by James Ritch | Feb 21, 2019 | Sports
Story and Photo by Krystle Bono Chincoteague Ponies senior varsity basketball star, and all-around standout, three-sport athlete Caroline Thornton, hit the 1,000 point marker Feb. 12, during the team’s district tournament court battle in Eastville, in which the girls...
by James Ritch | Feb 21, 2019 | Sports
It was a week of postseason battles for the Eastern Shore varsity basketball teams, many of which would step on the court for their last game of the year. Nandua’s boys varsity squad battled King William last Friday on the road, and edged out the host team 57-53. The...
by James Ritch | Feb 14, 2019 | Sports
By Krystle Bono, Submitted Photo For the second straight season, the Chincoteague Ponies girls varsity club claimed the Eastern Shore District Championship tournament title, as well as the regular season championship. The girls earned the district title last Thursday,...
by James Ritch | Jan 29, 2019 | Headlines
By Linda Cicoira — Billy Joe Tarr, a 64-year-old island native who represents Chincoteague on the Accomack Board of Supervisors, will seek a second four-year term in the November general election. “It has been a learning experience,” Tarr said this week. “It is...
by James Ritch | Jan 24, 2019 | Headlines
By Linda Cicoira — Two brothers were cited earlier this month in U.S. District Court in Salisbury, Md., for charges related to “grossly” exceeding their daily bag limit of clapper rail birds near Chincoteague. The incidents occurred in September 2018. The...
