She lived on this island for 77 years and never left, not even for a day,” Alton Ballance told us about a woman who spent her ...

C. Leinbach The following is a list of the establishments on Ocracoke that are open or closed for the season. This list will be updated as the Observer ...

The island of Ocracoke in North Carolina is known for its distinct "Hoi Toider" brogue (Credit: Alamy) Native Americans, English sailors and pirates all came together on Ocracoke Island in North ...

oyster fishers and waterfowl hunters who have worked and lived here for hundreds of years. You’ll run past Ocracoke Harbor ...

Ocracoke Island is the southernmost of the Banks ... and chicken, as well as seafood like shrimp and scallops. Whether you want an afternoon refreshment or a sudsy nightcap, a visit to 1718 ...

and learned about Blackbeard's ties to the island at the Ocracoke Preservation Society Museum. I've also eaten my weight in raw oysters at Ocracoke Oyster Co., but that's another story.