The Ocracoke Community Pool Association (OCPA) has purchased 1.4 acres of land off Cutting Sage Road for the island’s first-ever community swimming pool. After years of planning and community ...

C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer Tuesday, Sept. 23NPS and NC Wildlife Resources Commission workshop on coyotes, 12:30 to 1:30 pm. Community Center. See ...

Katie Kinnion. Photo by Kristen Potter By Peter Vankevich Katie Kinnion grew up on Ocracoke. This summer she worked at the Ocracoke Coffee Company and by late August was back in school, a junior ...

Inside the new Ocracoke Lighthouse Gallery. Text and photos by Connie Leinbach A desire to help fellow artists has spurred the opening of a new gallery on Ocracoke. Owned by Lori Rich, Ocracoke ...

Hot spots’ on NC12. Graphic from the NC12 Task Force The Ocracoke Access Alliance (OAA) has formed to push for greater state and federal investment in ferry services, NC-12, ...

Roanoke Island Animal Clinic sees patients in the Community Center. Appointments: 252-473-3117. Ocracoke School home middle school soccer game vs. Mattamuskeet at 4 pm. Community ballfield. Ocracoke ...

The Ocracoke Seafood Company (AKA ‘The Fish House’) is the heart of commercial fishing on Ocracoke. Photo: C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer By Connie Leinbach and Sam Walker Leaders from ...

The Ocracoke Seafood Company is the heart of the commercial fishing industry on Ocracoke. Photo: C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer In June, House Bill 442 in the N.C. General Assembly originally ...

Clam Chowder aficionados taste the chowders at the 2023 event. this year’s cookoff will be from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Sept. 20 in the Ocracoke Community Center The Ocracoke Community Pool ...

C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer By Connie Leinbach As the fig cake judges were sampling the entries in the Fig Festival Cake Bake-off competition in ...

Jesse Davis, the Ocracoke Observer’s graphic designer, Connie Leinbach, editor/co-publisher, and Peter Vankevich, co-publisher, at the NCPA annual conference Sept. 18. Photo by Paul Jones ...