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'We're loving these islands to death': An island community grapples with its future

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'We're loving these islands to death': An island community grapples with its future

• By Frances Stead Sellers The Washington Post
• Nov 17, 2019
• Nov 17, 2019
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OCRACOKE — On any normal late-fall day, the ferries that ply the 30 miles between Swan Quarter and this barrier island might carry vacationing retirees, sports fishermen and residents enjoying mainland getaways after the busy summer tourist season.

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