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To read about this year's event, click: Waterfowl Festival is an island morale booster Text and photos by Peter Vankevich Nathan Spencer, this year’s Ocracoke Waterfowl...

  By Connie Leinbach Islanders and visitors can look forward to eating Ocracoke-grown oysters in July of next year thanks to a new business, the Devil...

Artist Mark Brown finds living on a historic boat he is renovating perfect for his lifestyle and his creativity. Brown proudly showed a visitor his...

December 2014 By Peter Vankevich Pat Garber’s latest book, Paws and Tales (Schroeder Publications), is a work of fiction; a novel narrated by Kali, a sailor...

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....

Text and photos by Peter Vankevich Adult loggerhead sea turtles typically weigh between 170 and 350 pounds with a lifespan of around 50 years.  Part...

By Peter Vankevich In early October, one may have noticed several artists at work throughout the village. My curiosity was piqued--enough to recall Redford and Newman,...

By Peter Vankevich Poets have a long tradition of reacting to major – often tragic events. One of the most notable being W.H. Auden in...

Esta información está en español y se imprime a continuación. Ocracoke Health Center will hold three Moderna only COVID Vaccine Clinics next week, by appointment...

By Peter Vankevich At bottom, click play to listen to The Pioneer Bounty Anyone fortunate to have attended the Ocrafolk Festival that takes place in June every...