by James Ritch | Oct 11, 2020 | Features
Submitted article Amid a nationwide decrease in higher education enrollments, Eastern Shore Community College enrollment continues to surge this fall. Enrollment in the college’s academic programs is up by 22%, putting ESCC in first place among all of Virginia’s...
by James Ritch | Oct 11, 2020 | Features
Staff Report USDA will accept applications now through Dec. 11 for oyster and clam businesses to access funds included within the CARES Act Coronavirus Food Assistance Program. It’s an expansion of the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program authorized under the...
by James Ritch | Oct 8, 2020 | Features
By Stefanie Jackson – An Alabama professor of architecture introduced a different way of thinking about what makes housing affordable when he spoke at the Eastern Shore Regional Housing Coalition’s second annual housing summit held online Sept. 25. Rusty Smith, of...
by James Ritch | Oct 8, 2020 | Features
By Carol Vaughn — The Nature Conservancy’s Virginia Coast Reserve has a new name as it celebrates its 50th year on the Eastern Shore. It is now called the Volgenau Virginia Coast Reserve, in recognition of the Volgenau Foundation’s long-term support of the...
by James Ritch | Oct 8, 2020 | Features
By Carol Vaughn — Capt. Leonard Tawes “was an Eastern Shore gentleman in every sense of the word,” according to Paul Ewell, a maritime historian who is determined to make Tawes’ story more widely known. Ewell, a professor of management, business, and economics at...
by James Ritch | Oct 1, 2020 | Features
By Carol Vaughn — The Orchestra of the Eastern Shore is among arts organizations that have had to adjust to life in the time of coronavirus. The orchestra, founded in 1999, is a chamber orchestra concentrating on classical music. Its musicians are community members....
