Admin | February 10, 2010
By Tammy Rickman On Saturday, January 30, 2010, winter made its presence known to the islands. The storm moved in late Friday night and the snow began to fall somewhere around dawn Saturday morning. Weather reports were calling for somewhere between 8 to 14 inches, a rarity along barrier islands which lay just off the [...]
Admin | February 4, 2010
By Windy Mason and Robert Boswell Taking into account the economic impact of Assateague Beach to Chincoteague Island and all of Accomack County, the parking lots buried under 3 feet of sand by the powerful November storm, will be restored for use by summer; paid for by the National Park Service. Lou Hinds, manager [...]
Admin | February 4, 2010
By Tammy Rickman On Saturday, January 30th, 2010, winter made its presence known to the islands. The storm moved in late Friday night and the snow began to fall somewhere around dawn Saturday morning. Weather reports were calling for somewhere between 8 to 14 inches, a rarity along barrier islands which lay just off [...]
Admin | December 1, 2009
REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK By Tammy Rickman Mrs. Rickman and her family are residents of Chincoteague. Their second home in the summer is Assateague Beach. “I have never seen anything like it.” This was the response from Susan Fair, a long-time employee of the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, who lives in staff housing on Assateague Island. With [...]
Admin | December 1, 2009
By Tammy Rickman Each sunny summer day approximately 1,000 vehicles are parked in the lots of the Assateague Island beach. Visitors, both local and from across the nation, drag drink coolers, umbrellas, blankets, surfboards and children onto the nearby sand for a day of fun and sun. But anyone who goes to the beach [...]
