Keith McDermott and his brother Arthur and his sister Karen have donated several lots on Ocracoke to the Ocracoke Preservation Society.
The McDermott family, longtime landowners on Ocracoke, is interested in the properties being saved as open space in the village. After discussions with several other land preservation organizations, they decided to deed the properties to OPS with deed restrictions in place, said Ken DeBarth, OPS president.
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