Editorials

For Ocracoke news, click here See Editor's note below. B. J. Oelschlegel Broker w/Ocracoke’s Lightship Realty ...Before there was a lighthouse, we had a lightship to light the...

For Ocracoke news, click here Editor: Your Winter 2016/2017 issue of the Ocracoke Observer was fantastic. From the futuristic microgrid pilot program on pages 1 to...

As the year closes, we look at some of the top newsworthy events that impacted Ocracoke. Ferry service stabilized and state Rep. Paul Tine departs The North...

For Ocracoke news, click here. Editor's note: For the origins of the term "gerrymandering," see below.  By David Meeker RALEIGH – As a small business entrepreneur, I’m...

For Ocracoke news, click here. The Ocracoke Foundation is still seeking donations to help shore up the asset of Community Square from private development. The following...

By Ed Goodwin The state budget signed by Gov. Pat McCrory in July contains funding for an initiative that is poised to be a game-changer...

For Ocracoke news, click here. Bees are more important than ever. They have been in the news these days, especially about how critical they are in...

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...

Editorial “Politics ain’t bean bags,” so the saying goes, or maybe it should be. This saying—more than 100 years old—refers to a game with bean bags...

For Ocracoke news, click here. Islanders reeled in August from two deaths involving residents’ relatives, and the community rallied around these families—bringing food, helping with...