by James Ritch | May 27, 2021 | Features
Submitted Article and Photo – Virginia State Parks recently announced Sean Dixon as Kiptopeke State Park’s newest park manager. Dixon has been at Kiptopeke serving as the assistant manager since January and filling in as interim park manager since the retirement of...
by James Ritch | May 27, 2021 | Features
By Carol Vaughn — A new book about the first Northampton County Clerk of Court was released May 14. Margaret Rice, a retired teacher and lecturer living in Tiverton, England, set out a decade ago to trace the genealogy of her family, the Chappell family of Exeter, a...
by James Ritch | May 22, 2021 | Features
Story and Photo by Bill Sterling – A team of three 19-year-old college students plus a Brazilian immigrant who recently became an American citizen are combining their talents to build a hydro drone that could have far-reaching impacts on the Eastern Shore and its...
by James Ritch | May 21, 2021 | Features
By David Martin – We opened our internet tubes for cleaning last week … and promptly fell asleep. One of the wonderments of life is that we spend nearly a third of it in a comalike state while our minds conjure bizarre scenarios such as Audrey Hepburn as Holly...
by James Ritch | May 21, 2021 | Features
Story and Photos by Jim Ritch – West of Weirwood, overlooking a marshy island and meandering channel where Nassawadox Creek flows into the Chesapeake Bay, lie the nine buildings of Bayford. At the center, in a dip in the road, surrounded by residences and docks,...
by James Ritch | May 20, 2021 | Features
By Stefanie Jackson – Despite signs of the COVID-19 pandemic slowing down and state and federal agencies gradually easing health restrictions, local school districts canceled senior proms in 2021 for the second year in a row. But persistent mothers in both Accomack...
