by James Ritch | Nov 16, 2020 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — The Chincoteague town council held an emergency meeting Monday afternoon to discuss the town’s response to Gov. Ralph Northam’s recent executive orders increasing restrictions on gatherings due increasing cases of COVID-19 in Virginia. All council...
by James Ritch | Nov 9, 2020 | Obituaries
Mr. Martin E. “Marty” Birch Sr., 58, of Chincoteague Island, went home to be with the Lord on Nov. 8, 2020, at PRMC in Salisbury, Md. He was born in Salisbury, on Dec. 31, 1961, to the late Delbert and Irma (Andrews) Birch. He was a member of Chincoteague Church of...
by James Ritch | Nov 9, 2020 | Obituaries
Ms. Barbara Wimbrough Eck, 78, of Chincoteague Island, went to be with the Lord on Nov. 5, 2020, at Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital in Onancock. She was born in Nassawadox, on March 20, 1942, a daughter to the late Dallas “Pete” and Dorthea (Faber) Wimbrough....
by James Ritch | Nov 4, 2020 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — Monique Roske, treasurer of Chincoteague Island Community Cats, spoke during the public comment period at the Nov. 2 Chincoteague town council meeting, providing an update about the group’s upcoming TNR (trap-neuter-release) weekend clinic Nov. 12 to...
