by James Ritch | Feb 18, 2019 | Features
By Connie Morrison A former Eastern Shore resident, now living in Connecticut, has invented a device that prevents drunk driving by measuring blood alcohol content on drivers’ hands. “My sensors will calculate your alcohol level through the perspiration of the palm of...
by James Ritch | Feb 18, 2019 | Features
By Arthur King Fisher Special to the Eastern Shore Post In 1991 this writer interviewed his two elderly cousins, Virginia Carmine and Josephine Metcalf, both of Onancock, concerning their recollection of hog killings on the Eastern Shore during their youth, which were...
by James Ritch | Feb 14, 2019 | Features
By Stefanie Jackson – For 27 years, a group of friends and neighbors in Cape Charles with no particular affiliation, religious, political, or otherwise, has been raising thousands of dollars for individuals and organizations in need in their community. Every January,...
by James Ritch | Feb 14, 2019 | Features
By Connie Morrison — An idea seeded at a Black History Month program at Ker Place in 2017 will bear fruit tonight as the Mary N. Smith Alumni Association, the Eastern Shore of Virginia Historical Society, and local African Methodist Episcopal church choirs join...
by James Ritch | Feb 7, 2019 | Features, Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – The Cape Charles Rosenwald School Restoration Initiative, a local nonprofit organization, purchased the historic African-American elementary school last month after nearly a decade of fundraising, and it is ready to restore the structure and give...
by James Ritch | Jan 31, 2019 | Features
The annual Camp Occohannock Polar Duck Dip was held Saturday, Jan. 26, where near freezing waters didn’t stop bathers. Photos by Linda Cicoira