by James Ritch | Oct 30, 2020 | Headlines
Staff Report — Accomack County Public Schools Superintendent W.C. “Chris” Holland sent a letter to Kegotank Elementary parents Friday, Oct. 30, announcing a student or staff member had been diagnosed with coronavirus. Holland emphasized that the school...
by James Ritch | Oct 30, 2020 | Obituaries
Ms. Gloria J. Snead, 73, of Chincoteague Island, went to be with the Lord on Oct. 28, 2020, at Shore Health and Rehabilitation Center in Parksley. She was born on Chincoteague Island on April 2, 1947, a daughter of the late Charles and Olive Williams Shreaves. She...
by James Ritch | Oct 30, 2020 | Features
By Carol Vaughn — A collaboration between scientists and artists resulted in a virtual art gallery that highlights the ghost forests of the Eastern Shore. The show opens Nov. 1 at the website www.coastaleducation.virginia.edu No, a ghost forest is not a woods haunted...
by James Ritch | Oct 30, 2020 | Headlines
Staff Report — One man is dead and another was injured after a pickup truck ran off the roadway on Chincoteague Road early Friday. Police were called at around 1 a.m. to investigate the crash, which happened east of Mosquito Creek Bridge. Preliminary investigation...
by James Ritch | Oct 29, 2020 | Headlines
By Connie Morrison — Shore native and longtime Nandua educator and forensics coach Carla Savage-Wells, 61, died Sunday at her home in Virginia Beach. Savage-Wells had been battling cancer and confronted the challenge as she did everything: with strength, dignity, and...
