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Click a thumbnail to view the full-size image. Buy Pilot photos here. Loading... Close Gallery Video: Big tales told on Liar's Bench in Onancock Patrick Wilson 1 of 3 Liar's Bench regulars sit on the sunny side of the wharf on a recent chilly day in Onancock.

Shore residents lined up to be vaccinated against the H1N1 flu this week as local elementary and preschool students were hard hit by the virus.

The Island Cottage Collection, located at 6208 Maddox Blvd., Chincoteague Island, is featuring a painting exhibition for the upcoming Oct.

A free performance of "Fishing Gone," formerly titled, "Waves of the Watermen," will be presented at Eastern Shore Community College's Business Development and Workforce Training Center at 2 p.m. on Friday.

A correspondent and camera crew from the NBC morning show "Today" have been on the Eastern Shore several times in recent weeks and on Monday will report a segment on the economic impact of Chesapeake Bay fisheries and regulations.

TANGIER ISLAND -- The exciting sounds of Southern Gospel Music will ring loudly on Saturday, Sept.

Tangier residents have decided they do not want a year-round ferry to run between the Chesapeake Bay island and Onancock, scuttling an effort that began last November when a committee was formed to try to restore passenger service between the two towns.

The Grief Support Group of Hospice and Palliative Care of the Eastern Shore is a small, informal group of men and women that provides an opportunity for attendees to meet others who are experiencing deep and personal feelings of the loss of a loved one -- a spouse, parent, child, sibling, relative, friend or companion.

Ivan Parker, one of the country's top gospel singers, this fall will bring his unique sound as the lead attraction of the first Tangier Island Gospel Festival.

Our townsman, Mr. G. Welly Coard, contractor and builder, is a busy man and parties wishing his services for the present year will have to see him quick as he has almost enough contracts on hand to last him until January next.

By 6:30 a.m. the tables at Gordon's Confectionery in Crisfield, Md., are packed with regulars breakfasting on egg sandwiches and what the woman next to me promises is "the best coffee in the world." The day before I had driven through the Eastern Shores of Virginia and Maryland to the town where ferries depart for Smith and Tangier, two of the last ...

ACCOMACK. If you read carefully, you will see that not even a group of professionally facilitated meetings between Accomack County's Department of Public Safety and the county's volunteer firefighters and rescue departments could produce an agreement or goals.

Accomack County officials will not approve any new paid emergency medical workers until the county and volunteer departments agree on guidelines for when to hire them, where to place them and how to fund the positions.