Ocracoke has to stay vigilant about many issues
Ocracoke has to stay vigilant about many issues
By Connie Leinbach
Ocracoke can’t let down its guard.
While it was reported in last month’s Observer that the...
Your right to vote is a precious privilege to be exercised
Your right to vote is a precious privilege to be exercised
Tuesday, May 6, is the primary election. Although it is not a presidential election,...
Ocracoke: the red-headed stepchild
April 2014
By B.J. Oelshchlegel
As I wrote my letter to the Albemarle RTPO, in response to the idea of increasing the ferry tolls on the...
No one puts Ocracoke in a corner
Ocracoke is “the little island that could.”
It seems we’re always fighting for something here. Often we win.
In early March, thanks to a lot of...
2013 BINGO SEASON ENDS
As of August 27, 2013, the Ocracoke Fire Department ended the bingo season.At this time, there are no plans to continue bingo next year....
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...
Editorial September 2013
While riding my bike early this morning,enjoying a light breeze and the quiet, I could feel the sharp edges of my annoyance with deadlines, projects, work to be...
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...
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...
The negative press sticks longer
July 2013
By BJ Oelschlegel
I was scooping ice cream for a family (my other job) and as they proceeded to pay, the dad made a...