SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 2025
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A Currituck County school bus arrives in Knotts Island aboard an N.C. State ferry.
Start of school year means a ‘ferry’ unique commute for Knotts Island students Ferry route created in 1962 for safety and convenience of school kids in isolated community It’s 4 p.m. on a school day, and in Currituck County, one of the state’s most unique school bus rides is about to begin, as buses carrying the middle and high school students of Knotts Island board an N.C. ferry for a 45-minute cruise across Currituck Sound. However, it’s not the charm of the ferry ride that caused state officials to create the Currituck-Knotts Island route
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