by James Ritch | May 26, 2022 | Features
By Carol Vaughn — The Eastern Shore community is mourning the death of Accomack County sheriff’s deputy Corporal Charles Linwood Baines III. Baines, 50, died Saturday at his home in Painter, according to Accomack County Sheriff Todd Wessells. “We are heartbroken at...
by James Ritch | May 23, 2022 | Features
By Martha Wessells Steger – Special to the Eastern Shore Post – The newly expanded Virginia Museum of History & Culture, next to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond’s Museum District, sheds a broader light on coastal Virginia and on other regions of the...
by James Ritch | May 23, 2022 | Features
Submitted by Amy G. Bull, director of communications and development – Eastern Shore Rural Health System Inc. was honored at the Conference for Agricultural Worker Health on May 2, in Denver. The Conference for Agricultural Worker Health, sponsored by the National...
by James Ritch | May 20, 2022 | Features
By Bill Hall – Fishing over the weekend was either surprisingly good or expectedly bad depending on who you spoke to. Tautog season closed Sunday, May 15, and remains closed until July 1. Unfortunately, the run of windy weather prevented a lot of anglers from...
by James Ritch | May 20, 2022 | Features
Staff Report — The Nature Conservancy is seeking volunteer snorkelers over the next two weeks to help with the largest seagrass restoration in the world, which happens to be on the Eastern Shore. Volunteers snorkel to collect eelgrass seeds in the seaside bays off...
by James Ritch | May 19, 2022 | Features
By Carol Vaughn — A group with a tradition of bidding together on Chincoteague ponies at the annual Pony Auction recently helped paint the carousel horses at the Chincoteague carnival grounds. The Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Company invited members of the Chincoteague...
