by Ted Shockley | Mar 17, 2023 | Opinion
To the editor: For decades there has been a bank in the vicinity of Hallwood, either within the town or on U.S. Route 13. Today that bank is Truist Bank, formerly First Virginia Bank, of Mappsville. It is one of the prettiest banks I have ever seen, with its...
by Ted Shockley | Mar 17, 2023 | Features
The Museum of Chincoteague Island will hold a dinner auction at the Chincoteague Volunteer Fire House, 5052 Deep Hole Road, on Saturday, April 15, at 5 p.m. to raise money for the potential purchase of the Beebe Ranch. The event will feature music by Boyz of Summer,...
by Ted Shockley | Mar 17, 2023 | Headlines
BY STEFANIE JACKSON, Eastern Shore Post — Northampton supervisors voted Tuesday night to prevent future wetland mitigation projects that only would benefit other localities. Such projects “cannot be allowed in Northampton County; 73% of our land is water; only 200...
by Ted Shockley | Mar 17, 2023 | Headlines
BY CAROL VAUGHN, Eastern Shore Post — Eastern Shore residents from Chincoteague to lower Northampton County flocked to a public hearing about the Eastern Shore Rail Trail at Eastern Shore Community College. The purpose of Monday’s open house-style hearing was to seek...
by Ted Shockley | Mar 2, 2023 | Headlines
BY STEFANIE JACKSON, Eastern Shore Post — An Accomack County man has been found guilty of two counts of manslaughter in the vehicular deaths of two Northampton students riding in the back seat of a car he hit on U.S. Route 13 last year. Joseph Castiglia, 22, of Melfa,...
