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WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. - There isn't much to see yet at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Virginia's Eastern Shore.

Chincoteague entered the 1900s in the midst of political turmoil. Its first try at incorporation had been approved by the General Assembly in 1900, and then repealed a year later with much disagreement and numerous allegations of forged petition signatures.

WALLOPS ISLAND -- When the Minotaur rocket carrying the TacSat-3 military satellite blasted off last month from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, one of the people who helped it happen was a Saxis native and mother of two whose job is to ensure spaceport customers have everything they need to succeed.

We as residents within the historic village of Greenbackville are greatly alarmed by the recently proposed development plans for the Baywitch subdivision to be located in the town's harbor and the subdivision's mass sewage disposal facility and drainage field on a "remote site." This "remote site" is within the heart of Greenbackville village, ...

Ground will be broken Monday at NASA 's Wallops Flight Facility in Atlantic, Va., on a launch facility that will test a new rocket designed to service the International Space Station once the shuttle retires.

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WALLOPS ISLAND --When the Minotaur rocket carrying the TacSat-3 military satellite blasted off last month from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, one of the people who helped it happen was a Saxis native and mother of two whose job it is to ensure spaceport customers have everything they need to succeed.

Delegate Lynwood Lewis operates in the political arena according to what he calls "the Eastern Shore tradition of representation in Richmond" -- an approach that places value on consensus-building and finding common ground even across party lines in order to accomplish goals.

Elsie W. Davis, 81, a resident of Atlantic, died Wednesday, June 10, 2009, at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital, Roanoke, Va.

The Virginia Community Healthcare Association announced that it has honored four individuals and one team for their contributions to providing access to high-quality health care services to residents of medically underserved communities.

On Monday, American Legion Post 159 will have a Memorial Day service to honor servicemen and women at the Post Home on Main Street.

On Sunday at 5 p.m. the Singing Disciples and the Golden Trumpeters will perform at African Baptist Church, Cheriton.

Brian Moran has joined the television advertising battle in this year's Virginia governor's race.

A Minotaur I rocket has blasted off from Virginia's Eastern Shore. The rocket was launched from Wallops Flight Facility in Atlantic at 7:55 p.m. today.

ATLANTIC, Va. - NASA says the scheduled launch of a Minotaur I rocket from Virginia's Eastern Shore is a "go." With the FAA's blessing, the launch is set for blastoff Tuesday between 7:30 and 11:30 p.m. from Wallops Flight Facility in Atlantic.

With the stroke of a pen Wednesday, the long-anticipated Wallops Research Park -- designed to bring technology-based jobs and businesses to the area -- became reality.

If visitors arriving Wedne-sday for a tour of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport had questions about what is next for the facility, a 70-foot banner bearing a half-size depiction of Orbital Science Corp.'s Taurus II rocket made the answer clear.

A long-awaited ceremony to celebrate the formation of Wallops Research Park will be held today at 10 a.m. at the NASA Visitor Center on Chincoteague Road.

A satellite scheduled for launch from Virginia's Eastern Shore is designed to detect hidden enemy weapons and deliver their locations to U.S. combat troops, scientists testing the technology say.

April 30, 2009 NASA's rich history on Virginia's Eastern Shore includes bright future Many Virginians have never heard of it, but a quiet community on the state's Eastern Shore is on the leading edge of the nation's space program.