Occupancy Tax Board recommends more than $600K in grants to island...
By Connie Leinbach
The Ocracoke Occupancy Tax Board recently approved more than $600,000 in grants for 2020-2021.
Appropriations for Ocracoke organizations totaling $622,057, possibly the most...
OCBA seeks part-time administrator
The Ocracoke Civic & Business Association, Inc., is seeking a year-round, part-time Administrator, 20 to 25 hours per week, three to five days per...
OCBA civic meeting to be held Wednesday, another Hyde County meeting...
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The Ocracoke Civic & Business Association civic affairs meeting will be held at 6 p.m. on Wednesday,...
A message to Ocracoke Non-Resident Property Owners and visitors
A message from Ocracoke Commissioner Tom Pahl
You may be reading this as you are making plans to come to Ocracoke, or you may already...
Replanting the island to save Ocracoke for the future
By Pat Garber
When Hurricane Dorian devastated Ocracoke, flooding houses and cars and destroying yards, the number of trees that uprooted and broke was mind-boggling.
The...
Ocracoke Occupancy Tax Board reopens grant process
The Ocracoke Occupancy Tax board will entertain new, modified or additional grant proposals for essential needs focusing on infrastructure.
The board made the announcement after...
OCBA to hold virtual meeting Thursday night
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The Ocracoke Civic & Business Association will hold a virtual meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday (April 16)...
Easter Sunrise Service to be held in Variety Store parking lot
Text and Photos by Peter Vankevich
Ocracoke has a tradition that the island’s two churches hold a joint Easter sunrise service on the beach....
Ocracoke bound ferry schedules to change on Tuesday
Beginning Tuesday, March 31, the N.C. Department of Transportation’s Ferry System will adopt a new set of schedules to respond to Gov. Roy Cooper’s...
Third Annual Ocracoke Waterfowl Festival canceled
Text and photos by Peter Vankevich
Another casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Third Annual Ocracoke Waterfowl Festival, scheduled for May 2 has officially been...