by James Ritch | Jan 5, 2021 | Obituaries
Mrs. Rieta Cheryl LeCato, 73, was born Sept. 8, 1947, on Chincoteague Island. Known as “TuTu,” she went to be with the Lord on Thursday, Dec. 24, 2020, at her home in Wilmington, N.C. Rieta graduated from CHS and then traveled with her husband, Jerry W. LeCato...
by James Ritch | Jan 2, 2021 | Opinion
Dear Editor: I hope it will be interesting to some folks of the mainland and Chincoteague to know that not all of the filming of “Misty of Chincoteague” was done on Chincoteague. A lot of the home scenes, for whatever reason, were filmed on Folly Creek, down Custis...
by James Ritch | Dec 14, 2020 | Obituaries
Mrs. Jean Anna Gonzoph, 86, of Chincoteague Island, passed away on Dec. 13, 2020, at her residence. She was born in Camden, N.J., on Aug. 26, 1934, a daughter to the late Eugene and Margaret (Kelley) Vogel. She worked at the Christ United Methodist Opportunity Shop...
by James Ritch | Dec 11, 2020 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — Chincoteague will hold “a little parade” for Christmas, after all, according to Mayor J. Arthur Leonard. Leonard at the town council meeting Monday said the “Mayor’s Pop-Up Parade” will start Saturday at 6 p.m. at Chincoteague High School and follow...
by James Ritch | Dec 10, 2020 | Features
By Carol Vaughn — The Island Theatre on Chincoteague received an early Christmas present — the original script for the movie “Misty.” It was Ken Lang’s copy of the script for the movie, which was based on Marguerite Henry’s 1947 novel, “Misty of Chincoteague.” Lang...
