by Ted Shockley | Jan 9, 2023 | Features
BY ADOLPHUS AMES, Eastern Shore Post A group of Northampton High School students gathered near the Yellow Jackets’ softball field Wednesday morning for an experiment — how far they could launch potatoes using cannons made from PVC pipes. Chase Baxa, who teaches...
by Ted Shockley | Jan 9, 2023 | Headlines
BY CAROL VAUGHN, Eastern Shore Post The Chincoteague Town Council on Jan. 3 approved a resolution authorizing the acceptance of a real-estate donation from Chincoteague Sunsets LLC of sewage treatment facilities. The town in November 2020 began negotiations with...
by Ted Shockley | Jan 6, 2023 | Headlines
BY TED SHOCKLEY, Eastern Shore Post Asia Renee Woolford heard about the crash on U.S. Route 13 and decided to check on her husband. She telephoned him four times and got no answer. So she drove to the crash site near Mappsville and talked to a police officer, who gave...
by Ted Shockley | Jan 3, 2023 | Headlines
An Accomack County man was fatally injured in a vehicle crash on the afternoon of New Year’s Day, State Police say. Mark Crumpler, 62, of Bloxom, died at the scene. Crumpler was driving a motorcycle north on U.S. Route 13 when it hit a minivan that had been traveling...
by Ted Shockley | Jan 3, 2023 | Features
BY CAROL VAUGHN, Eastern Shore Post Visitors to downtown Parksley may notice a new Christmas decoration. Brothers Richard and Revell Lewis recently donated to the town a 19th century sleigh that belonged to their grandfather. “The sleigh was my grandfather Lewis’ and...
