Thread Capital: Weaving a new era of entrepreneurship in North Carolina
By Patrick Woodie, president & CEO, N.C. Rural Center
Since its creation in 1989, the NC Rural Center has been investing in North Carolina’s rural...
An Ocracoke riddle for animal lovers
By Pat Garber
This is a riddle, a sort of game, although the answers are far from amusing. See if you can figure out the...
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...
Saturday is your opportunity to support Ocracoke’s fire company
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The most important fundraising event for the Ocracoke Volunteer Fire Department will be this Saturday evening (May 26) at the...
A look back at Ocracoke 2017; forward to 2018
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As the year closes, we look at some of the top newsworthy events that impacted Ocracoke and...
Early Gifts
By Pat Garber
Christmas has not yet arrived, but already this month I have received three gifts of inestimable value.
The first came when, passing by my...
Finding the ‘Ocracoke state of mind’
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By Richard Taylor
Soon I will be a permanent Ocracoke resident.
My wife, Martha Taylor, was hired to teach third-grade at Ocracoke School...
A lawyer’s perspective on the power outage claims
Editor's note: Robert Zaytoun of the Zaytoun Law Firm, Raleigh, contacted the Ocracoke Observer recently about the aftermath of the power outage that occurred July 27...
Only on Ocracoke
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B. J. Oelschlegel
Broker w/Ocracoke’s Lightship Realty
...Before there was a lighthouse, we had a lightship to light the...
It’s time for N.C. businesses to join the fight against gerrymandering
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Editor's note: For the origins of the term "gerrymandering," see below.
By David Meeker
RALEIGH – As a small business entrepreneur, I’m...