The island’s craft brewery, 1718 Brewing Ocracoke, opens Saturday
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By Connie Leinbach
As word got around the island on Saturday after 1718 Brewing, Ocracoke's craft brewery, opened at noon for...
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...
Islander Lucy O’Neal joins Ocracoke Health Center
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I ran into Lucy on the Health Center’s porch during the flu shot clinic...
New Ocracoke United Methodist minister arrives
By Peter Vankevich
It was a beautiful Sunday morning just before 10 a.m., the Fourth of July.
On the lawn outside the Ocracoke United Methodist Church...
Former Ocracoke County Commissioner Tom Pahl looks back
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By Peter Vankevich
When Tom Pahl was sworn in as Ocracoke Township’s county commissioner four...
‘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 the Pandemic,”...
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,...
Teas for all palates in Moonraker Tea Shop
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Editor's note: This story was first published in the September 2018 Ocracoke Observer and is...
Ocracoke Station and Beachcomber Campground sold
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By Peter Vankevich
The Ocracoke Station & Beachcomber campground is under new ownership and plans are...
To My Ocracoke: A Love Letter from the North Carolina Poet...
Editor's note: Jaki Shelton Green was appointed last year by Gov. Roy Cooper to serve as North Carolina's ninth Poet Laureate. She is a...