by James Ritch | Jan 17, 2019 | Headlines
By Linda Cicoira — A 4.6-magnitude earthquake at about 6:30 p.m. Tuesday night, at a depth of 5.6 km (about 3.5 miles), went unnoticed by most Eastern Shore folks. Others felt and heard the vibration. The United States Geological Survey pinpointed the quake at...
by James Ritch | Jan 17, 2019 | Headlines
By Linda Cicoira — On the isolated Eastern Shore of Virginia alone, the federal government shutdown means 122 Coast Guardsmen have been working without pay, about 1,700 employees and contractors associated with NASA are without work, federal approvals for other...
by James Ritch | Jan 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
Regarding school suspensions, this is an idea that might be worth trying. When I lived in Pennsylvania, I served on something called a “Youth Aid Panel.” These panels were groups of trained volunteer private citizens. They would hear cases of juveniles arrested for...
by James Ritch | Jan 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
By Linda Cicoira Recently proposed bills set to go before Virginia’s General Assembly later this month range from designating the oyster as the state’s first food and doubling the minimum wage by 2021. The wage proposal aims to increase the federally mandated $7.25 an...
by James Ritch | Jan 15, 2019 | Features
Story by Alexander Hightower Eastern Shore, meet Ernest O. Douglas, of Parksley. Douglas is a retired Army Sergeant Major veteran. His duty stations included Ft. Jackson, S.C., Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo., Ft. Knox, Ky., and William & Mary University ROTC. He also...
