Why I (practically) live here
Text and photos by Claudia Horwitz
When I first came to Ocracoke in the early 90s, I was working on a book and needed a...
Another Ocracoke summer comes to a close
How will you remember the summer of ‘15?
For the Ocracoke community, it was, overall, a pretty good season. Not that there weren’t problems.
Anthony Costello, 67,...
EMS: a vital island resource
When there’s an accident or a health crisis, people on Ocracoke as elsewhere, call 911 and the emergency medical service (EMS) responds by ambulance.
Ocracoke’s...
The Accidental Tourist
By Kay Slaughter
I’ve visited Ocracoke Island every year since the 1960s. I’ve crossed Pamlico Sound on the ferries from Hatteras, Swan Quarter and Cedar...
Senate budget targets Ocracoke
July 2015
Many summer visitors experience frustration with the long lines at the Hatteras ferry terminal to visit Ocracoke. (Hint: to avoid long lines, arrive...
About those ferry priority passes
Many summer visitors experience frustration with the long lines at the Hatteras ferry terminal to visit Ocracoke. (Hint: to avoid long lines, arrive early...
Editorial: Safety on the Beach
We have posted an article on common sense safety on swimming in the ocean and we urge you to read it carefully. Click here.
Rip...
Ending gerrymandering would improve voting equality
May 2015
By Bob Phillips
Your state lawmakers working in Raleigh this legislative session have one main task and that is to write and adopt a...
Editorial: Have fun, go to the Firemen’s Ball
It may be a bit unusual for an editorial to start with “hey, go out and have fun next Saturday.” But “hey” that is...
Island EMS Commended
Editor:
In April, my guests and I were staying in a rental house and one of them fell on the stairs and landed flat on her back.Another guest...