by Ted Shockley | Jun 13, 2023 | Features
BY KIRK MARINER, Shore First columnist Chincoteague’s tourism is not a 20th-century invention. The island’s first hotel arose well over a hundred years ago and did a thriving business long before the word “tourism” entered the vocabulary of the Eastern Shore. Joseph...
by Ted Shockley | Jun 12, 2023 | Features
By Laura Davis, Eastern Shore of Virginia food columnist — In the spring of 2019 I visited an estate sale on Chincoteague Island. Upon entering I could tell this was my kind of people — beautiful kitchen equipment, lovely nautically themed linens, and vintage Shore...
by Ted Shockley | Jun 12, 2023 | Features
BY CLARA VAUGHN, Eastern Shore Post When the Museum of Chincoteague Island announced a fundraiser to purchase and preserve the Beebe Ranch, thousands answered its call. The museum is close to its $625,000 goal to save the ranch, which was Misty of Chincoteague’s...
by Ted Shockley | May 30, 2023 | Features
BY STEFANIE JACKSON, Eastern Shore Post Dr. John Snyder is one of the last of a generation of Eastern Shore physicians who started in the profession making house calls and keeping all-paper records. After decades of serving the community as a general practitioner, the...
by Ted Shockley | May 22, 2023 | Features
On Wednesday, May 10, Shore Christian Academy in Exmore hosted a Shore-wide Spelling Bee. First place went to Taylor Frey of Shore Christian Academy. Second place went to Charlotte Campbell of Cape Charles Christian School. Third place went to Isabel...
by Ted Shockley | May 15, 2023 | Features
BY CLARA VAUGHN, Eastern Shore Post — A tribute to late artist and Tangier native Willie Crockett is on display outside his former studio in Onancock. The larger-than-life mural of Crockett’s painting matches the celebrated artist and storyteller’s personality....
