Locally made skin care products aim to make you gorgeous
By Connie Leinbach
Necessity is the mother of invention, and Katy Mitchell has found success with a product she created especially for herself.
Her “Skinvy” line...
Reggae visits Ocracoke
By Peter Vankevich
For years, islanders have seen – and many have gotten to know -- a constantly smiling, charming person of a stunning appearance:...
Time to ‘shellebrate’ N.C. Oyster Week Oct. 11 to 15
By Richard Taylor
As charter members of the new North Carolina Oyster Trail, Ocracoke Mariculture has added educational tourism to its thriving oyster-farming business.
Ocracoke Mariculture...
A late summer sojourn to Cape Lookout
Text and photos by Ann Ehringhaus
Each morning I say hello to North Carolina’s Cape Lookout diamond lighthouse as I walk nearby.
I’m watching a black...
Moon festival to welcome fall on Ocracoke
The Moonraker Tea Shop will celebrate the Chinese Moon Festival on Sept. 21, a full moon night.
The shop will offer traditional Chinese moon cakes...
Ocracoke Wellness Collective: More than a spa–updated
Editor's note: The open house originally reported for Saturday, Sept. 25, has been postponed to mid-October, date TBD.
By Connie Leinbach
The body is a map...
Ocracoke events Sept. 6 to 12
Tuesday, Sept. 7Coyote Music Den, 13 Cabana Dr: Coyote Backyard Concert, 8 pm. All concerts are sliding scale “pay what you can” at the...
Ocracoke events Aug. 30 to Sept. 5
Monday, Aug. 30Friends of the Library Used Book Sale, Ocracoke Community Library (inside Deepwater Theater), 3 to 7 pm Monday through Friday; 9 am...
Outdoor showers on Ocracoke
By Connie Leinbach
Chad Macek had never taken an outdoor shower until he visited Ocracoke in 2013.
“It was amazing,” he said about that first time....
The truth about Blackbeard’s Flag
Editor's note: Blackbeard's Pirate Jamboree will be held on Ocracoke Oct. 29 & 30. See story here.
By Kevin P. Duffus © 2021
The popular Blackbeard...