by James Ritch | Jun 30, 2020 | Features
By Carol Vaughn — Family and friends of Eastern Shore residents who died of COVID-19 gathered Saturday at a community memorial service at Exmore Town Park. Names of those who died were read aloud during the service, which included prayers, scripture readings, and a...
by James Ritch | Jun 29, 2020 | Features
An Eastern Shore Community Memorial Service for Eastern Shore residents who died of COVID-19 was held Saturday, June 27, 2020, at the Exmore Town Park. Click on any photo to enter the gallery.
by James Ritch | Jun 25, 2020 | Features
Story and Photo by Jim Ritch — Drivers on Route 13 in Machipongo have watched for two years as a red farm market building rose at the intersection of Bell Lane. Now, the Baines Farm Market is open and has moved from a former carport on the same property to its new...
by James Ritch | Jun 25, 2020 | Features
By Stefanie Jackson – The Eastern Shore is known for its close-knit communities, with neighbors helping neighbors, and that same spirit pervaded the small-business community when the Pearl Market, near the town of Cape Charles, opened last Saturday, June 20. Pearl...
by James Ritch | Jun 22, 2020 | Features
By Carol Vaughn — Family and friends of nursing home residents on the Eastern Shore have not been able to visit them in person since March, when facilities imposed restrictions because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Still, anyone with concerns about a nursing home resident...
by James Ritch | Jun 19, 2020 | Features
By Carol Vaughn — We all have been on a journey of sorts these past few months, as the coronavirus pandemic changed our lives in fundamental ways. Wachapreague resident Claire Poole recently took that journey to the literal level by circumambulating the Eastern Shore...
