Ocrafolk Festival seeks a poster for this year’s festival that wasn’t
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So what if we can’t have our 2020 Ocrafolk Festival? We can still have...
Turning seclusion into something productive
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By Earle Irwin
Question: For those of us who live alone, this seclusion required by COVID-19 restrictions can be very lonely....
Words to help express feelings and soothe in a time of...
Editor's note: This is the first part of a series on creative writing. We will publish the other participating writers in the next installment....
Mental health professional asks for your questions
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Mental health professional, Earle Irwin, a retired clinical nurse specialist, has been available to all residents of...
Netflix gives the ‘Outer Banks’ a try
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April 20, 2020
Reprinted courtesy of the Outer Banks Voice
By Peter Hummers
For a remote group of barrier islands,...
An Ocracoke book review: ‘A Baker’s Daughter’
By Peter Vankevich
It’s fun to start thinking about how to approach a book review when its contents defy an easy classification. “A Baker’s Daughter:...
You are not alone
By Earle Irwin
Who remembers the 1990 comedy Home Alone?
The movie was so wildly successful that four sequels followed into the current decade.
Last year, Disney announced...
Ocrafolk family reminisces about this year’s cancellation
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By Peter Vankevich
For the first time since it began in 2000, the Ocrafolk Music and Storytelling Festival...
How to weather this latest storm
By Earle Irwin
Between post-Dorian recovery and COVID-19, many on Ocracoke are asking, “How much more can we take?”
While this article does not answer that...
Village Craftsmen reopens after Dorian
By Peter Vankevich
Six months out from Hurricane Dorian, Ocracoke continues to move forward as another business reopened its doors.
One of the oldest fine crafts...