Co-publisher of the Ocracoke Observer. Formerly with the U.S. Copyright Office at the Library of Congress.
To catch up on Ocracoke news, click here Monday, July 16 Ocracoke Library Summer Reading Program, 2 pm NCDOT Ferry Division Meeting, Community Center, 3 pm Ocracoke Waterways Commission, Community Center, 5:30 […]
By Text and photos Peter Vankevich Part of my life-long fascination with birds is their often-puzzling names. The Yellow-bellied Sapsucker has been a laugh-inducer for countless comedians. The Nashville Warbler neither […]
Filmmaker William Kleinert is on the island and will screen the award-winning documentary, Project Ice, at 5 p.m. Sunday in the Ocracoke Community Library, 225 Back Rd. “Project: Ice” is the first of a […]
Editor’s note: For a story about the beached Gervais’ beaked whale published earlier this year by the Ocracoke Observer, click here. The following update by Pat Garber provides more information about this rare […]
To catch up on Ocracoke news, click here Beach time might be limited this week as Tropical Storm Chris is still expected to meander off the N.C. coast into Tuesday before lifting northeast away […]
The Outer Banks Community Foundation grants program has expanded to allow for nonprofit organizations to include staff wages in their grant requests. The change is effective immediately in the Community Enrichment Grants […]
This article appeared in the Wilmington Morning Star, July 6, 1914. We can’t vouch for all of the facts in this article, but we have no doubt there were not any delinquent […]
The Ocracoke Civic and Business Association provides the following updates. The parade is rain or shine. In case of extreme weather, please listen WOVV 90.1 FM (Ocracoke’s community radio), or check www.Visitocracokenc.com […]
Marcia Hamilton Lacks, 76, of Ocracoke, died Wednesday, June 27, in Sentara Albemarle Medical Center. Born April 10, 1942, in Richmond, Virginia, she was a daughter of the late Elenore Williams Hamilton […]
A 48-year-old New York man died Thursday afternoon while swimming in the Cape Hatteras National Seashore in Avon. The Sayville, N.Y., visitor was part of a multi-person water rescue, the National Park Service reported […]
