‘Islands on the Edge’ online Thursday will feature Ocracoke
A Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage online program, “Islands on the Edge: North Carolina’s Maritime Culture in the Time of...
Former Ocracoke County Commissioner Tom Pahl looks back
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By Peter Vankevich
Art and marine science converge in Val Kells’ illustrations
Editor's note: Val Kells is partnering with Candice Cobb and and Melanie Wall of Bread & Butter Screen Printing to sell T-shirts. All profits...
Collectors flock to Dave O’Neal’s Downpoint Decoy Shop
By Peter Vankevich
Ocracoke’s first Waterfowl Festival on April 21 in the school gym will celebrate renowned island carver Dave O’Neal.
When you step inside his...
Down Creek Gallery changes ownership
Down Creek Gallery, 260 Irvin Garrish Highway, in the heart of the village next to Community Square has a new owner. Islander Marissa Gross...
Young entrepreneurs: Kaylee Gaskins’ Hang 10 Smoothies
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Editor's note: This article was first published in the August 2016 print edition. It is updated at end.
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Ward Garrish has an alternative theory about the Lost Colony
Update: Ward Garrish died December 14 at his home on Ocracoke His obituary can be read here.
By Pat Garber
The story of the Lost Colony,...
Dare Wright’s ‘Ocracoke in the Fifties’ chronicles Ocracoke scenery, history and...
By Connie Leinbach
Just as Ocracoke in the 1950s welcomed New Yorker Dare Wright, Wright herself welcomed islanders to the Big Apple.
A fashion model and...
Walk about Springer’s Point
August 2013
By Samara Skinner
Springer’s Point is a 122 acre tract of land owned by NC Coastal Land Trust located on Ocracoke Island. The area...
Devil Shoals Oyster Company cultivating oysters for next summer
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...