Category Archives: Tangier, VA

Pro-Trump mayor of sinking island questions Al Gore on CNN

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In this April 3, 2013, file photo, Tangier Island Mayor James "Ooker" Eskridge drives his boat to town on Tangier Island, Va. Eskridge, an enthusiastic Trump supporter who is mayor of a Virginia island that's sinking into the Chesapeake Bay, will debate former Vice President Al Gore on climate change during a CNN town hall that airs Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017.

Coast Guard searching for missing boater off Tangier Island

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Coast Guard watchstanders at Sector Maryland-National Capitol Region were told about a 40-foot vessel with two people aboard. A Coast Guard 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boatcrew from Station Crisfield, the crew of the 87-foot cutter Cochito, a Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City rescue helicopter crew, and an aircrew from Naval Air Station Patuxent River responded.