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...
Why we need community newspapers
At a recent public meeting of government officials one of those present was talking about a news story and said, “It was one of...
Still processing Hurricane Dorian, September 6, 2019
By Ann Ehringhaus
The young girl showed me the shell she’d found out here at Cape Lookout.
“I love this smooth part,” she said, showing me...
NC Ferry Division is responding to concerns
The NC Ferry Division of the North Carolina’s Department of Transportation needs to be singled out.
With an opening like that, readers may brace themselves...
OCRACOKE
By Margaret Mackinnon
for Sara
Think of the squat yellow house,as cheerful and incongruousas a tropical bird,the extravagant pink crepe myrtlein full bloom. Think ofSpringer’s...
March goes out like a lamb
It was a tough going these last two weeks of March on Ocracoke.
Two coastal storm systems brought heavy rain, high winds and dangerous surf....
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...
Yes, you can make a difference on Ocracoke
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Ocracoke does not fit nicely into larger state issues, and there seems to be an endless need...
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 needs an official lost-and-found location
En español
A set of found keys have been pinned to the post office bulletin board for several weeks now and another set has shown up.
Since...