by James Ritch | Mar 7, 2019 | Features
Story and Photo by Stefanie Jackson – The Magothy Bay Natural Area Preserve, near Cape Charles, originally a 285-acre preserve, recently acquired an additional 55 acres of former farmland on Latimer Siding Road that’s being transformed into a haven for migratory...
by James Ritch | Feb 21, 2019 | Features
Story by Stefanie Jackson and Photos by Della Jordan – Arcadia High School students recreated a “wax museum” by posing as figures of black history at the school Feb. 5. in honor of Black History Month. The students treated the Accomack school board to a performance...
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...
