Ocracoke News

Tonight at 7:30 at the Deepwater Theater, everyone is invited to sing along to the grand old Ocracoke original musical, "A Tale of Blackbeard". Julie Howard, who wrote it, is on the island and will play the piano for us as former cast members, audience members and people who never saw it but have heard so much about it, enjoy this unrehearsed ...

The Down East FolkArts Society Series will present a band next week that has been called one of Ocracoke Island's favorites.

The third annual OcraFolk School got underway Sunday evening with a dinner at the Pony Island Restaurant.

We have just published our latest Ocracoke Newsletter, a letter written by C. A. Weslager after a visit to Ocracoke Island in 1949.

Donald Austin ended his 35-year career with the North Carolina Ferry Division with something he'd never done before -- rescuing people on a sinking boat.

Last April, the renowned art educator and University of Iowa professor Steve McGuire was asked to introduce his colleague Rachel Williams, who received the 2009's Jean Y. Jew Women's Rights Award.

An Occasional Journal of Daily Island Life. Check here regularly to keep up-to-date on what's happening on Ocracoke.

One of the most distinctive voices in contemporary Southern fiction belongs to a writer who was born and raised in the suburbs of Chicago and spent most of her adult life in the urban Northeast.

It is an interesting wreck because, unlike most commercial vessels of the time which hauled lumber, molasses, rum, or some other single commodity, the "Pioneer" was carrying general cargo.

I am sorry to report that Ann Scarborough, who just celebrated her 100th birthday on October 5, died three days ago, after a fall.

Sometimes journalists, newscasters, and others will describe Ocracoke as a "resort community." It is not.

During WWII the US Navy built a base on Ocracoke Island . This naval base effectively ended the U-boat attacks that, early in 1942, sank more than 75 vessels off the North Carolina coast.

Over the weekend there was much activity here on Ocracoke. Several couples were married, including our very own William & Jesse Howard.

Including: The Artist of the Quarter in love with Ocracoke...Everything you want to know about the new Swan Quarter Park and the Swan Quarter Service Group and their future plans... The Teacher of the Quarter: Mr. Julio Morales, a foreign ESL teacher from Venezuela... NY Post Page 6: Swan Quarter's Ingrid Lemme and FOX News's Bill O'Reilly... Never forgotten: JOHN BURNEY McGOWAN... “The Flop-Eared Hound” by Ellis Credle... Remembering on Veteran's Day: Edward Dunn Manning and all who served, because Freedom is not Free! ... The Old Gentleman of the Blues, "Guitar Crusher" of Berlin, Germany who grew up in Hyde County... The Big Swan Quarter Yard Sale ...and so much more...

This Saturday, October 10 Tony Trischka, one of the world's top five-string banjo players, will be holding a workshop on Ocracoke Island.

Earlier this year the Ocracoke Preservation Society received a generous bequest for Historic Preservation from the Geraldine Beveridge Estate.

The state has signed a contract for a new $13 million ferry to operate in Pamlico Sound routes, including the route from Ocracoke to Cedar Island.

I was off island yesterday. Went with Amy to Nags Head , then stopped to run a few errands.

Two Historic Lighthouses at Cape Hatteras National Seashore Will Go Dark Next Week - " But They'll Be Back Posted September 23rd, 2009 by Jim Burnett The Ocracoke Lighthouse features a first-order Fresnel Lens.

Bill O'Reilly, probably the most controversial and most talked about TV journalist world wide, fulfilled a promise yesterday (Sat. Sep 26th 2009) that he gave American Dream Show host Ingrid Lemme six years ago. He appeared on Ms Lemme’s talk show, filmed at Gurney’s Inn in Montauk, in front of a live audience and aired on WVVH Hamptons TV, tri-state N.Y. - 30 guests enjoyed a fabulous ½ hour with Ingrid and "The No Spin Zone” man who had the audience at times in tears, stunned or even hysterically laughing. Bill was certainly fresh, and bold in true Factor style, but at the same time quite charming. He signed books, granted the ‘by invitation only’ audience photo opportunities and stayed for lunch with Swan Quarter's dream woman.