Although the N.C. Ferry Division has set up the spring ferry schedule, they haven’t released it yet and may include suggestions by Ocracoke islanders to add a run at 10:30 a.m. during the week. Chris Bock, manager of operations at Hatteras, attended the monthly meeting Monday, Nov. 14, in the Ocracoke Community Center and discussed […]
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The church, on School Road, has set up a hurricane relief center where islanders in need to get items and food vouchers and where other can donate money and goods to help. People needing help need not be members of the church, said Mary Bryant, wife of Pastor Richard Bryant. The church’s finance committee decided […]
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Travelers to and from Ocracoke on Wednesday might have seen a contingent of black-shirted Transportation Security Administration people at the Hatteras and Ocracoke ferry docks. The team of officers, mostly based in Raleigh, was here at the invitation of the N.C. Ferry Division to join in the annual security exercise at the ferry terminals, said […]
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With the N.C. Senate’s favorable first vote Tuesday night on the 2016-17 budget, the toll threat on the Hatteras/Ocracoke ferry appears to be over for now, and the NC Ferry Division will get much-needed funding for its aging fleet. The $22.34 billion spending plan retains much of what the House had sought in the way of relief […]
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By CONNIE LEINBACH The Ocracoke Observer The Ocracoke community is buzzing over the firings Friday, June 10, of 11 North Carolina Ferry Division workers at the Silver Lake Ferry terminal operations. Word was out over the weekend after seven career employees and four temporary employees were dismissed. Among those fired are Albert O’Neal, 44, ferry operations […]
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By CONNIE LEINBACH The Ocracoke Observer Cassie MacDonald feels that the Ocrafolk Festival is like a big family reunion. She and her sister Maggie, both from Nova Scotia and who perform Celtic music, have gotten to know many of the musicians and locals. “But somehow you meet someone new each time that you’ve felt you’ve […]
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The North Carolina General Assembly this week will begin the negotiating process on the two chambers’ differing versions of their respective budgets, and ferry tolls and $150 priority passes are back in the mix. This priority pass provision is in section 35.12.(b) (page 142) of the Senate budget: SECTION 35.12.(e) G.S. 136-82 is amended by […]
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Rep. Paul Tine, U-Kitty Hawk, has introduced a bill to fund new ferry vessels from the general transportation budget and eliminate all ferry tolls. House Bill 1002 is online at http://ncleg.net and can be viewed here. If passed, it would be effective July 1. The bill asks for $13.85 million to be appropriated from the Highway […]
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By CONNIE LEINBACH The Ocracoke Observer Members of the Ocracoke Civic and Business Association agreed on Wednesday night, April 13, that euthanizing the hundreds of mallard ducks making their home in the village is not the answer to their overpopulation. The group agreed to explore several conservative approaches to the problem of the myriad of […]
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Ocracoke will be featured in two national magazines this summer, Coastal Living and Southern Living and is included in two “best beaches” contests. Coastal Living magazine has included Ocracoke Island in its first-ever Beach Madness Bracket, “The Best Beach in America 2016.” The island also was part of a recent USA Today poll about the […]
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