MEDICAL
MEDICAL EMERGENCY: Call 911
OCRACOKE HEALTH CENTER
305 Back Rd. 252-928-1511; M-F, 8 a.m. to noon & 1-5 p.m. After hours: 252-928-SICK (7425). Call first.
ISLAND MOBILE MEDICAL CARE
Gail Covington, family nurse practitioner. In-home visits by appt. Call 252-996-0511. Has COVID-19 tests.
VETERINARY SERVICES
Laura L. Trent, DVM, 252-923-3787. Ocracoke mobile veterinarian.
Roanoke Island Animal Clinic seeing patients in the Manteo office. Appointments required. Call 252-473-3117.
Coastal Animal Hospital, 47959 NC Hwy 12, Buxton: Tues., to Thurs. 252-995-3960.
MOVEMENT
YOGA
Ocracoke Island Yoga Studio, 37 Back Rd.
All classes: $17 for visitors. Loaner mats available first-come, first-served. For details, see Facebook under ocracokeyoga. 919-696-7179.
Yoga with Amy, inside Angie’s Gym, Sand Dollar Road. Tuesdays & Thursdays, 8:30 to 10 am. All levels welcome. $20/visitors; $15/residents; $5 off for under 18 and over 70. Cash or check only. Some mats available.
RELIGIOUS SERVICES
Ocracoke Life Saving Church
Sunday: Youth service from 9:45 to 10:50. 11 am Worship; 6:30 pm Worship & Bible study; Wednesday: 6:30 pm worship and prayer.
Virtually on the Kingdom Alive Facebook page, or via Zoom. Dial: 1 646 558 8656 US (New York); Meeting ID: 505 172 9490; Password: kingdom.
Ocracoke United Methodist Church
Worship at 10 a.m. Sunday mornings on the lawn or inside the rec hall in inclement weather.
ISLAND SERVICES
OCRACOKE COMMUNITY LIBRARY
Temporarily in the Deepwater Theater, School Road. Open from 3 to 7 pm Monday through Friday, and 9 am to 1 pm Saturdays. Used book sale continues into September with all used books up for grabs on Sept. 18 during the Island-wide Yard Sale. Storytime for babies and preschoolers 10 am Wednesdays.
OCRACOKE PRESERVATION SOCIETY
49 Water Plant Rd. 252-928-7375. Open 10 am to 3 pm, Monday through Saturday. Closed Sundays. Questions: info@ocracokepreservation.org.
OCRACATS
Supports the community cat colonies. http://www.ocracats.org, email ocracats@gmail.com and Facebook. Donations welcomed, online or mailed. P.O. Box 993, Ocracoke, NC 27960. Spay/neuter clinic will be held Oct. 5, 6 & 7; Ocracoke Volunteer Fire Department.
POST DORIAN SUPPORT/GRIEF GROUP–Free
Meets virtually every Tuesday from 4:30 to 6 pm. On Zoom, contact Ruth, 252-475-0859 for invite to join via Zoom. For residents and their families coping with hurricane PTSD and COVID.
OCRACOKE DISCOVERY CENTER
38 Irvin Garrish Hwy. 252-475-9701. Open for boat slip rentals and trailer parking permits; three restrooms in are open. NPS campground now open all year. NPS campground reservations, and ORV permits available at http://www.recreation.gov.
N.C. SHELL CLUB
To ID shells found on Ocracoke, visit online at http://www.ncshellclub.com/Collect.htm, or click here.
MEETINGS
HYDE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
First Monday of every month except holidays. Wednesday, Sept. 7; 6 pm. On Facebook at Hyde County Public Information.
OCRACOKE CIVIC & BUSINESS ASSN. Sept. 7, civic affairs meeting, 7-8 pm. Ocracoke Community Center and on Facebook.
OCRACOKE DECOY CARVERS GUILD MEETING
Sept. 2, 7 pm, Community Center.
OCRACOKE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT.
Sept. 9 &n 23, 7 p.m. Volunteers always needed.
WATERWAYS COMMISSION
Sept. 21, 6 pm in the Ocracoke Community Center. The meeting will be open to the public with masks as required by NC state. The meeting will also be broadcast via Facebook at Hyde County Public Information.
AA
Mondays and Fridays, 7:30 pm in the OVFD. Masks not required for fully vaccinated people. Also meets virtually those days at 7 pm on Zoom at aaocracoke.com. Code to enter meeting: 884 7474 7798; password: 0822.
Restaurants/Lodging/Shops
For a list of open business, click here.
LIVE MUSIC
The music schedule below is subject to change and COVID-19 restrictions apply. Visit http://www.ocracokeobserver.com for updated events and breaking news.
The Breeze nightclub:
Cliff Beach, Sept 1 & 2; Cooper Greer Band, Sept. 3 & 4; Barefoot Wade, Sept. 5; Gary Dudley & the Maxtones, Sept. 9 & 10; Sidetrac, Sept. 11; The Lost Artists, Sept. 17 & 18; Corey Stewart, Sept. 22 & 23; High Frequency, Sept. 24 & 25.
Coyote Den
Tuesdays with Coyote; Wednesdays with Martin Garrish & Friends. All concerts are sliding scale “pay what you can” at the gate. No reservations. Walk, Bike, Taxi or Tram. NO ON-SITE PARKING but the venue has a lot nearby. Visit www.coyotemusic.net for details.
Ocracoke Oyster Company:
All music 7:30 to 9:30 pm
Sept. 1, 14 & 15, 28 & 29, Bryan Mayer; Sept. 2 & 4. Barefoot Wade; Sept. 3, Kate McNally; Sept. 5, 11 & 25, Brooke & Nick; Sept. 17 & 18, Willis Gupton.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Sept. 16: “TIDE and TIME” Photoville Fence exhibit by N.C. photographer Justin Cook opens at the Salvo Day Use area on Hatteras Island. Exhibit will be up for several months. See ad, page 11.
Sept. 18: Island-wide yard sale, 8 am to 5 pm.
Sept. 25: Open house at the Ocracoke Wellness Collective, inside the pool house of the Castle B&B at 155 Silver Lake Dr., 2 to 5 pm.
The OCBA also will host the Blackbeard’s Pirate Jamboree Oct. 29 and 30 on the island. Activities include a living history encampment, swordfights, ship battles, songs and more.
The Ocracoke Island Weekend Runfest, featuring the Scallywag 5K/10K/half marathon, will roll on Nov. 13 and 14. Both Saturday and Sunday runs will be open to walkers and running strollers. To sign up, search for the race at http://www.runsignup.com/Races/NC.
The Festival Latino de Ocracoke will return this year with activities on Nov. 20.
Thanksgiving weekend, a timed turkey trot will begin Thanksgiving morning (Nov. 25) at 8 a.m. starting in the NPS parking lot.
At dark on Friday, Nov. 26, the Boat Parade of lighted boats of all sizes will circle Silver Lake Harbor.
The OCBA will host a Holiday Gift Bazaar from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 27, in the Berkley Barn.