Challenges ahead for Ocracoke

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In this season of reflection and, we hope, tranquility, Ocracoke has a lot to be thankful for. Despite the ongoing, global COVID-19 pandemic, Ocracoke has...

You move to Ocracoke for the ocean, but you stay for...

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Open letter to the Ocracoke community Dear Ocracoke Family: As you probably know, a woman drowned here on Thursday and her daughter was flown to the...

Could Portsmouth lightering work for Ocracoke?

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Maybe it’s time for the N.C. Ferry Division to look to the past for a solution to the present, regarding the Hatteras ferry terminal’s...

Another Ocracoke summer comes to a close

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How will you remember the summer of ‘15?  For the Ocracoke community, it was, overall, a pretty good season. Not that there weren’t problems.  Anthony Costello, 67,...

Editorial: Thanks to Tideland EMC and, with a little luck, Ocracoke...

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August 1, 2014When a community borders on the potential for a disas­ter, criticism of how things were handled is inevitable. Regard­ing Hurricane Arthur July...

OBX Community Foundation director explains disaster relief funds on Ocracoke

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Editor: In the weeks since Hurricane Dorian slammed into the Outer Banks, I have had the incredible privilege of witnessing a community coming together to...

The winter of our, well, normalcy

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This commentary was first published in the March 2019 Ocracoke Observer. By Peter Vankevich Here are some of the highlights of the last few months on...

The plight of the commercial fishermen

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By Ruth King Once again, I am writing about our Commercial Fishermen here in Carteret County and the whole coastal area of North Carolina. This week...

Randal Mathews’ open letter to the Ocracoke community

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Editor's note: Randal Mathews was unopposed for Ocracoke's county commissioner seat in the primary this spring, is on the Nov. 3 ballot, and will...

Against offshore drilling

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Editor: If you’re reading this, you’re probably familiar with the blessing that is our coast. It provides us with delicious food and revenue from tourists...