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2 days ago · The truth about Blackbeard’s Flag. The October 2024 issue. The Ocracoke Observer website won first place in the 2020-2021 NCPA contest Online Division, plus four other awards. Winner of 10 awards in 2019, including first place for breaking news coverage of Hurricane Dorian. Living on the Edge.
Ocracoke events Nov. 11 to 17 | Ocracoke Observer
2 days ago · Ocracoke Preservation Society fall membership meeting, 6 pm. Potluck. Community Center. Thursday, Nov. 14:Ocracoke Planning Advisory Board. 5:30 pm. Community Center. Fish-fry fundraiser at 3 p.m. at the cook shack behind the Ocracoke Volunteer Fire Department. Also Bake Sale and 50/50 raffle, plus raffling a John Deere riding mower.
Ocracoke Observer | Community newspaper of Ocracoke, NC
Open hours are on Tuesdays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., but if that is not a convenient time, one can call the church 252-928-9001 for an appointment. Anyone wishing to make a tax-deductible donation can mail a check to Bread of Life Food Pantry, P.O. Box 68, Ocracoke, NC 27960. Life Saving Church. Photo: P. Vankevich.
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Ocracoke events Oct. 21 to 27–updated. October 21, 2024 0. Tuesday, Oct. 22Red Cross Blood Drive: Community Center. 1 to 6 pm. To donate, call Kristin Willis 252-341-1325. Walk-ins available. Wednesday, Oct. 23Red Cross Blood...
Ocracoke Observer | Community newspaper of Ocracoke, NC
There are seven county voting precincts and only Ocracoke voted more for Democrats. Viola Williams, Hyde County Elections director, confirmed that there are 851 registered voters in Ocracoke. Of those, 220 voted on election day, 323 voted early on Ocracoke and 30 voted at the elections office in Swan Quarter.
A first Ocracoke visit by air | Ocracoke Observer
3 days ago · Roberta, sister Nancy and their mother Geraldine at the Manteo airport in 1961. Photo by James E. Nordheim By Roberta Nordheim-WallacePhotos by James E. Nordheim My family visited the Outer Banks annually beginning in the 1950s, prompted by a newspaper column on Ocracoke that ran in the Pittsburgh Press. We made the long, hot drive from…
Groundbreaking kicks off light station renovation
Dec 11, 2023 · Officials break ground on renovating the Ocracoke Light Station complex on Dec. 7. Photo: C. Leinbach Observer staff report Calling it perhaps the most innovative project the National Park Service has done since moving of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, David E. Hallac, superintendent, National Parks of Eastern North Carolina, led a …
Ocracoke gets through a few stormy days | Ocracoke Observer
Oct 1, 2022 · Friday evening, Ocracoke and mainland Hyde remained under a tropical storm warning and storm surge watch. A tornado warning was issued by the National Weather Service for the region until 10 p.m. Hurricane Ian will go down as one of the most devastating and costly storms to hit the United States. After slamming the southwest coast of Florida ...
One ‘O’cocker’ way to resilience | Ocracoke Observer
Oct 13, 2024 · One ‘O’cocker’ way to resilience. Alton Ballance shows how high the flood waters of Dorian came into the inn. Text and photos by Connie Leinbach. When many Ocracoke residents chose to raise their houses after the historic flooding five years ago from Hurricane Dorian, island native Alton Ballance chose a different path to resilience ...
Ferries to Ocracoke resume as winds subside, N.C. 12 above …
Nov 9, 2021 · The north end of N.C. 12 on Ocracoke show that the sandbags, though uncovered, held back the ocean from the weekend's storm. Photo: C. Leinbach This story has been updated, Nov. 10. RALEIGH – The ferries to and from Ocracoke have now resumed regular schedules as high winds from this weekend’s storm have subsided, the NCDOT…