by Ted Shockley | Jan 23, 2023 | Features
BY CAROL VAUGHN, Eastern Shore Post The Accomack chapter of the NAACP held its annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. celebration Monday at Living Word Church of Deliverance near Parksley. Camesha Handy, chapter vice president, opened the event, noting the Accomack NAACP...
by Ted Shockley | Jan 23, 2023 | Features
BY CAROL VAUGHN, Eastern Shore Post — A capacity crowd celebrated the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in an inaugural event held Monday evening at the Historic Palace Theatre in Cape Charles. The event, sponsored by Pastor Kelvin F. Jones and his church,...
by Ted Shockley | Jan 19, 2023 | Features
The Eastern Shore Public Library Board of Trustees has announced the appointment of Janet Justis as interim library system director. Justis began administration upon the Dec. 31, 2022, retirement of Cara Burton, the former director. Burton served as director for...
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 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...
by Ted Shockley | Dec 30, 2022 | Features
BY BRANDON BRAXTON, Special to the Post Chances are those who have lived in Cape Charles in the last four decades have run into Ernest Smith Jr., affectionately known as “Mr. Junnie” to those have grown to know him. A career that spanned over 38 years with the...
