OPS seeks bids for public restrooms project manager
The Ocracoke Preservation Society (OPS) is seeking a project manager for a public restroom project on the Island Inn property at the corner of...
Volunteers find cold-stunned turtles on Ocracoke
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Severe cold weather is forecast for Sunday night through Tuesday
By Connie Leinbach
Pat Garber and an assistant...
Ocracoke Oyster Company to offer meals to those furloughed
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By Connie Leinbach
If you’re a furloughed federal worker on Ocracoke, lunch today (Friday) is on the Ocracoke...
Portsmouth Island on the last day of 2018
By Peter Vankevich
The Portsmouth Island Christmas Bird Count took place on Dec. 31 and 69 species were tallied. To read more on that count, click...
Ocracoke events Jan. 16 to 19
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The following are other events happening this week on the island:
Wednesday, Jan. 16
Roanoke...
Portsmouth Island Christmas Bird Count ends the year
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By Peter Vankevich
For many of us, there is always a moment of...
Old salt Captain Woody Outlaw recalls his seafaring days
Text and photos by Connie Leinbach
Woody Outlaw still vividly remembers the night he saved a ferry boat captain.
Outlaw, a native of Wanchese, is a...
Cape Hatteras National Seashore to restore some basic visitor services
Cape Hatteras National Seashore announced Saturday that restrooms at Whalebone Junction, the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse and next to the Ocracoke Visitor Center will reopen...
Former islander Bob Sebrell: 1950 to 2019
Former islander Robert (Bob) Emmett Sebrell, 68, of Powells Point, NC died Jan. 4 in Windsor Senior Living, Richmond, Virginia.
He was the husband of...
Hatteras ferry priority sticker renewal dates set
Updated Jan. 9 and 19, 2019
Ocracoke residents will need to reapply in early February for updated 2019 to 2020 priority stickers for the Hatteras...