Sustainability
September 2013
By BJ Oelschlegel
I have spoken about the resources with which our community has to work. Some are not tangible but have a powerful...
Ending gerrymandering would improve voting equality
May 2015
By Bob Phillips
Your state lawmakers working in Raleigh this legislative session have one main task and that is to write and adopt a...
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...
Editorial: Let’s get the ferry messaging sign working
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There was a lot of positive excitement back in early 2016 when the North Carolina...
The negative press sticks longer
July 2013
By BJ Oelschlegel
I was scooping ice cream for a family (my other job) and as they proceeded to pay, the dad made a...
The winter of our, well, normalcy
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...
Ocracoke: the red-headed stepchild
April 2014
By B.J. Oelshchlegel
As I wrote my letter to the Albemarle RTPO, in response to the idea of increasing the ferry tolls on the...