by James Ritch | Oct 30, 2019 | Sports
By Brennan Waldorf The third-ranked team in the VISAA Division III came to Exmore last Saturday to face off against the Broadwater Vikings. The St. Michael the Archangel Warriors had only 15 players dressed for their bout against the Vikings, but it was all they...
by James Ritch | Oct 30, 2019 | Headlines
By Linda Cicoira — Northrop Grumman’s Antares rocket is scheduled to be launched at 9:59 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 2, from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at the NASA Wallops Flight Facility and will carry supplies to the International Space Station. The launch...
by James Ritch | Oct 29, 2019 | Obituaries
Mrs. Billye Sue Hopkins Powers, 75, wife of the late Richard Powers and a resident of Nassawadox, formerly of Chincoteague, passed away Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019, at Sentara Leigh Hospital in Norfolk. A native of Exmore, she was the daughter of the late Charles Hopkins...
by James Ritch | Oct 29, 2019 | Fishing Report
Speckled trout remain available from Saxis down to Fisherman’s Island, but the size and quantity of fish appears to increase as you travel south. Rockfish remain abundant in the bayside shallows, though the overwhelming majority are below Virginia’s 20-inch minimum...
by James Ritch | Oct 29, 2019 | Obituaries
Mrs. Dolly Fizer DeBoodt, 91, wife of the late Julius A. DeBoodt and a resident of Onancock, passed away Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019, at Commonwealth Senior Living, formerly Hermitage on the Eastern Shore, in Onancock. A native of Lenoir, N.C., she was the daughter of the...