by James Ritch | Dec 9, 2021 | Features
By Carol Vaughn — A woman walking on Assateague beach in October found an unusual-looking object, which turned out to be a fossilized crab claw. The fossil can be seen at Toms Cove Visitor Center on Assateague. Sharon Conn, who found the item while picking up trash on...
by James Ritch | Dec 2, 2021 | Features
By Stefanie Jackson – The Virginia School Boards Association (VSBA), a nonpartisan organization that provides training and services to school boards throughout Virginia, including those in Accomack and Northampton counties, held a special meeting Nov. 18 and voted to...
by James Ritch | Dec 2, 2021 | Features
By Carol Vaughn — The Gathering of the Island Gnomes has begun at the Museum of Chincoteague Island. It is the second year for the event, which museum volunteers started in 2020 as a way to celebrate the holidays safely, in an outdoor setting, during the COVID-19...
by James Ritch | Nov 23, 2021 | Features
By Stefanie Jackson – Dixon Leatherbury, an Eastern Shore native, retired farm equipment dealer, and Northampton County supervisor, has been taking on the challenge of growing and selling hops since 2015. Hops are the green, cone-shaped flowers of the hop plant –...
by James Ritch | Nov 23, 2021 | Features
By Stefanie Jackson – The Virginia Eastern Shore Land Trust (VESLT) held its biennial Paint the Shore event this fall, and mixed it up by inviting student artists from Nandua Middle School to participate. “Paint the Shore is an opportunity to foster partnerships and...
by James Ritch | Nov 18, 2021 | Features
By Stefanie Jackson – Eastern Shore Healthy Communities held a full coalition online meeting Nov. 10, during which Karen Downing made a presentation on the effort to remove systemic bias in Virginia law. The work began in September 2019 when Gov. Ralph Northam’s...
