by James Ritch | Oct 31, 2019 | Headlines
By Linda Cicoira –The circa 1929 hunting and fishing lodge that turned into an Environmental Education Center on Great Fox Island more than four decades ago is in its last season. It will close sometime in December due to sea level rise. About 70 percent of the...
by James Ritch | Oct 31, 2019 | Features
By Linda Cicoira — When 83-year-old Glenwood “Sonny” Bennett, of Onley, had a heart attack 20 years ago, he had to give up fishing, a job he had for almost four decades. “After a couple of years, I felt like doing something because I was just laying around,” he...
by James Ritch | Oct 31, 2019 | Headlines
By Linda Cicoira — Voters on the Eastern Shore will choose between incumbents and their opponents at the polls Nov. 5 in races for state senate and delegate. There will also be seven other contested races for local offices in the two counties. Sen. Lynwood...
by James Ritch | Oct 31, 2019 | Features
By Stefanie Jackson – In celebration of upcoming Election Day, several Cape Charles restaurants held a political straw poll Tuesday, Oct. 29, in which diners signified their choice for state senate by selecting one of two special menu items. For example, at the dining...
by James Ritch | Oct 30, 2019 | Obituaries
Mr. John “Jack” Bowdoin West, 95, of Nelsonia, husband of Blanche Middleton West, passed away Oct. 28, 2019, at his residence. Born Dec. 6, 1923, in Accomack County, he was the son of the late John Hanson West and Blanche Bundick West. Mr. West graduated from Bloxom...
