Today on Ocracoke: meeting on passenger ferry study
(Aug. 31) The North Carolina Department of Transportation’s Ferry Division will hold a public meeting today 5 to 7 p.m. at the Ocracoke Community...
Hatteras Inlet shoaling too much for short cut dredging
By Connie Leinbach
An underwater survey of the Hatteras Inlet near Ocracoke shows the sand is too plentiful to be dredged for a shortcut across the...
Annual scan of Bonner Bridge scheduled for Thursday morning
Aug. 4, 2015
Raleigh- Weather permitting, the N.C. Department of Transportation will halt traffic on both ends of the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge over the...
Passenger ferry study meeting slated Aug. 31
By Connie Leinbach
The NCDOT Ferry Division will hold a public meeting on the passenger ferry study from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 31,...
Ferry officials discuss passenger ferry study, long route
Editor's note: This story was corrected 7/14/15 at 10 p.m. as to the procedure for transporting propane on ferries. While ferry officials had said at...
Bonner Bridge replacement impasse over
Editor's note: The Island Free Press has a detailed article on this settlement that you may read by clicking here
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Ways for summer day trippers to avoid waiting in line
Since the North Carolina Department of Transportation's Ferry System switched to its full summer schedule of 36 daily round-trip departures between Hatteras and Ocracoke,...
Coast Guard to temporarily discontinue navigation aids at Hatteras Inlet
WILMINGTON, N.C. — Coast Guard Sector North Carolina is scheduled to temporarily discontinue numerous navigation aids Thursday in the vicinity of Hatteras Inlet due...
Passenger ferry visits Ocracoke
By Connie Leinbach
Many Ocracoke islanders who visited the passenger ferry the Provincetown III on Tuesday were heartened.
“I’m greatly encouraged,” noted Leslie Lanier, owner of...
Passenger ferry to visit Ocracoke today
NC DOT press release
The M/V Provincetown III, a catamaran-style passenger ferry, will be in Ocracoke today (Tuesday) at Silver Lake Harbor and will be available...