Youth baseball tourney today and Sunday at Community Park
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Youth baseball is back this weekend on Ocracoke. Below is the schedule for the Ocracoke Island Invitational USSSA youth ages...
Dolphins crush Lakers in conference semifinal; championship game tonight at Columbia
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By Richard Taylor
Ocracoke Dolphins will defend their Atlantic 5 Conference championship tonight at Columbia after...
Former Superintendent Steve Basnight injured; father killed in head-on Currituck collision
By Richard Taylor
Retired Hyde County Superintendent of Schools Steve Basnight III was injured and his father, Steve Basnight Jr., died of injuries following a...
Ocracoke Student Makes History
May 2013
By Connie Leinbach
Ocracoke School junior Andrew Tillett has made Ocracoke history. Recently he received the “all-district” honor for his varsity basketball...
Hyde County Board of Education continues request for larger appropriation
Ocracoke Observer staff report
Since July 1, the Hyde County commissioners and the Hyde County Board of Education have been involved in a mediation...
Young waterman receives surprise gift
By Peter Vankevich
Norman LeBlanc, a frequent visitor to Ocracoke, had a boat he no longer needed.
Rather than try to sell it, he thought maybe...
Ocracoke basketball star Sydney Austin captures state title in new sport
2017 first-place winner for sports writing, Online Division N.C. Press Assn.
By Connie Leinbach
Ocracoke School senior Sydney Austin is now the school’s greatest basketball scorer...
Celebrating the ebbing ‘toide’ of the Ocracoke brogue
By Peter Vankevich
NC State linguistics professor Walt Wolfram has a special fondness for the disappearing Ocracoke brogue.
That’s why, for the last 24 years, he,...
Lady Dolphins salvage Tournament of the Beaches in stunning upset over...
November 24, 2014
By Peter Vankevich
The Ocracoke Lady Dolphins basketball team pulled a stunning upset Saturday, Nov 22 at Cape Hatteras, beating the First Flight...
Mediation underway in budget dispute between the Hyde County Board of...
By Connie Leinbach and Peter Vankevich
The Hyde County commissioners and the Hyde County Board of Education on Wednesday continued discussions over a shortfall in...