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).
ISLAND MOBILE MEDICAL CARE
Gail Covington, family nurse practitioner. In-home visits by appt. Call 252-996-0511.
VETERINARY SERVICES
Laura L. Trent, DVM, 252-923-3787. Ocracoke mobile veterinarian.
Roanoke Island Animal Clinic visits the island on the third Wednesday each month, but in August, it will be Aug. 30. 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: $20 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.
SOUND MEDITATION:
In Little Rituals shop in Spencer’s Market Wednesday’s 7-8 pm led by Brooke German, $35. Must pre-register, space limited. Sign up in shop or call 757-275-6897.
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.
Tuesday: 6:30 pm Celebrate Recovery
Ocracoke United Methodist Church
Worship at 11 am Sunday mornings.
ISLAND SERVICES
OCRACOKE COMMUNITY LIBRARY, 225 Back Road. Hours weekdays, 3 to 7 p.m., Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
StoryWalk (along Robbie’s Way off Silver Lake Drive). No parking along the street.
OCRACOKE PRESERVATION SOCIETY
49 Water Plant Rd. 252-928-7375. Open Tuesday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
OCRACATS
Supports the community cat colonies. http://www.ocracats.org, email ocracats@gmail.com and Facebook. All revenues to feed and care for community cats are by donations. Donations welcomed, online or mailed. P.O. Box 993, Ocracoke, NC 27960.
OCRACOKE DISCOVERY CENTER
38 Irvin Garrish Hwy. 252-475-9701. Open daily from 1:30 to 3:30 pm.
Open for boat slip rentals and trailer parking permits; three restrooms in are open. NPS campground 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.
Hyde County Transit giving Ocracoke islanders rides “up the beach” to Dare County as general transportation. Free to those 60+. For others, $3.20 to Avon; $5 for the Outer Banks trips. Call to schedule. 252-926-1637
The Village Thrift in Community Square.
MEETINGS
HYDE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
First Monday of every month except holidays. Sept 6. 6 pm. On Facebook at Hyde County Public Information.
Ocracoke Civic & Business Association, Sept. 7, 6 pm. Community Center. (meeting the third Tuesday of each month.)
Ocracoke Tourism Development Authority: 9 am, Sept. 15. Community Center.
Ocracoke Civic & Business Association, Sept. 19, 6 pm. Community Center.
Ocracoke Waterways Commission: The third Wednesday of every month, Sept. 20, 6:30 pm. Community Center.
AA
Mondays at 7 pm on Zoom at aaocracoke.com. Code to enter meeting: 884 7474 7798; password: 0822. Fridays, 7:30 pm in the OVFD.
RESTAURANTS/LODGING/SHOPS
For a list of open businesses, click here.
Visit http://www.ocracokeobserver.com for updated events and breaking news.
UPCOMING EVENTS/LIVE MUSIC
Sept. 16: Island-wide Yard Sale, 8 to 5 pm
Sept. 13 & 27: Team Trivia, Mini Bar, 6-8 pm.
Sept. 7, 14, 21 & 28: Brooke & Nick
Sept. 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29: Kate McNally
Saturdays: Various artists
1718 Brewing Ocracoke (music from 7-9 pm):
Check Facebook for music
The Breeze (all music at 9 pm):
Sept. 7: Steel County Express
Sept. 8: DJ Buckshot
Sept. 9: Open mic night
Sept. 15 & 16: The Lost Artist
Sept. 21: R. T. Johnson Acoustic
Sept. 22 & 23 R.T. Johnson full band
Sept. 27 & 28: The Dixie Dawgs
Sept. 29 & 30: The Jamie Pridgen Band
Sept. 1: Barefoot Wade
Sept. 2: Ocracoke Rockers
Sept. 4: Ray Murray (8 pm)
Sept. 12 & 13: Bryan Mayer
Sept. 16 & 22: Ray Murray (8 pm)
Sept. 23: Ocracoke Rockers
Sept 26 & 27: Bryan Mayer
Sept. 29: Ray Murray (8 pm)
DAJIO (all music at 7:30 pm)
Sept. 9 & 23: Ray McCallister Band
Deepwater Theater
Wednesdays: Ocracoke Opry. 8 pm.