by Ted Shockley | Feb 26, 2024 | Headlines
BY STEFANIE JACKSON, Eastern Shore Post — The Northampton schools’ proposed fiscal year 2025 operating budget, which could reach $27 million and currently has a deficit of $2.5 million, prioritizes raises for teachers and school staff. “We’re behind everyone in the...
by Ted Shockley | Feb 26, 2024 | Features
BY STEFANIE JACKSON, Eastern Shore Post — Jane Cabarrus, the first and only female president of the Northampton County NAACP, remembers joining the organization when she was in high school in the 1960s and paying annual dues of 50 cents. That memory is a testament to...
by Ted Shockley | Feb 25, 2024 | Headlines
A man police say fatally shot a Cape Charles woman on Saturday, Feb. 25, is a grandson of the victim. Anthony Mercado, 25, is charged with second-degree murder, police said, in the slaying of 73-year-old Jane Grigsby McKinley of 526 Tazewell Ave. Mercado is also...
by Ted Shockley | Feb 25, 2024 | Headlines
A Cape Charles woman active in the town’s natural beautification projects was fatally shot Saturday evening, police said. Jane Grigsby McKinley was identified by friends and neighbors as the victim of the shooting. In a press release, a Cape Charles town official did...
