Mark your calendars! Homecoming 2020 will be held on Saturday, April 25, 2020. Check back for details and start making your plans! Information is in the current edition of the Doctor’s Creek Journal which should be in members’ mailboxes now.
Doctor’s Creek Journal
We hope all members received their Doctor’s Creek Journal in January and were as pleased with it as we were! Thanks to our editor, Ray McAllister, for another great issue full of Portsmouth news and photos – 28 pages worth! If you are not a member of FPI and would like to start receiving our newsletter, click on the Membership link above to join. We’d love to have you!
Spring Meeting Date – May 18, 2019
Please plan to join us at Ocracoke on Saturday, May 18, for our spring meeting. We regret we had to cancel our fall meeting due to Hurricane Florence, but we are excited to be able to catch up in May! We will meet at the Ocracoke school at 10:00 a.m. and will hold our regular business meeting and elections which were postponed from the fall meeting. You do not have to be a member to attend but we hope you will join us!
Weather permitting, we are planning to offer a trip to Portsmouth after the meeting led by Jeff West, Superintendent of Cape Lookout National Seashore. Don’t miss this opportunity to tour the village with Jeff. The cost for the boat ride to Portsmouth is $20 per person round trip, and those wanting to go will sign up at the start of the meeting. Snacks and water will be available for those going on the trip.
Further details will be available to all members in the Doctor’s Creek Journal in late December. See you at Ocracoke!
Portsmouth Village is Open!
We are happy to report that Portsmouth Village is open and suffered only minimal damage from Hurricane Florence. Work still needs to be done, but the village is safe for visitors. We understand that the church painting will be starting up again this week.
September 15 Meeting Cancelled
Due to the path of Hurricane Florence, we are cancelling the September 15 membership meeting in Morehead City. Stay tuned for the new date. We will have more information when the storm is over. Be safe everyone!
Fall Meeting – September 15, 2018
All are invited to FPI’s fall membership meeting on Saturday, September 15, in Morehead City. We will meet at 10:00 a.m. at the Train Depot (1101 Arendell Street). This is always a fun place to meet. We are pleased that Steve Anderson, director of the Carteret County Historical Society, will present “The Men and Women of Carteret County in World War 1. Jeff West, superintendent of Cape Lookout National Seashore, will be there to update us on what’s happening in the village. In addition to the above, we will hold our biannual election of officers for the next two years. Portsmouth t-shirts, notecards and books will be available this one day. You do not have to be a member to attend, so if you are in the area, please come by and check us out!
Doctor’s Creek Journal
All members should have received their Doctor’s Creek Journal by now. This is our 36-page Homecoming edition. If you are a member and did not receive yours, please contact us! We will also have some extra copies at the September 15 fall meeting if you’d like to pick one up there. This issue is chock full of Homecoming pictures and is our largest issue ever.