by James Ritch | Jul 1, 2021 | Features
By Stefanie Jackson – The Chesapeake Bay’s health score returned to a grade of C in 2020, after it had dropped to a C- in 2019, according to a June 22 press release from the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES). UMCES also graded the health...
by James Ritch | Jul 1, 2021 | Features
By Stefanie Jackson – The Accomack and Northampton school divisions each will receive $25,000 for the purchase of technology to be used by students and teachers in the classroom, through the cooperation of an anonymous donor and local public broadcasting station WHRO....
by James Ritch | Jul 1, 2021 | Features
By Carol Vaughn — Quick thinking on the part of local birders and Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital staff helped protect a killdeer who has built her nest in the hospital parking lot. Deb Torguson was scheduled for a test at RSMH the afternoon of June 25. When she...
by James Ritch | Jun 24, 2021 | Features
Photos by Jim Ritch – The 2021 Juneteenth Festival, held June 19 in Exmore, kicked off with a parade through town, ending at the Exmore Town Park where more festivities awaited. Trina Cooper, right, president of the Pi Epsilon Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha, leads...
by James Ritch | Jun 24, 2021 | Features
By Stefanie Jackson – Arcadia Middle School is the only school on the Eastern Shore that was selected as a winner in a contest to determine the contents of a time capsule to be stored in the historical archives of the new Eastern Shore Public Library (ESPL) in...
by James Ritch | Jun 24, 2021 | Features
By Stefanie Jackson – The Virginia Math Pathways Initiative (VMPI) is a collaboration of the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE), the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, and Virginia’s Community Colleges to determine how K-12 public school math...
