Graceful Bakery reopens in Community Store
After several months of being closed, the Graceful Bakery reopened Saturday in a new location inside the Community Store. “We had a line at 7 a.m. when we opened,” said owner Lauren […]
Ocracoke events week of June 18 to 24
Updated June 18, 2018; 12:18 p.m. The National Park Service summer programs for the week are listed below Monday, June 18 Ocracoke Preservation Society museum tour, 49 Water Plant Road, 1 pm Ocracoke […]
Tourism Development Authority to approve budgets this week
The Ocracoke Tourism Development Authority will hold a public meeting at 1 p.m. Wednesday (June 20) in the WOVV Community Radio Station office, 215 Back Road. The meeting’s purpose is to approve […]
Ocracoke of yesteryear captured in new book
By Rita Thiel Ocracoke of yesteryear is a glint in the memories of those who have called the island home for generations, but it is lovingly preserved and skillfully presented in Jeanie […]
How to escape a rip current
Editor’s note: This important information is reprinted courtesy of the Coastal Review Online. More information on the danger of rip currents can be found here. To see the National Weather Service Experimental Beach […]
Time to slow down on Ocracoke
By Rita Thiel Life on Ocracoke is, in many ways, lived at a much slower pace than in your typical city. Slower in the sense that usually we don’t feel the urgent […]
Messages of hope transform Magic Bean yard
By Connie Leinbach “It’s unbelievable,” said Edith Deltgen as islanders and visitors to the Magic Bean Coffee Bazaar joined in recently to take part in her art installation project “Living Trees: Messages […]
Beach cleanup to celebrate World Oceans Month slated for June 23
To celebrate World Oceans Month, Cape Hatteras National Seashore and the North Carolina Beach Buggy Association will host a beach cleanup at the lifeguard beach on Ocracoke from 8 a.m. to noon […]
Ocrafolk Festival weekend has success with admission charge
By Connie Leinbach The Ocrafolk Festival will finally make some money for community arts programming thanks to admission begun this year to the stage areas. “It worked,” said David Tweedie, executive director […]
Ocracoke Alive sells Wilma Lee to Annapolis Maritime Museum
By Connie Leinbach Ocracoke Alive this week received an additional boost to its coffers with the sale of the skipjack Wilma Lee for $60,000 to the Annapolis Maritime Museum, Annapolis, Maryland, said […]
