By Evelyn Shotwell, Chincoteague Chamber of Commerce May 9-June 27 Thursdays: Introduction to Digital Nature Photography Class with Chris Hudson at Delmarva Discovery Center.  Visit www.delmarvadiscoverycenter.org. May 17: Eastern Shore 2nd Annual Coast Guard Run 2 Remember 5K Run/Walk on CNWR Wildlife Loop at 11 a.m. For info: MK2 Alan Shanks (757-336-2860). May 17: Girls

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Thanks again to the federal government the parking lots at Assateague Beach will be restored by the end of May, following the damage from Hurricane Sandy. Unlike recovery work from previous storms, the sand and shell replenishment was put out for bids. For past storm damaged parking lots the work has been done by the

By Misty Thornton Editor, Wild Pony Tales When you step into the doorway of the Museum of Chincoteague you have gone through a gateway into the past of the storied islands of Chincoteague and Assateague on the East Coast of Virginia. The museum opened March 22 with its second Heritage Day Celebration that brought old

By Wilma Young About the writer: Wilma Young served as a senior volunteer at several national parks, coming to the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge three times. Her last stay at the Chincoteague refuge was just before her 80th birthday in 1997-98. On this third stay she served as an environmental education teacher for the Chincoteague

By Misty Thornton Editor, Wild Pony Tales Beth Hanback is a bundle of energy and she needs to be. She’s the epicenter of a moving whirlwind with a dozen decisions an hour to make. Beth is the backbone and executive director of the Chincoteague Natural History Association, a group of supporters the Chincoteague National Wildlife

By Robert Boswell Publisher, Wild Pony Tales Updated August 30, 2012  Editor’s Update: Lucky, who will be four months old September 3, has found a new home at The Refuge Inn, in the corral between the Inn and McDonalds. “He does not like to socialize with the other ponies and seems to stay off to

By Leslie Adkins Editor, Wild Pony Tales For the Saltwater Cowboys October came, it seems, right on the heels of the July 2008 Chincoteague pony swim that brought thousands of people to this Island on the Virginia coast. Three times a year the cowboys load their mounts into trailers and leave homes in North Carolina,