Posts tagged banks

• Driving on Beaches Can Create Traffic Hazards for Beachgoers

  Kevin Duffan | December 08, 2011 12:29 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  As any North Carolina Outer Banks beachgoer knows, during peak tourist season the area can get pretty packed. Added to the mix of families and friends who head out with their umbrellas, coolers...

• Safety First in OBX, Even When it is Too Cold for Swimming.

  Randy Appleton | December 04, 2011 12:29 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC Category: Miscellaneous
  

  With summer long past and and winter setting in, the beaches along the Outer Banks have gone into their yearly hibernation. Summer vacationers have gone home, and you would be hard pressed to...

• Air Quality Alert Includes Part of Outer Banks for Memorial Day Weekend

  Pierce Egerton | May 27, 2011 3:20 PM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Air quality officials continued an advisory today for air pollution in northeastern North Carolina over the Memorial Day weekend due to smoke from a Dare County wildfire. Residents from...

• NC Approves Replacement of Aging Bonner Bridge on the Outer Banks

  Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton | January 03, 2011 11:32 AM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Over twenty years in the planning -- or should I say heated debate -- the North Carolina Department of Transportation has received the all-clear to begin new construction of the aging Herbert C...

• An Attorney's Perspective of Car Accident Injury Claims

  Rick Shapiro | December 22, 2010 5:34 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The injuries a person experiences in a car accident may be physical and emotional in nature. It can take several days for some injuries to become apparent. If your injuries were primarily...

• OBX's Bonner Bridge Disrepair Raises Concerns over Bridge Maintenance Failure

  Rick Shapiro | October 29, 2010 10:01 AM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Nationally bridges and bridge approaches have been identified as one of the leading locations for severe, single-vehicle crashes. Many of these structures were built decades ago for roads of...

• Young Summertime Drivers on the Outer Banks of NC: Beware Drinking Drivers

  Rick Shapiro | May 27, 2010 11:28 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  More summertime college-aged tourists and workers on the Outer Banks of North Carolina (NC) can mean more reveling, drinking, and driving. According to the North Carolina chapter of Mothers...

• Controversy Continues for Off Road Vehicle Use on the Beaches of the Outer Banks

  Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton | May 23, 2010 4:50 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  As summer approaches, millions of people will drive down Interstate 64 (I-64) headed for the Outer Banks of North Carolina (NC) to enjoy Cape Hatteras, Ocracoke, Bodie, Kitty Hawk, Nags Head, and...

• Harmful Bacteria Advisory Posted in Southern Shores Waters off the Outer Banks

  Rick Shapiro | July 15, 2009 11:37 PM | 1 CommentGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC Category: Toxic Substances
  

  A section of the Outer Banks had to post an advisory against swimming at a sound-side site in Dare County because of bacteria levels, according to a news release from the state’s Division of...

• Tighter Safety Standards Sought In Wake of Tragic Fireworks Accident

  Pierce Egerton | July 09, 2009 10:51 PM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  According to State Senator Marc Basnight, new legislation will be introduced next week to tighten safety standards for the handling of large quantities of fireworks. The move comes in the wake of...