Chincoteague News

The Chincoteague Center at 6155 Community Drive will be hosting the 18th Annual Chincoteague Decoy and Art Festival on Saturday, Aug.

Michael Bernstein said many people have had an emotional connection with a large banner adorning his Main Street business that combines the island's hallmark ponies, the volunteers who maintain the herd, the ...

I am outraged by an article that appeared in last week's News concerning the ruthless death of an innocent bird that was killed at the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge this past week.

It appears to me that folks really need to jump on the band wagon and let their voices be heard on the reassessment appeal issue.

The Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Company and its Ladies Auxiliary would like to thank everyone who helped make our 83rd annual carnival and pony swim a huge success.

Camp Silver Beach near here is located here on the Eastern Shore, but it is used by families and groups far beyond these borders -- attracting counselors from 33 countries over nine years and campers from 21 ...

ACCOMAC -- An appeal of the Accomack County 2009 real estate tax levy order will be in court again beginning at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday.

Andrew Barbour of the Eastern Shore of Virginia Tourism Commission will present ideas on a program to create branded business/town signs along U.S. Route 13 during a 10 a.m. session at the Chincoteague Center ...

The crowd was just about as thick as the humidity Thursday morning on Chincoteague island.

Onancock officials this week said they will join Chincoteague in formally protesting the results of a countywide real estate reassessment done by Tri-County Appraisals last year.

An ABC News political story out of Chincoteague, Va. You guessed it -- Tim Kaine was down on the Eastern Shore to see the famed ponies.

Parking problems dominated the meeting of the Chincoteague Town Council last week.

CHINCOTEAGUE -- Through an early morning haze, the world-famous Chincoteague ponies came splashing Wednesday as the Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Company conducted its 83rd annual Pony Swim.

PORTSMOUTH, Va. - Coast Guardsmen aboard the new 23-foot Special Purpose Craft - Shallow Water response boat, enforce a safety zone around wild horses from Assateague Island, Va., at the 83rd Annual Pony Swim ...

Governor Tim Kaine reveals a little more about his contact with Democratic Presidential hopeful Senator Barack Obama.

About 150 wild ponies are now recuperating after the annual crossing of the 200-yard channel between Assateague Island, Maryland , and Chincoteague.

Pony Penning evolved from animal pennings held on Assateague since at least the 1800s.

CHINCOTEAGUE -- When the nor'easter that became known as the Storm of '62 struck Assateague and Chincoteague, Misty, the most famous resident of the Beebe Ranch, was in foal.

A 23-foot rescue boat crew from Coast Guard Station Chincoteague, Va., rescued two mariners in distress in the midst of poor weather conditions today A call for assistance came into Accomack County, Va., ...

Written by Brigid O'Neill and Kye Parsons Chincoteague Bridge Replacement Project Moving Full Speed Ahead 07/25/2008 9:50 AM ET CHINCOTEAGUE , Va.- There will soon be a new and improved way to get from the ...