To catch up on Ocracoke news, click here By Peter Vankevich Ocracoke has its eerie side. The island is dark at night, even in these modern times. Historically, people were buried throughout […]
A ghost on Portsmouth Island?
Portsmouth suffers minor damage from Hurricane Florence
By Peter Vankevich Portsmouth Village suffered no major damage from the passage of Hurricane Florence Sept. 13. Cape Lookout National Seashore Superintendent Jeff West visited the village last week after the storm […]
The steward of Portsmouth Island Dave Frum retires
For Ocracoke news, click here. By Peter Vankevich Dave Frum recently motored his small boat to Portsmouth Island for the last time recently. On May 23, he retired as the Park Service’s […]
Friends of Portsmouth Island spring meeting on Saturday
For Ocracoke news, click here The Friends of Portsmouth Island will hold its spring meeting at Ocracoke on Saturday, May 20, in the NCCAT facility on the harbor. The meeting begins at […]
How an albatross got to Portsmouth Island
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 with a large seabird. It is […]
Young birders join in local Christmas Bird Counts
For Ocracoke news, click here By Connie Leinbach Jack Rogers, a high-school student from South Carolina, loves bird watching for the simple thrill of seeing something he’s never seen before. Rogers, 16, […]
Portsmouth Homecoming on for Saturday
This is a repost from April 3, 2016 about this weekend. Families and friends of Portsmouth Island will gather April 30 for the biennial homecoming event to the island that was a […]
From the archives: Portsmouth Island: Spirit of the past
May 2014 By Kelley Shinn March 12 was my tenth trip to Portsmouth Island in eight months. Last June, on my first visit, something happened inside of me—something I am only, and hesitantly, able to describe as spiritual–a […]
Gentle reminders: A morning spent with pelicans, oysters, O’cockers
By Kelley Shinn Anyone who has spent at least a few seasons on Ocracoke will tell you that things here happen differently. Often, despite what I may have scheduled for a day, […]
A Trip to Portsmouth Island with the Austins: More Than Just a Boat Ride
July 2013 By Pat Garber Off the coast of eastern North Carolina lies the remote island of Portsmouth, renowned for birds, seashells, and history. Accessible only by boat, Portsmouth Island is part […]
