Ocracokers are feeling like the critters in the carnival game “Whack-a-Mole” as they grapple with the looming increase in ferry tolls on the Swan Quarter and Cedar Island ferries mandated by the state legislature last summer. Ocracokers are feeling like the critters in the carnival game “Whack-a-Mole” as they grapple with the looming increase in […]
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Without much fanfare, the Hyde County commissioners voted on Dec. 5 to put restrictions on the use of travel trailers as permanent housing on Ocracoke. The island has seen an influx in recent years of seasonal and permanent workers living in the trailers because of a shortage of low-cost housing on the island. Bill Rich, […]
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Ocracoke kicked off the holiday season Dec. 7 at the Ocracoke Preservation Society’s annual lighting of the community Christmas tree. A bit of wind and rain did not stop the more than 50 folks who attended the society’s annual wassail party. Deanna Locke, society administrator, and Bill Jones, society president, led the singing of “O […]
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National Park Service employees did the last of debris clean-up from Hurricane Irene on the north end of Ocracoke Island on Thursday, Dec. 1. District ranger Kenny Ballance explained that ferry riders had alerted him to large pieces of debris littering the soundside beach near the north end ferry docks. With the help of […]
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Award-winning Ocracoke ranger is known for his boundless energy and gregarious nature By CONNIE LEINBACH By CONNIE LEINBACH By CONNIE LEINBACH Ocracoke park ranger supervisor Kenneth C. Ballance never expected to be honored with a national award for excellence in the field of rangering. Ocracoke park ranger supervisor Kenneth C. Ballance never expected to be […]
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By CONNIE LEINBACH By CONNIE LEINBACH The Ocracoke community gave a standing ovation to high school English teacher Charles Temple in Gaffer’s Sports Pub Wednesday night after he lost in the first round on the “Jeopardy!” Tournament of Champions. Temple, 39, is among 15 contestants vying for the grand prize of $250,000. In May, […]
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Ocracoke high school English teacher will play in the first round of the “Jeopardy!” Tournament of Champions on the show’s first night, Wednesday, Nov. 2. “Jeopardy!” is reuniting 15 of its recent champions for a head-to-head competition for a chance to win $250,000. The 2011 Tournament of Champions will feature the show’s recent highest money […]
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The Ocracoke community celebrated a historic day on Oct. 20 when the Ocracoke School dedicated a brand new, regulation-sized gym for the Ocracoke Dolphins. “This is a long-awaited event for the island and the school,” noted Dr. Randolph Latimore, Hyde County Schools superintendent, during a ribbon-cutting ceremony in the new facility built over the spring […]
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Business on Ocracoke is returning to about what people expect at this time of the year. Many business owners report that they have seen more customers since Highway 12 reopened on Hatteras Island on Oct. 11, though not in the numbers they had before Hurricane Irene came through seven weeks ago. “This was the best […]
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Fans will get another chance to cheer on Ocracoke resident Charles Temple in his bid to win the “Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions,” beginning on Nov. 2. In May, Temple, 39, the high school English teacher at Ocracoke School, won the first ever Teachers Tournament, garnering $100,000 while competing against 15 other teachers from around the […]
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