For Ocracoke news and much more, click here The Hyde County Commissioners received many letters from Non-Resident Property Owners about restricting them from the island due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but none […]
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 lift up its own. Two days ago, […]
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. As Eastern North Carolina still reels […]
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 nice to be able to walk facing […]
A battle with a rip current
See Editor’s note following this letter Editor: On Sunday, Aug. 5, on Ocracoke, I was caught in a rip current. I’m in my 60s and have a fair amount of experience boogie […]
Letter to patients of Hatteras Island Medical Center
Editor’s note: To read about the Hatteras Village Medical Center closing, click here. October 9, 2017 To Hatteras Island: The Board of Directors of Hatteras Village Medical Center decided to close the […]
Thanks to island EMS
For Ocracoke news, click here Editor: I had a vacation to Ocracoke like many of you may have never had, before. I got to take the ferry and a ride up 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 the past and enjoyed it […]
You move to Ocracoke for the ocean, but you stay for the community
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 Greenville hospital for observation and treatment […]
Letter to editor: blame elected officials for shooting massacre
June 22, 2016 (updated) Concerning the recent massacre in Orlando, FL, and the many others before it. We should look to those who are responsible for these deaths: our elected Representatives and […]
