by Sarah Barban | Oct 9, 2024 | Headlines
The ESVA Housing Mission, a new nonprofit on the Eastern Shore of Virginia that provides critical home repair for those in need, completed its first project Sept. 21 in Bloxom, building a wheelchair ramp for a family with a disabled member in the household. The new...
by Sarah Barban | Oct 9, 2024 | Headlines
BY TED SHOCKLEY, Eastern Shore Post — Accomack County Superintendent Rhonda Hall received a 5% salary increase that the school board never voted on, violating stipulations in Hall’s employment contract. Hall’s pay hike came to light after a compensation study led to...
by Sarah Barban | Sep 30, 2024 | Headlines
There’s a rising young leader on Virginia’s Eastern Shore in 23-year-old, Damani Baines, a football player and 2019 graduate of Nandua High School. Graduation led Baines to Norfolk State; however, his college education was interrupted by the life-changing illness of...
by Sarah Barban | Sep 30, 2024 | Headlines
Visitor spending for the Eastern Shore of Virginia reached $247.9 million in 2023, a 6.7% increase over 2022. Tourism-supported jobs in Accomack and Northampton County totaled more than 1,800, while local tourism-related taxes were almost $9.9 million. Individually,...
by Sarah Barban | Sep 30, 2024 | Headlines
BY NANCY DRURY DUNCAN, Eastern Shore Post — A Chincoteague Island man who gained notoriety when, at the age of 14, he carjacked a vehicle belonging to a member of the Accomack County Board of Supervisors, is headed for prison after pleading guilty to firing a gun into...
