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The Ocracoke boy who grew up as a girl: ‘Vera’ Charles...

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 The story below is from the Charlotte News Friday Sept 23, 1921,  page 18. Boy Likes Girl Life The Best Young Williams Decides to Go Back to...

Historical article: Wahab to Hunt with New Decoy

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To catch up on Ocracoke news and more, click here The Second annual Ocracoke Waterfowl Festival is from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. this Saturday. The...

From the archives: A look at Ocracoke’s first 4th of July...

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Since 4th of July events on Ocracoke were canceled this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic,  we thought it  would be interesting to take...

How an albatross got to Portsmouth Island

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For Ocracoke news, click here. By Peter Vankevich Visitors to Portsmouth Island may notice a photograph in the school exhibit of a teacher and two students...

From the archives: Coupe Poor Submarine Carolina Man Learns

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To catch up on Ocracoke news, click here This story was picked up by several national news sources, including the Daily Review (Hayward, California) in...

Coupe Poor Submarine Carolina Man Learns

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To catch up on Ocracoke news, click here This story was picked up by several national news sources, including the Daily Review (Hayward, California) in...

From the archives: Ocracoke’s first 4th of July celebration

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This article appeared in the Wilmington Morning Star, July 6, 1914. We can’t vouch for all of the facts in this article, but we...

Tabby finds home in seacoast town

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For Ocracoke news, click here Editor's note: The Observer likes to find old stories in papers all over the country that report on the island....

100 years ago: How Ocracoke celebrated a Fourth of July

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For Ocracoke news, click here.   Editor's note:  The United States declared war on Germany on April 6, 1917, during World War I. The year...