Against offshore drilling
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...
Ocracoke Non-resident Property Owners sound off on COVID, Hurricane Dorian restrictions
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The Hyde County Commissioners received many letters from Non-Resident Property Owners about restricting them from the island...
OBX Community Foundation director explains disaster relief funds on Ocracoke
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...
Dorian emphasizes the dangers of drilling
Letter to the Editor
Editor:
With Hurricane Dorian upon us this week, everyone is preparing to batten down the hatches in anticipation of the coming storm....
Letters to the editor: On more sidewalks; Ocrafolk festival admission
Editor:
I want to thank everyone responsible for putting in the stretch of sidewalk along Hwy 12 adjacent to the Berkley property. It is so...
A battle with a rip current
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Editor:
On Sunday, Aug. 5, on Ocracoke, I was caught in a rip current. I’m in my 60s and have...
Letter to patients of Hatteras Island Medical Center
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October 9, 2017
To Hatteras Island:
The Board of Directors of Hatteras Village Medical...
Thanks to island EMS
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Editor:
I had a vacation to Ocracoke like many of you may have never had, before. I got to take the...
Letters to the editor express thanks to Ocracoke
The following letters were published in the September 2016 issue of the Ocracoke Observer
Thanks to islanders for their support
Editor:
We visited Ocracoke many times in...
You move to Ocracoke for the ocean, but you stay for...
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...