Sable Island: A special slice of the Atlantic
Text and photos by Caroline Branan
I have had the special privilege of visiting Ocracoke Island annually with my family and we still continue to...
Island native discovers true date of Ocracoke lighthouse’s birthday
By Aida and John Havel
On May 18, 2023, the National Park Service hosted a celebration of the 200th anniversary of the building of the...
The 500-year anniversary of Verrazzano’s landfall on the Carolina coast
By Kevin P. Duffus
Five-hundred-year anniversaries don’t come around very often. An opportunity to observe the earliest documented exploration and survey of the North Carolina...
Book review: ‘Save Our Sand Dunes’
By Peter Vankevich
Picture this movie-worthy scene.
On the morning of Aug. 15, 1973, Carolista Baum stood in front of a bulldozer at Jockey’s Ridge in...
Islander has a history of running into conflict zones as others...
This story was printed in the July 2024 issue of the Ocracoke Observer.
By Patty Huston-HolmWhile most of the world learned with angst of the...
The Ocracoke Square Dance: a living tradition
By Philip Howard
The OcraFolk Music and Storytelling Festival in June, the Ocracoke Independence Day celebration on July 3, and the Ocracoke Fig Festival in...
Ocracoke gets a Catholic chapel
Sunday Mass on June 23 will be 3:30 pm
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By Peter Vankevich
In a secluded area off School Road...
Ocrafolk Festival hits a high note
Text and Photos by Peter Vankevich
The three-day Ocrafolk Festival went out, to riff on American poet T.S. Eliot, not with a whimper but...
The trivia ladies of Ocracoke
By Connie Leinbach
The Island Trivia nights on Ocracoke are not just for fun.
They raise money for an Ocracoke School graduating senior in honor of...
Waterman Wilson adds boat builder to his resume
Text and photo by Patty Huston-Holm
Most of the 11.8 million registered water vessels in the United States come from the country’s 4,000 manufacturers –...