by Ted Shockley | Jun 20, 2023 | Headlines
BY CLARA VAUGHN, Eastern Shore Post — Plans to move the recreational beach at Assateague Island National Seashore have been decades in the making. The project is one step closer to construction, thanks to $17.7 million in federal funding announced this week. The money...
by Ted Shockley | Jun 16, 2023 | Headlines
BY CLARA VAUGHN, Eastern Shore Post — Community organizers will hold a vigil for Erika Bailey on Saturday, June 17, more than two months after she was hit and killed by a vehicle on Nocks Landing Road near Atlantic. Members of the public wishing to attend should meet...
by Ted Shockley | Jun 16, 2023 | Headlines
BY CLARA VAUGHN, Eastern Shore Post When Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865, enslaved people there received the news of their freedom. It was more than two-and-a-half years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation...
by Ted Shockley | Jun 14, 2023 | Headlines
A Northampton County woman has announced her candidacy for the 100th District seat in the House of Delegates. Charlena Jones, a small business owner and a member and former chair of the Northampton County School Board, said she will run in the Nov. 7 election. She is...
by Ted Shockley | Jun 14, 2023 | Headlines
An Accomack native has announced his candidacy for the position of Clerk of Circuit Court for Accomack County in the Nov. 7 election. Cedrick L. Cooper, a resident of Melfa, declared his candidacy for the position now held by his father, Samuel H. Cooper Jr., who is...
