Orwell called the island “un-get-at-able.” Indeed, it was not exactly easy for my six-year-old daughter and me to get there — we’d traveled by air, land, and boat. It seemed somewhat miraculous, this ...

AB OBX West, an LLC tied to Blue Water Development Corp., purchased more than 450 acres this month in northern Currituck County for $8.55 million, according to county deed records. The land sits ...