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
Roanoke Island Animal Clinic visits the island on the third Wednesday each month in the Community Center. Appointments required. Call 252-473-3117. For May 15, it will be in the Ocracoke Volunteer Fire Department.
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 website: ocracokeislandyoga.com. 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.
Ocracoke United Methodist Church
Worship at 11 am Sunday mornings.
Stella Maris Catholic Chapel, 95 School Rd. Masses may be bilingual, with Father Fred Smuda, OSFS, May 19 & 26, 3:30 pm. For info, see http://www.masstimes.org or call 252-995-6370.
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 am to 3 pm.
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 Monday to Friday from 10 am to 12:30 pm and 1:30 to 4:30 pm. Lighthouse base open during the same times.
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. Not available in May.
MEETINGS
HYDE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
First Monday of every month except holidays. Wednesday, May 6, 6 pm. On Facebook at Hyde County Public Information.
Ocracoke Decoy Carver’s Guild: May 9, 7 pm. Community Center
Ocracoke Civic & Business Association, May 21, 6 pm. Community Center. (meeting the third Tuesday of each month.) Featuring Paul Spruill, CEO of Tideland EMC, talking about the status of the electric poles at the north end of Ocracoke.
Ocracoke Waterways Commission: The third Wednesday of every month. May 15. 6:30 pm. Community Center.
Ocracoke Tourism Development Authority: May 17, 9 am, Community Center.
Ocracoke Advisory Planning Board meets the second Wednesday of every month, 5:30 pm. April 17. 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
May 4: Island-wide Yard Sale, 8 to 5 pm. http://www.ocracokeisland.net
May 10: British Cemetery Ceremony, 11 am at cemetery
May 10: Duffus, a historian, author and filmmaker, presents his multi-media program “War Zone: When World War II Was Fought Off Ocracoke’s Beaches,” at 7 pm. Ocracoke Community Center.
May 15: NC Ferry Division seeks input on Silver Lake ramp replacement, May 15, 1 pm. Community Center.
May 21: In what will be the first of a series of public meetings, the Cape Hatteras National Seashore will seek community ideas before they begin developing their Horse Management Plan at a public meeting from 1 to 2 p.m. Ocracoke Community Center
May 22: Worrell catamaran racers land at lifeguard beach
May 25: Ocracoke Volunteer Firemen’s Ball, 4 t5o 11 pm. Berkley Barn
Ocracoke Oyster Company (all music at 7 pm):
May 3: Shane Thomas
May 4: Ray Murray
May 11: Ocracoke Rockers at 8 pm
May 17: Ray Murray
May 18: Martin Garrish & Friends
May 24: Allegra Duchain
May 25: Shane Thomas
May 27 & 30: Allegra Duchain
May 31: Ray Murray
1718 Brewing Ocracoke:
May 1: Team Trivia, 6 pm
May 3: Ray McAllister Band, 7 pm
May 4: Brooke & Nick, 7 pm
May 10: Barefoot Wade, 7 pm
May 12: Rockstead (rock-reggae), 7 pm
May 15: Team Trivia, 6 pm
May 22: Allegra & Paige, 7 pm
May 24: After School Surf Club, 7 pm
May 26: Open mic, 7 pm
May 28: Allegra & Paige, 7 pm
May 31: Brooke & Nick, 7 pm
June 2: Allegra & Paige, 7 pm
June 4: Barefoot Wade, 7 pm
June 6: Special open mic night, 7 pm
The Breeze:
May 3: DJ Buckshot, 8:30 pm
May 4: Karaoke, 8:30 pm
May 10: DJ Buckshot, 8:30 pm
May 11: Karaoke, 8:30 pm
May 17: DJ Buckshot, 8:30 pm
May 18: Karaoke, 8:30 pm
May 24 & 25:Eric Dunlow Band. 9 pm Friday and 10 pm Saturday
May 31: Gravitation, 9 pm