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By Peter Vankevich Personnel training for a volunteer fire department is vital to ensure the safety of the community as well as for the volunteers...

By Connie Leinbach When does Ocracoke Island ever get to see the state premier of a movie? Ocracoke was treated to just that on Feb. 4...

Editor's note: This story was first published in the August 2025 issue of the Ocracoke Observer. Text and photos by Connie Leinbach Ocracoke beach shelling is...

Editor's note: This story was first published in the October print issue of the Observer. Text and photos by Connie Leinbach After about 30 years, Ocracoke...

Ocracoke Alive continues the community cultural activities it began last winter this year with Flavia Burton’s presentation of her adventures in South Africa from...

By Jeanne Brook Sitting in Zillie’s on a winter night, we turned at the door creak to see Eduardo Chavez Perez walk in. Seeing Eduardo outside...

By Peter Vankevich On the North Carolina license plate is “First in Flight,” noting the remarkable achievements of the Wright Brothers in the early years...

By Patty Huston-Holm On a morning nearing the first day of spring, a lingering winter chill evident outside the kitchen from where he sat, David...

Editor’s note: Kevin Duffus gave this talk on Nov. 1 during Blackbeard’s Pirate Jamboree on Ocracoke Island. By Kevin Duffus Let’s talk about the notorious pirate...

By Stephanie Caplan “C’mon, baby, do the locomotion.” Most of us can’t read these words without hearing the chart-topping song “The Loco-Motion.” You probably know the...