by Ted Shockley | Aug 7, 2026 | News
On Aug. 8, 1957, the Peninsula Enterprise reported that Emory Lewis, a native of Chincoteague Island, had been named editor and drama critic of Cue Magazine, New York’s noted entertainment weekly. Lewis had been features editor of Cue for 10 years and formerly was an...
by Ted Shockley | Aug 5, 2026 | News
BY CRYSTAL BLOXOM, Guest columnist I’m writing concerning my husband, Jimmy Bloxom, who has been the athletic director of Chincoteague High School for the last nine years. Jimmy, along with the other athletic directors in our county, have been wholeheartedly dedicated...
by Ted Shockley | Aug 5, 2026 | News
On Aug. 6, 1959, the Peninsula Enterprise reported that the outlook for a junior college on the Eastern Shore “continues to look good.” On Aug. 6, 1955, the first graduation ceremonies of the Jefferson School of Commerce’s Eastern Shore Branch were held at the...
by Ted Shockley | Aug 5, 2026 | News
BY JIMMY SHOCKLEY, Eastern Shore Post — A divided Northampton County Board of Supervisors has voted to purchase a new video and audio system to transmit county meetings. The vote passed, 3-2, to move forward with the installation of audio equipment with an...
by Ted Shockley | Aug 5, 2026 | News
An airplane will be spraying for mosquitoes, weather permitting, in the Captains Cove residential development and the nearby town of Greenbackville on Thursday, Aug. 6, beginning at 6 a.m., officials said.
