Allison Williams and Tony Chambers were happy to participate in the Hands Across the Sand protest of offshore oil drilling on Saturday, May 16, because they’ve had experience swimming in oceans with oil spills. The two, of Raleigh, were among about 100 islanders and visitors who joined hands at the Lifeguard Beach at noon, and […]
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Many Ocracoke islanders who visited the passenger ferry, the Provincetown III, on Tuesday, May 5, were heartened. “I’m greatly encouraged,” noted Leslie Lanier, owner of Books to Be Red, as she noted the bicycle racks on the bow. “It’s an answer to our economic future,” said Mickey Baker, owner of Mermaid’s Folly. However, so is going […]
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It was sports day on Ocracoke Saturday as 266 runners of all ages competed in the Foothills Brewing 5K/10K races in the morning and children competed on the new ball field in the afternoon. Keith Gray, 50, of Buxton, won the 10K in the men’s division, with a time of 37:25. It was his first […]
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There will be no fireworks on Ocracoke for the July 4 holiday this year. Earlier this month, the Ocracoke Occupancy Tax Board declined to fund the more than $31,000 it would take for the island to have these aerial displays. “It’s just too much money,” said Frank Brown, chairman of the board. “It’s a tough […]
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After receiving an outpouring of mostly negative comments about a proposed tourism authority for Ocracoke, Hyde County Manager Bill Rich last week unveiled a revised plan for enhancing tourism, especially in the shoulder seasons. Instead of a tourism development authority that would levy an additional 2 percent on top of the 3 percent occupancy tax […]
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Another unattended, anchored sail boat in Silver Lake Harbor has become unmoored and is getting close to being aground near Silver Lake and Sarah Ellen Drive following the latest wind storm Wednesday, Dec. 8, that had gusts up to 50 mph. This is the third unattended boat to get loose since a storm Nov. 1. “If we […]
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It’s moving day on Ocracoke. House-moving day, that is. Aaron and Rebecca Gallaher this year were given a historic home along Creek Road with the proviso that they’d move it to another island location. After they prepared the house by dismantling an older section of it, the move began early on Wednesday morning after Bray’s […]
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Perhaps Michelle Montanaro described the whole mystique of Blackbeard’s Pirate Jamboree on Ocracoke best when she talked about why she was part of Blackbeard’s Pirate Crew encampment. “I get to be a pirate,” said the newbie pirate crew member matter-of-factly on Saturday, Nov. 1, the second day of the three-day event. She and her husband, […]
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New research by author-historian Kevin Duffus has revealed that the positive identity of an African-American member of Blackbeard’s crew provides evidence about the infamous pirate’s identity and origin. Contrary to popular myth, Caesar, who was one of six African-American slaves in Blackbeard’s crew, survived well beyond the rest of the crew, said Duffus, author of […]
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Legalization of marijuana, gambling on ferry boats, and other offbeat items have appeared on several of the Hyde County commissioners’ agendas this year for discussion at the request of Ocracoke Commissioner John Fletcher. Fletcher, 76, has yet to talk at a commissioners’ meeting about some of these ideas but did so in a recent interview. […]
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