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September 26, 2026

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

‘Wind from the east, fish bite the least’

‘Wind from the east, fish bite the least’

BY BILL HALL, Eastern Shore Post, Aug. 15, 2025 There’s an old Eastern Shore saying that goes, “Wind from the east, fish bite the least,” and the last week and a half certainly lends credence to those wise words. The recent weather systems that had been hanging out...
Hastings lands 37-pound mahi mahi

Hastings lands 37-pound mahi mahi

BY BILL HALL, Eastern Shore Post, Aug. 8, 2025 The mouth of the Chesapeake Bay continues to provide the most consistent fishing action around our little peninsula. Spadefish, sheepshead, red drum, spot, croaker, flounder, bluefish, Spanish mackerel, and whiting are...
Ann McDonald

Ann McDonald

Mrs. Ann Marie McDonald (Spano), 68, passed away peacefully on Aug. 11, 2025, in Berlin, Md. Born on July 11, 1957, in Brooklyn, N.Y., Ann was the daughter of Grace and Angelo Spano. She spent all of her childhood in New York. Even when she moved to Virginia to raise...
Jeffery Lewis Jr.

Jeffery Lewis Jr.

Jeffery Ray Lewis Jr. left us too soon, surrounded by his family, on Aug. 10, 2025, at R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore. Jeffery lived his life on Chincoteague Island to the fullest — always showing compassion and ready to flash his charming,...
Sammy Morris

Sammy Morris

Mr. Joseph Samuel Morris, lovingly known as “Sammy,” was born on March 12, 1953, in Ahoskie, N.C. He moved with his family to Virginia’s Eastern Shore around 1960, where he built a life filled with hard work, dedication, and love. Sammy passed peacefully at his home...