by Ted Shockley | Jun 14, 2023 | Headlines
Accomack County Treasurer James A. Lilliston has announced he will seek re-election for the office of treasurer of Accomack County in the Nov. 7 election. Lilliston has worked in the treasurer’s office since May 2005 and won his first election in November 2019. ...
by Ted Shockley | Jun 13, 2023 | Sports
BY RYAN WEBB, Shore First The weather is warming up and you know what that means. It soon will be the season for beach days, cookouts, and cornhole! A popular pastime on the Eastern Shore, cornhole is a game played with two sets of four bags, two boards, and two to...
by Ted Shockley | Jun 13, 2023 | Features
BY RYAN WEBB, Eastern Shore Post If you’re from here or you’ve been here long enough, you know that the Eastern Shore is home to many uniquely named places that can be tricky for outsiders to pronounce. In the April 2023 issue of Shore First, I covered how to say...
by Ted Shockley | Jun 13, 2023 | Features
BY CURTIS BADGER, Shore First columnist In February 1779, during the American Revolution, the British made a raid on Joynes Neck, east of Drummondtown, now named Accomac. It was more of a harassment than a skirmish, but in making the attack the British committed a...
by Ted Shockley | Jun 13, 2023 | Features
BY KIRK MARINER, Shore First columnist Chincoteague’s tourism is not a 20th-century invention. The island’s first hotel arose well over a hundred years ago and did a thriving business long before the word “tourism” entered the vocabulary of the Eastern Shore. Joseph...
