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For Ocracoke news, click here  By Connie Leinbach As word got around the island on Saturday after 1718 Brewing, Ocracoke's craft brewery, opened at noon for...

By Connie Leinbach Sierra Crupe and Brian Britton are camping on the water. The two are spending their second year living on Ocracoke on their 27-foot...

For Ocracoke news, click here This article was published in the September 2016 print edition of the Ocracoke Observer. Tomorrow we will post a follow-up...

By Peter Vankevich After 50 days of golf in as many states, brothers Jack and Teddy Leinbach of Durham were ready for some Ocracoke beach...

For Ocracoke news, click here  By Connie Leinbach In Tom Cain's new business, smoking is allowed, actually encouraged. Cain opened Ocracoke Cigars, a cigar lounge in the...

For Ocracoke news, click here. By Connie Leinbach Part-time islander Juan Galvis is in the business of saving dogs’ lives, but not in the medical sense. His...

  For Ocracoke news, click here   Editor's note:  This article was first published in the August 2016 print edition. It is updated at end.  Text and photos...

Editor's note: You can listen to Katy Mitchell perform Russell's well-known song "Clam Rake" at the bottom of this article.  Ocracoke has lost one of...

For Ocracoke news, click here. By Peter Vankevich Dave Frum recently motored his small boat to Portsmouth Island for the last time recently. On May 23,...

For Ocracoke news, click here  By Peter Vankevich Old magazines or newspapers can be fascinating sources for the culture of prior times, and so are school...