May is upon us, and the regular Hatteras-to-Ocracoke ferries still are not running because of an inadequate ferry channel. “It’s a mess,” noted Allen Burrus, a Dare County commissioner who has been actively working on the ferry channel problems. Rudy Austin, president of the Ocracoke Civic and Business Association and a former ferry captain, echoed […]
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Ocracoke youngsters will soon have a real baseball field …WITH SLIDE SHOW
Ocracoke students will have a real baseball field by the end of the summer. The field, which will be called Ocracoke Community Park, is at the end of Maurice Ballance Road and is being prepared on a 3.8-acre tract purchased from Dal and Darren Burrus. “If you wanted to play flag football, you had to […]
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Ocracoke Volunteer Fire Department breaks ground on new building …….WITH SLIDE SHOW
By CONNIE LEINBACH By CONNIE LEINBACH Ocracoke will have a new fire house in about eight months, following the long-awaited ground breaking at the site of a new Ocracoke Volunteer Fire Department building along Irvin Garrish Highway Monday. About 60 residents came out to support the event as crew members from Premiere Construction Inc. of […]
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Ocracokers get some good news amid transportation woes
There’s a revolution in Raleigh, said Joe McClees about two bills introduced in the legislature Thursday, March 28, to eliminate ferry tolls. Joe and Henri McClees are the lobbyists hired by Hyde, Beaufort, and Pamlico counties to represent the coast in Raleigh. “We have coalitions of new Democrats and Republicans who have decided we need […]
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New Hyde manager is a native who bring business experience to governing
It’s a new day in Hyde County, and William D. Rich, as the newly appointed county manager, is eager to help. Rich, who goes by “Bill,” was appointed to the position Feb. 18, and while he has given the county all of his time since then, he officially assumed his new position on March 1. […]
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Ocracokers tell state to eliminate all ferry tolls at DOT hearing
Eliminate all tolls on ferries in North Carolina is the new rallying cry for Ocracoke and other coastal areas that have access by ferries. That was the message Wednesday night, Nov. 13, during a public hearing in the Ocracoke School gym on the state legislature’s quest to raise $5 million in revenue, up from $2 […]
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Ocracoke awaits long-sought fire break between village and park
Ocracoke may see a long-sought fire break for the island between the village and the National Park Service land as early as the end of March. Ed Fuller, Cape Hatteras National Seashore district ranger for Ocracoke, confirmed last week that Deputy Superintendent, Daryl Echols, assured him that the Park Service will hire a “marsh-master” cutter […]
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Ocracoke getting back to normal, dredging may be finished mid-March
Ocracoke Islanders are collectively happy that the Hatteras Ferry began running Feb. 22 in an alternate channel. “I’m happy to see it back,” noted Ken DeBarth, a physician’s assistant who works weekends in Nags Head. “It’s a big help.” Islanders have had vehicle access on and off the island only via Swan Quarter and Cedar […]
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Ocracokers continue to cope as weather slows channel dredging
While a media release from the North Carolina Department of Transportation’s Ferry Division today announced that dredging in the Rollinson Channel between Hatteras and Ocracoke is 65 percent complete, it will all depend on the weather as to how soon ferries will be up and running. The pipeline dredge Richmond did not work Wednesday and […]
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Ocracokers struggle to cope with sporadic ferry service at Hatteras Inlet
By CONNIE LEINBACH The North Carolina Ferry Division has added two evening ferry runs between Ocracoke and Swan Quarter in response to citizen concerns about ferry suspensions the last few weeks because of heavy shoaling in the Rollinson Channel between Ocracoke and Hatteras. Beginning Wednesday, Jan. 9, in addition to the winter schedule already in […]
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