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July 9, 2026

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

Fishing improving as waters warm

Fishing improving as waters warm

BY BILL HALL, Eastern Shore Post — Local fishing action continues to improve with the warming water temperatures. Black drum action is now occurring on both sides of the peninsula, from the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel all the way up into Maryland waters. Red drum...
Jessie Robbins

Jessie Robbins

Mrs. Jessica Crockett “Jessie” Robbins, 72, wife of Timothy J. “Tim” Robbins and a resident of Melfa, passed away Tuesday, May 6, 2025, at Riverside Regional Medical Center in Newport News. Born Sept. 19, 1952, in Nassawadox, and raised on Tangier Island, she was the...