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June 25, 2026

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ESCC Evacuated, Searched Tuesday After Bomb Threat

ESCC Evacuated, Searched Tuesday After Bomb Threat

Staff Report — A bomb threat Tuesday about Eastern Shore Community College in Melfa shut down a building until officers were able to search it. No explosive device was found. According to Accomack County Sheriff Todd Wessells, the Sheriff’s Office received a report at...
Health Department Issues Guard Shore Swim Advisory

Health Department Issues Guard Shore Swim Advisory

Staff Report — The Accomack County Health Department has issued a swimming advisory for the Guard Shore Beach near Bloxom. Beach water samples collected July 12 by the Virginia Department of Health showed that bacteria levels in the water exceeded the state water...
Bomb Threat at ESCC A Hoax, Police Say

Bomb Threat at ESCC A Hoax, Police Say

Staff Report — A bomb threat Tuesday about Eastern Shore Community College, in Melfa, shut down a building until officers were able to search it. No explosive device was found. According to Accomack County Sheriff Todd Wessells, the Sheriff’s Office received a report...
Martha Custis

Martha Custis

Mrs. Martha Ann Brown Custis, 88, passed away Sunday, July 10, 2022, at Hanover Health and Rehabilitation Center in Mechanicsville, Va. A native of the Eastern Shore of Virginia, Martha was born in Melfa on March 3, 1934, a daughter to the late Warren Brown and the...
David Anson Naar

David Anson Naar

Mr. David Anson Naar died on July 3, 2022, at his home on Nassawadox Creek. David was born in 1931 in Yonkers, N.Y., to Joseph Lennox Naar and Anne Eigenrauch Naar. Growing up in Ossining, N.Y., playing in the woods and Croton River and Hudson River, he acquired...