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🌱 Remember when Sunday mail first reached Chincoteague Island?

Chincoteague, Virginia Patch AM: a 3 min read

Hi Chincoteague! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Remember when Sunday mail first reached Chincoteague Island?

Also on today's calendar: Dickson Twins.

Today's riddle: Why did the cookie go to the Doctor ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Partly sunny; breezy, humid, with a high of 85 and low of 76 degrees.
  • Friday: Partly sunny; breezy, humid, temps: high: 85, low: 75.
  • Saturday: Humid; a stray p.m. t-storm, with a high of 87 and low of 77 degrees. 🌶 Hot!

📰 News we're reading

• Aug. 6: On this date in Eastern Shore history, outlook for local junior college ‘continues to look good' (easternshorepost.com subscription) — Several notable August 6 moments from Eastern Shore history include a 1945 midair collision over Chincoteague and Assateague involving pilots from the Chincoteague Auxiliary Naval Air Station, and the 1939 start of Sunday mail delivery to Chincoteague Island. The piece also recalls a local submarine casualty, an early junior college effort, and a dramatic sand cave rescue.
   

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Other local events
    Friday September 4
  • Dickson Twins →
    Teaguer's Pub, 5030 Chicken City Rd, Chincoteague
    6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Perdue Farms posted a job opening for Production Supervisor - 2nd Shift in Accomac. Apply here.
  • Allied Universal posted a job opening for Security Officer Checkpoint Operations in Accomac. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Chincoteague here.

🗞 Nearby News

Onancock

  • ESCBA Presents Scholarship to Jacqueline Salamanca (shoredailynews.com)
  • Aug. 5: On this date in Eastern Shore history, 7-year-old girl fatally shot while used as a human shield (easternshorepost.com)
  • Paul Nolz Soccer Camp, in fourth decade, is constant of local life (easternshorepost.com)

Kilmarnock

  • Kilmarnock awarded funding package for ongoing utility work (rrecord.com)
  • Adult Cotillion will offer tango August 29 (rrecord.com)
  • This Week's Calendar 08-06-26 (rrecord.com)

Ok Chincoteague! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Because he felt CRUMMY ! (Thank you Michelle S. for sending it in!)
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