by James Ritch | Jan 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
By Stefanie Jackson – The Eastern Shore has celebrated Community Unity Day on Martin Luther King Jr. Day every year for more than three decades, and even though COVID-19 prevented participants from gathering in the Northampton High School cafeteria Monday morning for...
by James Ritch | Jan 22, 2021 | Features
By Stefanie Jackson – Eastville Mayor Jim Sturgis is an all-around Eastern Shore original. His family history on the Shore dates back to the 1600s on both his father’s and mother’s side, and he was born in the Nassawadox hospital and raised in Eastville, where he...
by James Ritch | Jan 22, 2021 | Obituaries
Mrs. Marjorie Pryor Annis, 92, wife of the late Stuart Annis and a resident of Guilford, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, at Shore Health and Rehabilitation Center in Parksley. Born June 7, 1928, in Southside Chesconnessex, she was the daughter of the late John...
by James Ritch | Jan 22, 2021 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — A Virginia Health Department official in a rare Saturday press briefing addressed mixed messaging coming from the federal government about COVID-19 vaccine distribution. Earlier in the week, federal officials “gave pretty clear direction” to states...
by James Ritch | Jan 22, 2021 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the agency and NASA entered a consent order agreement to clean up areas of Wallops Flight Facility formerly used by the Department of Defense. “This agreement shows that cleaning contaminated,...
