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...
One islander’s view on the proposed noise ordinance
Editor’s note: Ann Ehringhaus got back to the Observer after we posted the noise ordinance article. We are printing her comments here.
To view the proposed...
Regarding the Park Service Public Hearing
Sept 2013
Ocracoke, NC
July 17, 2013
I am J.S. Fletcher II, seventy-five years of age.
When first on the Outer Banks, I remember black or dark...
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...
Ocracoke Bar & Grille owner responds to Ehringhaus letter
Editor's note: The following is in response to Ann Ehringhaus's letter to the editor published Jan. 30. Although many in the community have responded...
Remembering Capt. Reid Robinson
Reid Robinson, captain of the charter boat "The Devereaux," died in October.
Editor:
Ocracoke Island lost a colorful soul this past year, who gave us...
Land use regulation
August 2013
Editor:
With the recent adoption of two new amendments to the Ocracoke Development Ordinance (ODO), one regulating the use of travel trailers as full-time...
A whale of a sighting
Editor:Just last week, an aerial survey team from the Clearwater Marine Aquarium spotted a North Atlantic right whale mother and her newly born calf...
Letter to the editor: thanks to NPS
Editor:
Kudos to the National Park Service for installing the two new signs for visitors at the Campground Beach!
The signs are large, attractive, readable and...
Beauty and the Beach: The case for carbon pricing
Editor:
The NYT article in Sunday's (March 14) paper, "Tiny Town, Big Decision: What Are We Willing to Pay to Fight the Rising Sea?" reminds...