by James Ritch | Nov 24, 2020 | Features
By Stefanie Jackson – A Kiptopeke Elementary School educator and two of her former students participated in an online event with Gov. Ralph Northam Oct. 29 as he announced 10 new historical highway markers that will honor Black Americans who made history in Virginia....
by James Ritch | Nov 21, 2020 | Features
By Martha Wessells Steger Special to the Eastern Shore Post Virginia’s first lady Pamela Northam echoed the sentiments of many visitors returning to the Eastern Shore when she said in a recent interview, “Once you cross the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, your worries...
by James Ritch | Nov 19, 2020 | Features
By Carol Vaughn — The Christmas production at the North Street Playhouse in Onancock is a holiday tradition for many Eastern Shore residents. And the show will go on, despite the COVID-19 pandemic. The North Street Playhouse Christmas Spectacular will be presented to...
by James Ritch | Nov 11, 2020 | Features
By Bill Sterling — Not everyone has a building named after him, much less while he is still upright to walk through the doors. But retired Army Col. Chris Needels, of Accomac, is such a person. A 2014 inductee of the Skydiving Hall of Fame, Needels acquired the land...
by James Ritch | Nov 11, 2020 | Features
By Connie Morrison — Peggy Holloway and her brothers were going through the belongings of her late parents, Clarence and Doris Edwards Lewis, and came across newspaper clippings her mother had collected of Eastern Shore servicemen during World War II. Holloway’s...
by James Ritch | Nov 3, 2020 | Features
By Carol Vaughn — Nancy Stern is retiring after working 37 years for Eastern Shore Rural Health System, Inc., including as chief executive officer the last 20 years. “This has been a great opportunity,” Stern said. Stern, 69, began as a part-time community...
