by Sarah Barban | Jul 29, 2026 | News
Six-year-old Ernest Jester Jr., of Chicoteague, fatally drowned July 30, 1963, while playing around the waterfront near Charles B. Gall’s store on South Main Street. On July 30, 1959, the Peninsula Enterprise reported that the Eastern Shore welcomed three new...
by Sarah Barban | Jul 29, 2026 | News
The 101st annual Chincoteague Pony Swim on Wednesday, July 29, lasted 4 minutes and 37 seconds. 150 ponies came ashore at 10:05 a.m. after crossing from Assateague to Chincoteague island at slack tide with the help of the Saltwater Cowboys. The annual pony auction...
by Sarah Barban | Jul 23, 2026 | News
WALKING GROUP: 9 to 10 a.m., Island Community House, 6246 Mumford St., Chincoteague. Island Community House hosts a weekly 1.5 mile walk around downtown Chincoteague.FESTIVAL: 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Chincoteague Center, 6155 Community Drive, Chincoteague. The 38th...
by Sarah Barban | Jul 22, 2026 | News
FESTIVAL: 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Chincoteague Center, 6155 Community Drive, Chincoteague. The 38th annual Chincoteague Island Blueberry Festival features a variety of artists, crafters, and artisans selling their work. There will also be fresh blueberries, live music,...
by Sarah Barban | Jul 22, 2026 | News
BY SARAH BARBAN, Eastern Shore Post — Melfa native Josh Dooley has been acting since he was 4 years old, when he took an acting class for children with Terry Bliss of the North Street Playhouse. Four decades later, Dooley is still working in the theater. Now,...
