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WEB3 days ago · 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.
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WEBThe other important source of voting information is the North Carolina State Board of Elections: www.ncsbe.gov. Voting on November 5. All polling places statewide on Tuesday, Nov. 5, will be open from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Voting on Ocracoke will be at the Ocracoke Volunteer Fire Department, 822 Irvin Garrish Highway.
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WEBOcracoke events Sept. 9 to 15. Monday, Sept. 9MiniBar/Ocracoke Coffee: Bead by the Sea jewelry making class, 6-8 pm Tuesday, Sept. 10Ocracoke Oyster Company: Bryan Mayer, 7 pm Wednesday, Sept. 11Ocracoke Oyster...
NCDOT reopens NC12 on Ocracoke | Ocracoke Observer
WEB4 days ago · NC12 on Ocracoke at the overwash area. NCDOT photo NCDOT reopenedNC12 on the north end of Ocracoke at 12:30 p.m. today (Wednesday.) Motorists are reminded that there is still some water and sand on the roadway, so drive with EXTREME caution. Ferry service resumed with departures from both Hatteras and Ocracoke at 12:30. Also, be…
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WEBWhat’s Happening on Ocracoke: Dr. Jeremy Sexton and Joe Rockenstein, CEO of the Ocracoke Health Center, 11:30 am. WOVV, 90.1 FM, wovv.org. Mini Bar at Ocracoke Coffee: Kate McNally, 6-8 pm. Ocracoke Oyster Company: Shane Thomas, 7:30 pm. 1718 Brewing Ocracoke: Barefoot Wade, 7 pm. The Breeze: High Gain Haze, 9 pm.
Reflecting on 50 years on Ocracoke - Ocracoke Observer
WEBAug 29, 2021 · Ann Ehringhaus. By Ann Ehringhaus. A beautiful natural harbor greeted me and captured my heart a long time ago. There were approximately 550 people living on Ocracoke in 1971. Many were related by blood. They were drinking rainwater and eating mostly from sea and sandy gardens. It was such a close-knit place but, of course, not everyone got along.
The Ocracoke Island Discovery Center opens
WEBJul 22, 2021 · The Ocracoke Island Discovery Center is open daily from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m. This summer the NPS is providing additional educational activities. Those taking the passenger ferry to Ocracoke have an opportunity to hear a presentation by a park ranger on the island’s history and an overall introduction, said Matthew Hall, supervisor ...
Challenges ahead for Ocracoke
WEBDec 2, 2021 · Ocracoke, being what some of our wags have described as a sandbar off the eastern edge of the continent, has a lot of challenges ahead — notably how to shore up beach erosion; keep the island’s highway, N.C. 12, open; affordable housing; and keeping Ocracoke’s lifeline, the ferry system, sufficiently funded, adequately staffed and the ...
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WEBSep 3, 2020 · The average incubation period for sea turtles is 55 to 60 days. The Seashore’s Resource Management Field Summary reports that as of Aug. 29, there have been 100 sea turtle nests on Ocracoke with 26 already hatched. The entire Cape Hatteras National Seashore has 299 sea turtle nests with 106 nests hatched.
June 2022 – Ocracoke Observer
WEBPamlico Sound ferry routes to resume full summer schedules OCRACOKE – The N.C. Ferry System’s Swan Quarter-Ocracoke and Cedar Island-Ocracoke ferry routes will resume full summer service on Friday after completion of critical dredging in Bigfoot Slough, just outside the Ocracoke-Silver Lake Terminal. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Dredge Merritt performed the dredging over the past ...
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