by Ted Shockley | Sep 2, 2026 | News
BY TED SHOCKLEY, Eastern Shore Post — ICE agents have been on the Eastern Shore of Virginia Sept. 1 and 2, with sightings in Onley and Cheriton. Accomack County Sheriff Todd Wessells confirmed that agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement told him that...
by Ted Shockley | Aug 24, 2026 | News
On Aug. 25, 1961, a micro-meteoroid satellite launched from the NASA Wallop Flight Facility three days earlier fell back into the atmosphere and burned up. “What appeared to be one of NASA’s most successful orbital launchings is now being questioned by engineers and...
by Ted Shockley | Aug 24, 2026 | News
BY JIMMY SHOCKLEY, Eastern Shore Post — Onancock Main Street is in the midst of a program aimed at filling unoccupied storefronts and stimulating interest in the town’s economy. The Open for Business program is bringing existing business owners together in an effort...
by Ted Shockley | Aug 24, 2026 | News
BY TED SHOCKLEY, Eastern Shore Post — Verizon Communications Inc. has informed customers on the Eastern Shore and elsewhere in Virginia that it will be discontinuing traditional copper-based home phone service, a move that prompted confusion among some who use...
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...
