Richard Eagles of Florida, a special guest at the annual British Cemetery ceremony, honor the fallen of the HMT Bedfordshire, which was a part of the British Royal Navy Patrol and which was torpedoed off the coast May 11, 1942. Photo: C. Leinbach

Monday, May 6
Hyde County Commissioners. Community Center and on Facebook at Hyde County Public Information. See agenda below.

Tuesday, May 7
Ocracoke School Dolphins varsity baseball team hosts Southside in the first round of the state playoffs. 4:30 pm at Community Park ballfield.

Hyde County Board of Education meeting, 5 pm. O.A. Peay Administrative Offices, Board of Education Conference Room, Swan Quarter.

Thursday, May 9
Ocracoke Decoy Carvers Guild,7 pm. Community Center.

Friday, May 10
British Cemetery Ceremony, 11 am. British Cemetery
Kevin Duffus presents “War Zone: When World War II Was Fought Off Ocracoke’s Beaches,” 7 pm, Ocracoke Community Center.
1718 Brewing Ocracoke: Barefoot Wade, 7 pm
The Breeze: DJ Buckshot, 8:30 pm

Saturday, May 11
Ocracoke Oyster Company: Ocracoke Rockers at 8 pm
The Breeze: Karaoke, 8:30 pm

Sunday, May 12
1718 Brewing Ocracoke: Rockstead (rock-reggae), 7 pm

Looking ahead:

May 15: NC Ferry Division seeks input on Silver Lake ramp replacement, May 15, 1 pm. Community Center.

May 16: Book signing for Ann Ehringhaus’s new book of poetry “poems of brown and gold, reckonings along the road,” 5 pm in the Kitty Mitchell Studio.

May 21: In what will be the first of a series of public meetings, the Cape Hatteras National Seashore will seek community ideas before they begin developing their Horse Management Plan at a public meeting from 1 to 2 p.m. Ocracoke Community Center

May 22: Worrell catamaran racers land at lifeguard beach

May 25: Ocracoke Volunteer Firemen’s Ball, 4 t5o 11 pm. Berkley Barn

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