Eduardo’s Taco Truck says adios to Ocracoke
By Jeanne Brook
Sitting in Zillie’s on a winter night, we turned at the door creak to see Eduardo Chavez Perez walk in.
Seeing Eduardo outside...
Did radio begin on Hatteras Island?
By Peter Vankevich
On the North Carolina license plate is “First in Flight,” noting the remarkable achievements of the Wright Brothers in the early years...
David Tweedie: a man of many talents
By Patty Huston-Holm
On a morning nearing the first day of spring, a lingering winter chill evident outside the kitchen from where he sat, David...
On Nov. 22 Blackbeard lost his head and launched 300 years...
Editor’s note: Kevin Duffus gave this talk on Nov. 1 during Blackbeard’s Pirate Jamboree on Ocracoke Island.
By Kevin Duffus
Let’s talk about the notorious pirate...
A stop on your way to Ocracoke: the gravestone of ‘Little...
By Stephanie Caplan
“C’mon, baby, do the locomotion.”
Most of us can’t read these words without hearing the chart-topping song “The Loco-Motion.” You probably know the...
‘Arggh! Where be me head’? quoth Blackbeard
Blackbeard's Pirate Jamboree is scheduled for Oct. 31 & Nov. 1, 2025, at the Berkley Manor grounds and barn. See details here.
By Kevin Duffus
Blackbeard’s...
The Long Way Home: A journey into the heart
By Tom Pahl; photos by Tom and Carol Pahl
Editor’s note: Ocracoke Islanders Tom and Carol Pahl have been on a trek around the United...
Emma Ballance’s talent yields the reward of a prestigious ballet school
By Connie Leinbach
Well on her way to becoming a professional ballet dancer, 12-year-old Ocracoke native Emma Reese Ballance of Winston-Salem has been a ballet...
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...
Ocracoke student attending Harvard
By Peter Vankevich
Katie Kinnion grew up on Ocracoke. This summer she worked at the Ocracoke Coffee Company and by late August was back in...