Chapel Hill Media Group CEO and 97.9 The Hill General Manager Aubrey Williams spoke with 97.9 The Hill’s Andrew Stuckey on Monday, September 28. She discussed being stuck on Hatteras Island after a storm washed out North Carolina Highway 12, limiting access to the island to just a few ferries. She talked about waiting in line for a ferry before eventually deciding to wait for the road to reopen on Wednesday, and more.

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