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  • “Miss Piggy” the sea turtle hangs around the Outer Ban ...

    June 1, 2023 | Island Features | By: Joy Crist

    Avon Farmers Market returns for the 2023 season on June 13

    June 1, 2023 | Island Features | By: Joy Crist

    Night Sky: The Hercules Cluster, and more highlights for June

    May 31, 2023 | Island Features | By: Gerry Lebing

    23rd Annual Ocrafolk Music and Storytelling Festival returns on Ju ...

    May 31, 2023 | Island Features

    Deck Jam event on June 9 will benefit the new-in-2023 Outer Banks ...

    May 30, 2023 | Island Features | By: Joy Crist
  • “Miss Piggy” the sea turtle hangs around the Outer Ban ...

    June 1, 2023 | Island Features | By: Joy Crist

    Avon Farmers Market returns for the 2023 season on June 13

    June 1, 2023 | Island Features | By: Joy Crist

    Night Sky: The Hercules Cluster, and more highlights for June

    May 31, 2023 | Island Features | By: Gerry Lebing

    23rd Annual Ocrafolk Music and Storytelling Festival returns on Ju ...

    May 31, 2023 | Island Features

    Deck Jam event on June 9 will benefit the new-in-2023 Outer Banks ...

    May 30, 2023 | Island Features | By: Joy Crist
  • “Miss Piggy” the sea turtle hangs around the Outer Ban ...

    June 1, 2023 | Island Features | By: Joy Crist

    Avon Farmers Market returns for the 2023 season on June 13

    June 1, 2023 | Island Features | By: Joy Crist

    Night Sky: The Hercules Cluster, and more highlights for June

    May 31, 2023 | Island Features | By: Gerry Lebing

    23rd Annual Ocrafolk Music and Storytelling Festival returns on Ju ...

    May 31, 2023 | Island Features

    Deck Jam event on June 9 will benefit the new-in-2023 Outer Banks ...

    May 30, 2023 | Island Features | By: Joy Crist
  • “Miss Piggy” the sea turtle hangs around the Outer Ban ...

    June 1, 2023 | Island Features | By: Joy Crist

    Avon Farmers Market returns for the 2023 season on June 13

    June 1, 2023 | Island Features | By: Joy Crist

    Night Sky: The Hercules Cluster, and more highlights for June

    May 31, 2023 | Island Features | By: Gerry Lebing

    23rd Annual Ocrafolk Music and Storytelling Festival returns on Ju ...

    May 31, 2023 | Island Features

    Deck Jam event on June 9 will benefit the new-in-2023 Outer Banks ...

    May 30, 2023 | Island Features | By: Joy Crist
  • “Miss Piggy” the sea turtle hangs around the Outer Ban ...

    June 1, 2023 | Island Features | By: Joy Crist

    Avon Farmers Market returns for the 2023 season on June 13

    June 1, 2023 | Island Features | By: Joy Crist

    Night Sky: The Hercules Cluster, and more highlights for June

    May 31, 2023 | Island Features | By: Gerry Lebing

    23rd Annual Ocrafolk Music and Storytelling Festival returns on Ju ...

    May 31, 2023 | Island Features

    Deck Jam event on June 9 will benefit the new-in-2023 Outer Banks ...

    May 30, 2023 | Island Features | By: Joy Crist

Hatteras Island Friends of Felines’ Annual Yard Sale will be hel ...

May 27, 2023 | Island Features | By: Joy Crist

The non-profit organization Friends of Felines Hatteras Island will be hosting its annual yard sale on Saturday, June 3, and Sunday, June 4, from 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. on both days. This year, the yard sale will be held in the parking lot of the former Outer Beaches Realty Office in Avon at 40227 Tigrone [...] Island Features |  Full Article

Tri Villages Market returns to Hatteras Island on Memorial Day Weekend

May 24, 2023 | Island Features

After a successful Easter weekend event that featured 32 artists and makers, the new-in-2023 Tri Villages Market is returning on Memorial Day Weekend for another opportunity for the public to shop with local artisans. The Tri Villages Market will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sunday, May 28, at the Camp Hatteras [...] Island Features |  Full Article

11th annual Rock The Cape kicks off June 1-2 in Rodanthe

May 23, 2023 | Island Features

Kick off the summer season on Hatteras Island at the 11th Annual Rock The Cape, which will take place June 1-2. The Rock The Cape art show and concert will be held on Thursday, June 1 at Kitty Hawk Kites’ Waves Village Watersports Center at Milepost 40 in Rodanthe from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. [...] Island Features |  Full Article

Cape Hatteras students discover a 17th-century wedding ring while ...

May 20, 2023 | Island Features | By: Joy Crist

A group of Cape Hatteras Elementary third-grade students made a remarkable and unexpected discovery of a 17th-century wedding ring while on a field trip to the new Lost Colony Museum and Gift Shop in Buxton. Scott Dawson, museum owner and author of The Lost Colony and Hatteras Island, engaged the 18 students and their teacher Jordyn [...] Island Features |  Full Article

Buxton sea turtle release draws a crowd… WITH VIDEO

May 16, 2023 | Island Features | By: Joy Crist

The Old Lighthouse Beach in Buxton was packed on Tuesday morning, May 16, as six sea turtles that had completed their rehabilitation at the Sea Turtle Assistance and Rehabilitation (STAR) Center at the NC Aquarium on Roanoke Island were released back into the ocean. The released sea turtles included four green sea turtles, one juvenile [...] Island Features |  Full Article

Ocracoke Preservation Society selected to participate in Collectio ...

May 14, 2023 | Island Features

Ocracoke Preservation Society (OPS), a non-profit, community-based organization dedicated to the preservation of Ocracoke Island’s heritage, recently announced that it is one of 44 institutions in the United States selected to participate in the Collections Assessment for Preservation (CAP) program. CAP helps museums improve the care of their collections by providing support for a general conservation assessment [...] Island Features |  Full Article

The hunt for original homes on Hatteras and Ocracoke

May 11, 2023 | Island Features | From The: Outer Banks Voice

by Maggie Miles Keeper James Charlet seeks to learn their untold stories After quitting his job following 25-years as a classroom teacher and relocating his family from Charlotte, NC to Hatteras in the late ’80s, Keeper James Charlet—known then simply as James Charlet—had an epiphany. Despite teaching North Carolina history and even writing a state-adopted [...] Island Features |  Full Article

Hatteras Island Ocean Center announces its 2023 Summer Programming ...

May 10, 2023 | Island Features | By: Joy Crist

The Hatteras Island Ocean Center recently announced its line-up of summertime programs, which begin on Monday, May 29, 2023. All programs repeat weekly throughout the summer months, and provide insight into the landscape and natural environment of Hatteras village and miles beyond. This is the first year that the Hatteras Island Ocean Center is operating [...] Island Features |  Full Article

Annual Buxton and Ocracoke Ceremonies to honor WWII sailors will b ...

May 10, 2023 | Island Features | By: Joy Crist

Two annual ceremonies are returning in 2023 to honor the World War II British and Canadian sailors who lost their lives off the Outer Banks 81 years ago. In mid-May, representatives of the U.S. Coast Guard, Coast Guard Auxiliary, U.S. Navy, British Royal Navy, and National Park Service will come together at the British cemeteries [...] Island Features |  Full Article

Archive

Hatteras Island Ocean Center announces its 2023 Summer Programming Schedule

May 10, 2023 | Island Features | By: Joy Crist

Annual Buxton and Ocracoke Ceremonies to honor WWII sailors will be held on May 11 and May 12

May 10, 2023 | Island Features | By: Joy Crist

OCEARCH’s shark research expedition off of Ocracoke a success

May 9, 2023 | Island Features | By: Joy Crist

Could Portsmouth lightering work for Ocracoke?

May 8, 2023 | Island Features | From The: Ocracoke Observer

Island Gardening: Welcome to the stormy world of Hatteras Island gardening!

May 5, 2023 | Island Features | By: Beth Midgett

‘It takes a village;’ Outer Banks Buddies will provide new connections for Hatteras Island’s youth and elderly

May 4, 2023 | Island Features | By: Joy Crist | 1

Outer Banks Forever announces opening of annual ‘Adopt A Sea Turtle Nest’ Program

May 1, 2023 | Island Features

Night Sky: Eta Aquariids meteor shower peaks on May 6, and more highlights for May

May 1, 2023 | Island Features | By: Gerry Lebing

High School Musical hits the stage May 4-7 in the CHSS Drama Club’s most ambitious production yet

April 27, 2023 | Island Features | By: Joy Crist

Upcoming May oyster roast will benefit the Frisco-Buxton Pathway

April 25, 2023 | Island Features | By: Joy Crist

50th Anniversary of Worrell 1000 Race is on for 2024

April 24, 2023 | Island Features | By: Joy Crist

OCEARCH conducts shark research expedition off of Ocracoke

April 24, 2023 | Island Features | By: Joy Crist

Rock the Cape will be held June 1-2; Deadline for artists to register is April 28

April 22, 2023 | Island Features

New Buxton Museum unveils the Hatteras Island connection in a centuries-old story

April 19, 2023 | Island Features | By: Joy Crist

Avon Farmers Market is returning for 2023 with a new location

April 18, 2023 | Island Features | By: Joy Crist

Rodanthe-Waves-Salvo Civic Association to host free Earth Day celebration on April 22

April 17, 2023 | Island Features

RMS Titanic – The Fatally Flawed Hatteras Connection

April 14, 2023 | Island Features | By: James D. “Keeper James” Charlet

Weekly Old Trent Market returning to Frisco on April 13

April 12, 2023 | Island Features

Fresnel lens presentation to be held in Ocracoke on April 28

April 11, 2023 | Island Features

April 14 program will highlight Hatteras Island’s connection to the Titanic

April 10, 2023 | Island Features

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