by Ted Shockley | Mar 31, 2023 | Features
BY STEFANIE JACKSON, Eastern Shore Post — A crowd of Metompkin Elementary School students ran onto their brand-new playground as soon as the ribbon was cut at the playground’s grand opening in Parksley on March 21. “This is a time when being a school board member is...
by Ted Shockley | Mar 24, 2023 | Features
BY TED SHOCKLEY, Eastern Shore Post — A 1987 Nandua High School graduate will be in the grandstand in Louisville on Friday, March 24, to watch his son help coach the most surprising team in this year’s NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament. Lawrence Rowley is...
by Ted Shockley | Mar 17, 2023 | Features
BY TED SHOCKLEY, Eastern Shore Post — An old clock had been standing for years behind a chair at the Woman’s Club of Accomack’s Carrie Watson Clubhouse in Onley. During an initiative to freshen the interior, nobody quite knew what to do with it. “You would never guess...
by Ted Shockley | Mar 17, 2023 | Features
BY MATTHEW WELLS, Special to the Eastern Shore Post — An online guide for a walking tour of Cape Charles’ notable places in African American history has been launched. The Invisible History Walking Tour of Historic Cape Charles begins at the Mason Avenue railroad and...
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 | Feb 11, 2023 | Features
On Saturday, Feb. 25, the Accomack NAACP will host its Freedom Fund Banquet and Image Awards Ceremony. The event will begin with a networking reception at 5 p.m. and the formal banquet is at 6 p.m. at Mary N. Smith Cultural Center in Accomac. The event’s theme is,...
