Admin | March 1, 2010
By Tammy Rickman
In 1839 English author Edward Bulwer-Lytton wrote, “…the pen is mightier than the sword.” Though I suspect he coined the term with somewhat more purposeful intentions, they rang no less true for less intense purposes.
Not unlike Mr. Lytton, Marguerite Henry is famous in her own right for her stories of Chincoteague and Assateague [...]
Admin | January 24, 2010
Pony Penning in 2010 will be held the week of July 26-July 30. The Swim will be Wednesday, July 28 and the Auction, the following day, Thursday, July 29. For full schedule go to http://www.chincoteaguechamber.com/
By Misty Thornton and Robert Boswell
Here in the middle of winter on the Eastern Shore of Virginia may be [...]
Admin | January 6, 2010
By Harley Gooldrup And Elizabeth Fread
This article appeared in the October 18, 2006 edition of the Eastern Shore News and the October 19 edition of the Chincoteague Beacon. Assateague Island is located on the Eastern Shore of Virginia on the Atlantic Ocean.
It is quiet Friday afternoon, far out on the range, where the famous [...]
Admin | August 6, 2009
By Tammy Rickman
Lightning flashed through my window at two in the morning, waking me from an already restless sleep. I laid there and listened as thunder clapped and roared outside. Within moments another bright flashed crackled across the sky splitting the heavens.
I was already tired and running on sheer will from the weekend of early [...]
Admin | July 24, 2009
By Tammy Rickman
You never know what can come from a group of ladies standing around, talking with time on their hands. Just ask the Buy Back Babes.
From across the country, they are trickling into Chincoteague, preparing to attend the roundup, swim and auction during Pony Penning. But they have important business to attend to, too. [...]
