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September 4, 2026

The voice of Accomack and Northampton counties on Virginia’s Eastern Shore

Fishing Report

Fishing Report

The deluge of last Sunday seems to have had minimal impact on this week’s fishing action.  Speckled trout and small stiped bass (rockfish) remain abundant along the marshy banks of the upper Virginia portion of the Chesapeake Bay as well as inside the creek mouths of...
Girls Can Soar Like Eagles, Too

Girls Can Soar Like Eagles, Too

Photos and Story by Linda Cicoira Ten-year-old Tracy Brooke Selby, of Greenbush, wanted to be allowed to achieve the way her brothers do. In November, after years of going camping with her family — her parents are Boy Scout leaders and her teenage siblings are Scouts...
William R. Taylor Jr.

William R. Taylor Jr.

Mr. William R. “Ray” Taylor Jr., 69, a resident of Cape Charles, passed away Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019, at Heritage Hall Healthcare in Nassawadox. A native of Oyster, he was the son of the late William R. “Bud” Taylor and the late Viola Bell Taylor. He was a retired...
Mary Elizabeth Shores

Mary Elizabeth Shores

Mrs. Mary Elizabeth “Liz” Shores, 79, devoted wife, mother, sister, grandmother, and great-grandmother, passed away Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019, with her loved ones by her side. A native of Tangier Island, she was born May 9, 1940, to the late Wesley Crockett and Annie...
Robert M. “Tick” Heath

Robert M. “Tick” Heath

Mr. Robert M. “Tick” Heath, 90, husband of the late Joyce Moore Heath and a resident of Cape Charles, passed away Monday, Oct. 21, 2019, at Heritage Hall Healthcare in Nassawadox. A native of Townsend, he was the son of the late William Thomas Heath and the late...