by Ted Shockley | Mar 11, 2024 | Opinion
It is a celebratory time in Northampton County. After years of planning and work, the county leaders symbolically broke ground this week for a rebuilt and remodeled complex in Eastville containing its middle and high school. Northampton parents, school supporters, and...
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...
