From the Archives: Morty Gaskill Ocracoke’s youngest commercial fisherman

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August 2006 “I’m glad he showed up when he did. Morty jumped right in, he knows what he’s doing,” says Tom Payne about Morty Gaskill,...

North Pole returns O’cockers’ Santa letters 50 years later

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  December 7, 1964 Dear Santa,      I am five years old and my Sister is two years old. We would like you to bring us...

Historical news: mystery ship solved

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In August we reprinted an article from the Green­ville News, Aug. 3, 1921 about a mystery ship seen off of Ocracoke.  See Here.   We...

Remembering dedicated island vet Jane Rowley

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  Dec. 2014 By Pat Garber Jane Rowley, 69, a vet­erinarian who had served Ocracoke for years, died peacefully in her sleep Oct. 31 in the home...

Leonard Meeker, 1916-2014

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Sad news on the island today as we learned that Leonard Meeker, former U.S. Ambassador to Romania from 1969 to 1973, died yesterday afternoon...

Melinda Fodrie Sutton to show photos of Ocracoke’s daily beauty Nov...

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November 2014 By Ruth Fordon Rising artist, photogra­pher Melinda Fodrie Sutton will have her first gallery opening on Nov. 26 at Down Creek Gallery, 260 Irvin...

House moves on Ocracoke

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Note: This story was originally posted Nov. 19 then held for revisions and reposted Nov. 27. By Connie Leinbach It was moving day on Ocracoke.  House-moving day, that is. Earlier...

Berkley Manor receives OPS Historic District House Award

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November 12, 2014 By Connie Leinbach and Peter Vankevich The Ocracoke Preservation Society last night awarded the Berkley Manor, owned by Benjamin "Jamin" and Pam...

Earl W. O’Neal, Jr. to receive Ocracoke Preservation Society Cultural Heritage...

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Note: Earl W. O'Neal, Jr. will be honored by receiving the Ocracoke Preservation Society's Cultural Heritage Award at the fall membership meeting from 6 to 9...

Caesar: the earliest notable black resident of North Carolina

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By Connie Leinbach New research by author-historian Kevin Duffus of Raleigh has revealed that the positive identification of an African-American member of Blackbeard’s crew provides...