Want to be a guest DJ on Ocracoke’s Village Voice?
By Jeanne Brook
As longtime visitors, the Graham Urquilla family feels especially connected to Ocracoke through their many years of serving as guest DJs on...
Performance of the one-act play ‘Native’ set for Sept. 18
Ocracoke Alive will collaborate with Reclaiming Our Time Productions of Raleigh to present the Ocracoke premier of EbzB Productions' “Native,” by Ian Finley.
The public...
From the archives: Twenty years later: Ocracoke islanders, friends remember Sept....
Editor’s note: The Ocracoke Observer published this article in 2021 to commemorate the 20th anniversary.
By Peter Vankevich
Depending on our age, we all remember horrific...
World War II shipwrecked oar returns to Ocracoke
Editor’s note: This article tells the back story of the gold cross that’s on the Ocracoke United Methodist Church altar, about which Margaret MacKinnon...
Island ghost walks combine spookiness and history
Text and photos by Jeanne Brook
Truth can be stranger than fiction. And history is sometimes more frightening than ghost stories. In a small island...
Ocracoke could be called Barefoot Island: shoes optional
Text and photos by Connie Leinbach
As soon as he leaves his Chesapeake, Virginia, driveway to head to his Ocracoke home, Ed Stewart takes off...
Gold found on Ocracoke
Editor's note: This story was first published in the May 2026 Ocracoke Observer issue.
By Connie Leinbach
It wasn’t the fabled Blackbeard’s treasure, but finding a...
‘Ocracoke Untamed’ captures the island’s rich natural world
By Peter Vankevich
Island residents Karen Rhodes and Matt Janson present a photographic and narrative journey through the Ocracoke’s ecosystem in their 160-page coffee...
Old friends, new performers, island magic define Ocrafolk Festival 2026
By Peter Vankevich
There was, to riff off Stephen Sondheim, something familiar, something peculiar, something for everyone.
That sums up how the Ocracoke Folk Festival 2026...
Beware of summer dangers for dogs
Summer heat is upon us and former Ocracoke Island veterinarian Dr. Laura Trent offers the following advice regarding dogs visiting Ocracoke.
Beach hazards:Hot sand and...