Video by Rory Kelleher, story by Joy Crist Despite being canceled for the past two years due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the North Carolina Coastal Federation’s (NCCF) annual Hatteras Island Oyster Roast was another big success, with tickets selling out well before the February 4 event date. “The tickets always sell very fast, but […]
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After a four-year hiatus, the annual Day at the Docks festival made a triumphant return to Hatteras village, attracting a big crowd that was lured in by the event’s many activities, programs, and competitions that were stationed along the waterfront. Initially launched in 2004, Day at the Docks (DATD) was unexpectedly canceled in 2018 and […]
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On Thursday, May 20, the 13 competing teams of the Worrell 1000 Race made a Frisco landing as one of the final legs of their multiple-day journey from Hollywood, Florida to Virginia Beach. The 1,000-mile catamaran race plays out in multiple stages, (from checkpoint to checkpoint), and the team with the shortest overall combined time […]
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The 2.4 mile-long Jug Handle Bridge is 88% complete as of September 2, with a projected opening date of early 2022, per an early September update from the North Carolina Department of Transportation. The southern end of bridge operations have stopped as of August 14, and the two work trestles met as of August 31, […]
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On the morning of Sunday, July 4, Ocracoke Island held its annual Sand Sculpture Contest, which has been a local Independence Day tradition for roughly 43 years. The Island Free Press’s Rory Kelleher was at the heart of the action, capturing the numerous participants as their creations came to fruition, as well as the eventual […]
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The 2.4 mile-long Jug Handle Bridge is 75% complete as of June 3, with a projected opening date of late 2021 or early 2022, per an early June update from the North Carolina Department of Transportation. The upcoming hurricane season could alter the estimated completion date, but once the bridge is officially open, work will […]
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The Ocracoke Preservation Society is raising funds for the restoration of the Island Inn Property to be used as a historic building and public use park. Amy Howard tells us more.
The Ocracoke Preservation Society Museum reopened to the public in April, 2021, after remaining closed for a 1 year and 7 months due to 2019’s Hurricane Dorian and the subsequent Coronavirus Pandemic. Take a closer look inside the museum, and discover this unique historic site in the heart of Ocracoke village.
Video by Rory Kelleher The Hatteras Weather Bureau Station was one of the first to receive the call from the sinking Titanic, but this story has a fatal and ironic twist. Keeper James Charlet tells the tale.
The 2.4 mile-long Jug Handle Bridge is 63% complete as of March 4, with a projected opening date of late 2021 or early 2022, per an update from the North Carolina Department of Transportation’s (NCDOT) resident engineer for the project, Pablo Hernandez, in early March.
