Featured Stories
Coastal Land Trust purchases final parcel of Ocracoke’s storied Springer’s Point
The North Carolina Coastal Land Trust recently completed the purchase of 8.63 acres at the entrance to the Springer’s Point Preserve here, describing the...
Birds of Ocracoke: The Osprey
Text by Peter VankevichPhotos by Hal Broadfoot and Peter Vankevich
Time for a much-needed spectacular avian comeback story.
The Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) is the only bird...
Not all anniversaries are joyous
We don’t like to continually write doom and gloom editorials, but September this year contains two major anniversaries that may cause angst in many...
The truth about Blackbeard’s Flag
Editor's note: Blackbeard's Pirate Jamboree will be held on Ocracoke Oct. 29 & 30. See story here.
By Kevin P. Duffus © 2021
The popular Blackbeard...
General Island Information
Ocracoke Health Center to offer flu shot clinics starting Monday
Esta información está en español y se imprime a continuación.
The Ocracoke Health Center will hold several flu clinics for this year to help with...
New Ocracoke United Methodist minister arrives
By Peter Vankevich
It was a beautiful Sunday morning just before 10 a.m., the Fourth of July.
On the lawn outside the Ocracoke United Methodist Church...
The October 2021 issue
The Ocracoke Observer website won first place in the 2020 NCPA contest Online Division, plus four other awards. Winner of 10 awards for 2019, including first place for breaking news coverage of Hurricane Dorian.
