Rollin forward for Duck.

VOTE ON NOVEMBER 4

Meet Miriam.

Miriam is an active Duck resident, committed to protecting the natural beauty and family-friendly environment of the Town. She serves as an appointed member of the Town’s Board of Adjustment, and helps the Town of Duck with Clean Sweeps, Beach Grass Plantings, and events, such as the July 4th Parade and concerts.

Miriam has applied her over 40 years of professional policy advocacy experience on behalf of issues of importance to residents, owners, merchants and visitors in the Town of Duck. A key issue Miriam spearheaded was a petition effort to the Town Council to restrict beach driving in Duck — which was signed by over 700 property owners in Duck. The petition resulted in further limitations on vehicular beach access in the Town. Miriam recently advocated, before the Duck Planning Board and the Town Council, against changing ordinances to allow gaming facilities in Duck, and in favor of turtle-friendly beachfront lighting ordinances.

Miriam is actively involved in the greater Dare County community, volunteering for numerous organizations, including the Network for Endangered Sea Turtles (NEST), the STAR Center at the NC Aquarium, the Marine Mammal Stranding Network, the Theatre of Dare, the Center for Dolphin Research, the Jewish Community of the Outer Banks, and the Beach Food Pantry.

Miriam retired from her long career of advocacy for disadvantaged children and families in 2022. Her deep expertise with policies, budgets, organizational management and dealing with a wide variety of people ideally positions her for taking on a role as a member of the Duck Town Council.

Miriam lives in Duck with her wonderful husband of 35 years, Mike. Sam, their offspring, resides in Virginia but has been enjoying visits to Duck since birth!

N.E.S.T. on the Outer Banks: Protecting Sea Turtles, One Nest at a Time

As featured in TheOuterBanksLife.com

I will work to protect the natural beauty and family-friendly environment of the town, for the benefit of residents, non-resident owners, and the visitors who are essential to the success of Duck businesses and the Duck economy. I will work collaboratively with constituents of the Town to ensure wise policies and strong stewardship of resources.

Miriam Rollin

A Better Future for Duck

  • Ever-increasing Route 12 traffic negatively impacts the quality of life here in Duck, especially during summertime weekends. As a member of the Duck Town Council, I will work to identify and implement creative solutions to address the traffic, including greater coalition-building with Southern Shores and Currituck leaders to put pressure on decision makers to get the Mid-Currituck bridge built. As recently as April 2025, the NC Department of Transportation was soliciting comments on the proposed bridge project; now is the time to make sure it happens.

  • Off-Shore Oil & Gas drilling, being planned right now by the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), would likely cause irreparable harm to our beautiful Duck shoreline and its central role in the lives of Duck residents and visitors, as well as to our ocean and the wonderful creatures that inhabit it, including endangered sea turtles. As a member of the Duck Town Council, I will work to organize sister coastal jurisdictions on the OBX and beyond, so that, together, we can take all actions possible to keep the Federal government from opening up our precious ocean to Off-Shore Oil & Gas drilling.  As recently as mid-June 2025, BOEM was receiving public comments on the proposed federal off-shore drilling plan.

  • Late May through early November each year, we have many beautiful (and threatened or endangered) sea turtles nesting and hatching on the OBX beaches (including in Duck). Artificial lighting visible on the beach at night can disorient nesting moms coming ashore, and also disorient hatchlings who need to find the waves of the ocean.  Sea turtle-friendly beachfront lighting means: turning beachfront lights off when not in use, and keeping outdoor lights low (physically low to the ground and with low wattage), shielded, and long wavelengths (i.e. red or amber). The Town of Duck is currently reviewing its lighting ordinances.  As a member of the Duck Town Council, I will fight for sea turtle friendly beachfront lighting ordinances.

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Endorsements

  • Beginning with your "no driving on the beach" campaign a few years ago, you have demonstrated the interest and leadership qualities that will assist in preserving the best qualities of Duck as we face tomorrow's challenges. You are a solid thinker and a hard worker. The Duck community will be well served by your election to the Duck Town Council.

    James E. Cofield, Jr. (Duck Resident)

  • Miriam worked hard on the proposed Duck ordinance to ban balloon releases — such releases harm sea turtles and other marine animals! Miriam gathered a multitude of Duck residents to support the proposed ordinance, and spoke articulately in favor of it at the Duck Town Council meeting — and Duck was the first OBX town to ban balloon releases, and all the other OBX jurisdictions followed!

    Debbie Swick, Ban Balloon Releases NC, Founder (Southern Shores Resident)

  • Miriam is a strong supporter of the Duck community and will be a great advocate for our future needs. I trust Miriam to work tirelessly on the Council for issues that are so important to preserve our beautiful community, like maintaining our clean beaches and waterways, and our dark-sky initiatives.

    Dennis Zaenger (Duck Resident)

  • I had the pleasure of interacting with Miriam when I was a member of the Duck Town Council, and I found her to be an articulate and committed advocate for the best interests of the Town of Duck.

    Rob Mooney (former member of the Duck Town Council)

  • I met Miriam working with N.E.S.T. She has made great improvements with the N.E.S.T. social media, and has recruited some very competent people to continue the work she started. Her leadership shows as lead responder; when it comes to finding turtle nests, she has that "never give up" attitude, and she works well with others.

    Len Schmitz (recent recipient of the Governor’s Volunteer Service Award)