Author: Rosanne Penley

SAVE THE DATE!! Our fall membership meeting will be held on Saturday, September 19 at the Core Sound Waterfowl Museum on Harkers Island. NOTE THAT THE MEETING WILL BEGIN AT 9:00 AM, AN HOUR EARLIER THAN THE “USUAL” STARTING TIME. You won’t want to miss it. We will be electing officers and directors for the 2027/2028 term, and we hope our new Cape Lookout National Seashore Park Superintendent, Laura E. Rich Acosta, will be there to introduce herself and give us a Park update. Our guest speaker will be Katie Daugherty from the Outer Banks History Center, who will share photos and information about Portsmouth. In addition, we’ll have the drawing for the raffle that was supposed to have been held at the canceled 2026 Homecoming. Members – if you haven’t yet purchased and sent in your tickets, there’s still time! Just make sure that you mail them in by September 4. There are some wonderful items in this raffle; you don’t need to be present to win. AND – WE WILL HAVE OUR FIRST EVER SILENT AUCTION! See the bottom of this notice for photos and a description of each auction item. You don’t need to be a member to attend our meetings – all are welcome!! Come join us!

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The Doctor’s Creek Journal spring/summer issue has been mailed and all members should be receiving theirs in the next few days. If you’d like to join there is a membership form on our website or you may join online on our home page. We’d love to have you!

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If you are at Ocracoke this Thursday afternoon, July 2, please stop by the Ocracoke Preservation Society! Chester Lynn and Ted & Emily Summey will be giving a free porch talk on “All Things Portsmouth Island” at 1:00 PM! Chester is a Portsmouth descendant and life-long resident of Ocracoke. Ted & Emily are our current Park Volunteers, spending 6 weeks maintaining the Portsmouth Village and guiding visitors.

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Please join us for our fall 2026 membership meeting on Saturday, September 19, at the Core Sound Waterfowl Museum at Harkers Island. The meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m. More details will be posted as they become available, so check back! You do not have to be a member to attend and we hope you will join us.

To all members – the Fall/Winter edition of our newsletter is in the mail. Hope you enjoy it and let us know what you think!

REMINDER: Our fall membership meeting will be held on Saturday, September 20 at 10:00 AM at the Core Sound Waterfowl Museum on Harkers Island. Our guest speakers will be two representatives from the North Carolina Historical Preservation Office – Mr. Reid Thomas, who is a restoration specialist, and Lauren Poole, who is with their National Register of Historic Places division. It should be a very interesting meeting! You don’t need to be a member to attend. Immediately following the meeting, there will be a free luncheon provided by FPI. If you plan to stay for that, you MUST RSVP BY THE FIRST WEEK OF SEPTEMBER BY CALLING 919-818-3754 and leave a voicemail including your name, phone number, and the number who will be attending. We want to have enough food for all. We hope to see you there!

Mark your calendars! The fall membership meeting will be held on Saturday, September 20 at 10:00 AM at the Core Sound Waterfowl Museum on Harkers Island. Our guest speaker will be a representative from the North Carolina Department of Historic Preservation, so it should be an interesting meeting! You don’t need to be a member to attend; we would love to have you join us. (Photo credit: Core Sound Waterfowl Museum) Stay tuned for more information closer to the time.