by Ted Shockley | Mar 31, 2023 | Features
BY STEFANIE JACKSON, Eastern Shore Post — A crowd of Metompkin Elementary School students ran onto their brand-new playground as soon as the ribbon was cut at the playground’s grand opening in Parksley on March 21. “This is a time when being a school board member is...
by Ted Shockley | Mar 24, 2023 | Headlines
An Accomack County man was fatally injured in a two-vehicle crash on Thursday. Ricky Ricardo Jones, 63, of Parksley, died after being ejected from his vehicle, the state police said. At approximately 6:55 p.m., state police were called to investigate a two-vehicle...
by Ted Shockley | Mar 24, 2023 | Features
BY TED SHOCKLEY, Eastern Shore Post — A 1987 Nandua High School graduate will be in the grandstand in Louisville on Friday, March 24, to watch his son help coach the most surprising team in this year’s NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament. Lawrence Rowley is...
by Ted Shockley | Mar 24, 2023 | Headlines
BY CAROL VAUGHN, Eastern Shore Post — The Eastern Shore’s state senator, Lynwood Lewis Jr., remembers well one of the first contentious issues he encountered while serving in the Virginia General Assembly. “Going back to the beginning, the first big issue I faced in...
by Ted Shockley | Mar 24, 2023 | Headlines
BY STEFANIE JACKSON, Eastern Shore Post — The Northampton schools budget for fiscal year 2024 will have a funding shortfall of nearly $1.2 million unless Virginia’s state budget provides additional funding for public education. The General Assembly passed only a...
