Some golf-cart parking now available at Springer’s Point
By Connie Leinbach
Parking is a premium all over Ocracoke Island and no more so than the entrance to the popular Springer’s Point Preserve at...
Islander Karen Lovejoy: 1955 to 2026
Karen Mary Lovejoy died at age 71 on Wednesday, August 5, 2026, in her home on Ocracoke, after one last family road trip brought...
Seafood Festival to help Health Center to bring X-ray imaging to...
By Jamie Carter
The Ocracoke Seafood Festival fundraiser, benefiting the Ocracoke Health Center, will be held on Labor Day weekend, Sept. 4 and 5, at...
Dare to host community meeting on recent NC 12 closure
From our news services
Dare County will host a community meeting to discuss communication and coordination related to imminent closures of N.C. Highway 12 from...
Ocracoke events Aug. 3 to 8
Monday, Aug. 3:Friends of the Library Used Booksale continues during library public hours, weekdays from 3 to 7 pm and 9 am to 1...
State plans September public listening sessions as part of ferry tolling...
From our news services
MANNS HARBOR – The N.C. Department of Transportation’s Ferry Division plans to host public listening sessions in September as the division...
‘There’s no way’: Hanig decries rationale, rush to toll ferries
By Catherine KozakReprinted from the Coastal Review Online
The busiest, most popular route in North Carolina’s vehicle ferry system — the first and, until recently,...
District 1 congressional candidate Buckhout visits Ocracoke
Editor’s Note: The Ocracoke Observer will report on candidates who visit the island to meet its residents.
By Connie Leinbach
Combat veteran Laurie Buckhout of Edenton,...
Bennink joins N.C. Catch Chef Ambassador program
Observer staff report
Executive Chef Daphne Bennink, owner of Ocracoke’s Back Porch Restaurant, has joined the NC Catch Chef Ambassador Program, the organization’s first to...
July safety report on Ocracoke with golf cart reminders
Sergeant Rob King of the Hyde County Sheriff's Department reported the following incidents from June 16 to July 15:
Larceny charges were lodged against two...