Islander sends his nightly taps into the world
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d38hLE7Jpgc
Gary Davis plays taps each night at sunset on the porch of his Lighthouse Road home. Video by Peter Vankevich
The mammogram bus is coming to Ocracoke
The Invision Diagnostics mobile 3D mammogram unit will be on Ocracoke July 31 and Aug. 1.
To...
How do you approach someone with a substance abuse problem?
When the storms of life happen, professional help is always available. Photo: C. Leinbach
Ocracoke Fig Festival to go virtual
Due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, the Ocracoke community will celebrate the summer’s fig bounty in a new and innovative way Aug. 1 to 8...
Advice on the return of visitors to Ocracoke during a pandemic
Ask a Mental Health Professional installment No. 5
By Earle Irwin
Question: Please tell me what I can do about this situation. I’ve got an overwhelming...
Facing the unknown
Ask a Mental Health Professional Installment #4
By Earle Irwin
Question: What should I know or do before I go into the ocean?
Response: When I received...
If Dorian trauma continues, there is help
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Ask a Mental Health Professional Installment No. 3
By Earle Irwin
Question: Every time I think I got this...
Rockers concert on Saturday to feature 7-year-old drummer
By Connie Leinbach
Some places have world-renowned artists playing “quarantine concerts” but only Ocracoke has 7-year-old drummer Dallas Mason.
Dallas, whose native talent as a drummer...
Ocrafolk Festival seeks a poster for this year’s festival that wasn’t
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From our news sources
So what if we can’t have our 2020 Ocrafolk Festival? We can still have...
Turning seclusion into something productive
Ask a mental health professional
By Earle Irwin
Question: For those of us who live alone, this seclusion required by COVID-19 restrictions can be very lonely....