http://hamptonroads.com/taxonomy/term/277 Category: Eastern Shore en-us Copyright 2012 PilotOnline.com / HamptonRoads.com. Sat, 26 May 2012 19:09:30 -0400 NORFOLK A Maryland man pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud in connection with the purchase of real estate on the Eastern Shore. Christopher G. DeBlauw, 44, of Millersville, Md. faces up to 30 years in prison when he is sentenced in August, a news release from the U.S. attorney's office in the Eastern District of Virginia said. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/05/md-man-pleads-guilty-eastern-shore-bank-fraud Fri, 18 May 2012 21:47:43 -0400 ACCOMACK COUNTY No children were injured in a crash involving a school bus this afternoon. The crash in the 33000 block of Chincoteague Road occurred at about 3:20 p.m., Virginia State Police said in a news release. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/05/woman-charged-school-bus-crash-accomack-co Tue, 15 May 2012 18:44:30 -0400 ACCOMACK COUNTY A 58-year-old woman died in a two-vehicle crash on Chincoteague Road this morning. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/05/woman-dies-twovehicle-crash-eastern-shore Tue, 15 May 2012 14:10:53 -0400 TANGIER ISLAND From the air, this fishing outpost in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay for centuries resembled a giant fishing hook, a curved barb completing the picture on the northern tail of the island. But no more. The barb is gone, swallowed by a rising Bay and fast-eroding land. Now, Tangier Island just looks like a big oval teardrop. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/05/residents-drowning-tangier-island-look-lifeline Fri, 11 May 2012 14:48:25 -0400 SAVAGE NECK On a narrow beach of Virginia's Eastern Shore, a humble pile of broken seashells is changing the timeline of history. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/05/pottery-mystery-unfolds-chesapeake-bay Tue, 08 May 2012 23:01:16 -0400 CLARKSBURG, W.Va. The father of a South Carolina woman killed last summer at West Virginia's All Good Music Festival wants to refile his lawsuit to add another defendant. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/05/victims-dad-may-add-defendant-festival-lawsuit Mon, 07 May 2012 10:36:58 -0400 EASTERN SHORE An open house for the archaeological dig at Savage Neck will be from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday instead of all day. A flier about the event distributed earlier in the week gave incorrect hours. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/05/dig-eastern-shores-savage-neck-set-sunday Fri, 04 May 2012 23:31:40 -0400 A site along the Chesapeake Bay will be studied this week by participants in the Passport in Time volunteer archaeological program. An open house for the public will be held Sunday. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/05/archaeologists-dig-eastern-shore-beach Wed, 02 May 2012 23:02:33 -0400 SAVAGE ISLAND Dave Harris tromped through a thicket of head-high reeds, their dry roots crunching underfoot, until he came to a grassy clearing overlooking the Chesapeake Bay. “So this is it,” said Harris, director of land programs for The Nature Conservancy on Virginia’s Eastern Shore. “This is Savage Island.” http://hamptonroads.com/2012/04/agency-buys-eastern-shore-islands-protect-bay Mon, 09 Apr 2012 23:34:14 -0400 ACCOMACK COUNTY As a two-hour hearing in Circuit Court came to a close Wednesday, Virginia Beach police Officer Bradley Colas told firefighters he was sorry for what happened earlier this month, when he's accused of attacking rescue workers after a car crash. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/03/virginia-beach-officers-bond-request-denied-again Wed, 28 Mar 2012 16:34:07 -0400