by James Ritch | Sep 29, 2018 | Obituaries
Ms. Dryden Barnes passed away on Sept. 4, 2018, in Decatur, Ga. She was born in Onancock, on the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay, in 1935, as the oldest child of Marshall and Frances Barnes. She grew up in and lived in her beloved downtown Annapolis, Md., for much...
by James Ritch | Sep 26, 2018 | Uncategorized
By Stefanie Jackson- Metompkin Elementary School “dream makers” Principal Belinda Rippon and Assistant Principal SuCora Owens-Robinson presented their school improvement plan to the Accomack school board Tuesday night. (Assistant Principal Katie Farrell was absent.)...
by James Ritch | Sep 26, 2018 | Uncategorized
By Connie Morrison- Some mayors seek out legacy projects by which to be remembered, but Onley Mayor Jack Pierson, who died Sept. 10, made his legacy with consistent acts of kindness and caring for his employees and constituents. “He was always working things out; he...
by James Ritch | Sep 26, 2018 | Uncategorized
By Bill Sterling- As a boy growing up in Wattsville in northern Accomack County, Marshall Cropper would have thought it outrageously absurd to think he one day would be a member of the Eastern Shore Golf Hall of Fame. “There was no golf being played on the...
by James Ritch | Sep 26, 2018 | Uncategorized
By Linda Cicoira- Elizabeth Hunt could throw a lump of clay on the potter’s wheel and turn it into an elegant form. But simply glazing that bowl, vase, or jar wasn’t enough for her. With immense patience, Hunt would carve designs into the perfect vessels and turn...
