by Ryan Webb | Jul 27, 2023 | Headlines
The U.S. Coast Guard sets off a flare to signal the ponies are on their way to swim across Assateague Channel. The ponies make their way from the water onto Chincoteague Island. The ponies make their way from the water onto Chincoteague Island. The ponies gather to...
by Carol Vaughn | Dec 6, 2022 | Headlines
Staff Report The body of a deceased man found on Assateague beach on Thanksgiving Day has been identified as Dewey Elmer Hall Sr., of Chincoteague, according to the Chincoteague Police Department. Hall had been reported missing Nov. 7 and was last seen around 1:30...
by Carol Vaughn | Sep 7, 2022 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn – The Chincoteague Town Council, after holding a public hearing Monday at which no one spoke, unanimously approved an ordinance imposing a tax of 40 cents per pack on cigarettes sold in the town. The tax, which takes advantage of a new state law...
by Carol Vaughn | Aug 29, 2022 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — Accomack officials voted to repurpose $250,000 the county had set aside as a match for a federal study of Chincoteague Inlet, after the General Assembly this year approved state funding for the match. The Accomack Board of Supervisors voted to use...
by Carol Vaughn | Aug 25, 2022 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — The owner of a well-known Ocean City, Md., restaurant and bar plans to open a business on Chincoteague. Seacrets Restaurant and Bar owner Leighton Moore announced land where the business will be located, on the southwest end of Chincoteague, was...