Ocracoke Alive is in the process of planning the Winter Activities Community Calendar, which will be running mid-January through the end of March. Last year, the organization offered ...

Ocracoke Preservation Society’s Fall Membership meeting 6 pm in the Ocracoke Community Center. Everyone, members and non-members, is encouraged to come out and enjoy a potluck meal (bring a dish!

An Elegant Tern. Photo by Bob Lewis By Peter Vankevich It was early Thursday, Sept. 25, at Cape Point on Hatteras Island. As Bob Lewis focused his long lens on a Black Tern, he noticed in the ...

The 2025 Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving morning begins at 1718 Brewing Ocracoke. The 2024 Turkey Trot. Photo: C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer The 10th annual 5K Turkey Trot on Ocracoke Island will take ...

John Van Coutren shows the area where the Jolly Roger Restaurant will be rebuilt. By Connie Leinbach The Jolly Roger, located on Silver Lake Harbor, will have a new look and should be back in ...

Bike-A-Thon fundraiser for Ocracoke Community Pool Association. Starts at Ocracoke School, 8:30 am. Ocracoke School Alumni Association Fish Fry Fundraiser, 3 pm. Cook shack behind the OVFD. See flyer ...

The Ocracoke Express docked in Ocracoke’s Silver Lake Harbor. Photo: P. Vankevich By Sam Walker Despite the ongoing closure of N.C. 12 on the north end of Ocracoke Island, the ...

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Text and photos by Connie Leinbach 1718 Brewing Ocracoke was packed Thursday night as islanders and visitors flexed their pumpkin-carving creativity muscles in the brewery’s annual Pumpkin ...