The destination is 240 feet under the Atlantic Ocean. The place is the wreck of oil tanker the E.M. Clark, sunk in 1942 by a German U-boat 25 miles southwest of Ocracoke. It’s “the cherry on top” among diving professionals, because it’s so large, so deep, but mostly so intact, gushed Joseph Hoyt, a maritime […]

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Charging a toll for Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry under discussion in Raleigh

UPDATE: It’s now final – free Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry will stay free By CONNIE LEINBACH By CONNIE LEINBACH By CONNIE LEINBACH With the North Carolina House and Senate override of Gov. Bev Perdue’s budget veto, Ocracokers are assured that the free ferry between Hatteras and Ocracoke will remain free. Republicans, who control the state legislature for […]

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Charging a toll for Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry under discussion in Raleigh

UPDATE: Ocracokers win another round in keeping tolls off Hatteras Inlet ferry By CONNIE LEINBACH By CONNIE LEINBACH By CONNIE LEINBACH Ocracoke Island has apparently won the fight to keep tolls off the Ocracoke-Hatteras ferry. In the budget unveiled Tuesday, May 31,  by the North Carolina State Senate Appropriations Committee, exemptions for tolls for both […]

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