crates” — and the expected summer crowds at Atlantic Beach — “The casino contains an excellent dance floor, which will enable dancers to enjoy themselves at all hours of the day and night.” Full-page advertisers include Duke Power Company, Wachovia Bank and Trust, and Carolina Telephone & Telegraph.
From its northernmost point in Corolla to its southern terminus on Cedar Island, this scenic byway — bound between sound and sea — links the islands and communities of the Outer Banks.
For the owner of The Country Biscuit, welcoming diners is the fulfillment of a decades-long dream. And diners’ dreams come true when they try the glazed biscuit doughnut holes.
Black bears are the embodiment of North Carolina’s adventurous spirit, immense and wild.
After nearly a century — or just a couple of years — these seafood restaurants have become coastal icons, the places we know, love, and return to again and again.
