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WEBSep 15, 2024 · 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.
Ocracoke Observer | Community newspaper of Ocracoke, NC
WEBSherry Leigh Atkinson, 62, of Ocracoke, passed away peacefully on Sept. 9, 2024, in ECU Health Medical Center, Greenville, in the company of her loving wife, Laura Michaels. Born on December 2, 1961, in Fayetteville, Cumberland County, she was a daughter of the late Heidrun Jones and Bill Atkinson.
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WEBOcracoke events Sept. 23 to 29. September 23, 2024 0. See you in 25 years. A loggerhead hatchling excavation release Sept. 9, 2024. Photo: P. Vankevich Monday, Sept. 23Mini Bar at Ocracoke Coffee (6-8 pm):...
Ocracoke gets through a few stormy days | Ocracoke Observer
WEBOct 1, 2022 · The N.C. Ferry Division announced Friday evening that the Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry route will resume regular service as of 5 a.m. Saturday morning. The Pamlico Sound ferry routes, Ocracoke/Cedar Island/Swan Quarter, also resumed normal schedules on Saturday. Water was on N.C. 12 north of the pony pens and it was reported that the sandbags along ...
Ocracoke Observer | Community newspaper of Ocracoke, NC
WEBSherry Leigh Atkinson, 62, of Ocracoke, passed away peacefully on Sept. 9, 2024, in ECU Health Medical Center, Greenville, in the company of her loving wife, Laura Michaels. Born on December 2, 1961, in Fayetteville, Cumberland County, she was a daughter of the late Heidrun Jones and Bill Atkinson.
October on Ocracoke is the nicest month
WEBOct 24, 2021 · October is the peak fishing month on Ocracoke Island. It’s a time when the big fish are likely to be caught, although the big ones are captured year ‘round. According to Tradewinds Tackle, jumping mullets move along the inlets and beach providing a great source of bait for game fish such as drum and bluefish, which makes the fishing productive.
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WEBJul 17, 2020 · Posts about News written by C. Leinbach and Pete Vankevich
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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 ...
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 ...