Heard on Ocracoke: Mary Rocap
By Text and photos by Peter Vankevich
To listen to Mary Rocap's song Oleander, scroll down to the bottom.
Eleventh grade was a life-changing year for Mary...
A ‘fig-for-all’ in Community Square; celebration continues today
By Connie Leinbach
For the second consecutive year, islander Ruth Toth won the best traditional fig cake Friday in the Fig Cake Bake-Off in Community...
Lessons in the key of sea
By Lynn Ingram
The instant that my bare toes touch the soft sand, I scan the beach before me for treasures. It has always been...
New edition of McAllister’s ‘Ocracoke’ book adds recent history
By Peter Vankevich
The second edition of Ray McAllister’s "Ocracoke: The Pearl of the Outer Banks" (Beach Glass Press) is out.
First published in 2013, the...
Heard on Ocracoke: Desirée Christa Ricker
To listen to Desirée's Song for Eliza and Ghost in the Water, click below.
When Desirée Christa Ricker was 13 her parents gave her a guitar....
Talent on an island north of nowhere
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By Timothy Wilkinson
Last year, I met a teenager on Ocracoke Island named Corey.
Corey Yeatts was what they called...
‘Expose Yourself’ to Robert Chestnut’s art tonight
Like many island artists, Robert Chestnut’s work is influenced by his environment—island life, surfing and sea life.
He will show new works at the continuing...
Christmas traditions Ocracoke style
By Rita Thiel
Douglas fir trees for Christmas may be the norm elsewhere, but on Ocracoke where there are no fir trees, cedar tress have...
Can Ocracoke support monarch butterfly-friendly gardens?
By Peter Vankevich
When an animal is part of a sustained news cycle, it frequently is not good news.
The monarch butterfly is one of them....
One church’s gift to another
By Bonnie Person
In 2019 Hurricane Dorian brought major devastation, loss, and heartache to our brothers and sisters across Eastern North Carolina, especially to the...