by James Ritch | May 7, 2020 | Features, Sports
By Bill Sterling — Special to the Eastern Shore Post With the airing of the documentary “The Last Dance,” a story of the Chicago Bulls’ championship run in the 1990s, a younger generation is learning just how large a presence Michael Jordan commanded during his...
by James Ritch | Apr 23, 2020 | Features
By Connie Morrison — Globetrotting DJ and Eastern Shore native Grushon Wilson might live in Richmond, Va., now, but his roots pull him back to the Eastern Shore every Tuesday night for the biggest virtual party around, #ESVATuesdays. Wilson, whose stage name is Crush...
by James Ritch | Apr 16, 2020 | Features
By Carol Vaughn — Seventeen years after he last worked as an epidemiologist, Eastern Shore resident Bill Hall answered the call to join in Virginia’s COVID-19 response. “I am one of several retired or former epidemiologists who have returned to … assist in the...
by James Ritch | Apr 16, 2020 | Features
By Carol Vaughn — Tangier native James “Nick” Dise is among the hundreds of sailors aboard the U.S. Navy hospital ship Comfort who are working to help New York City cope with the novel coronavirus pandemic. The ship, which has a home port in Norfolk, Va., arrived...
by James Ritch | Apr 2, 2020 | Features, Headlines
By Connie Morrison — Even though he works in isolation, Chincoteague waterman Jim Dawson says he and other fishermen are feeling the effects of COVID-19. Dawson, one of Virginia’s largest sea bass harvesters, says markets for fresh fish have dried up leaving him with...
by James Ritch | Mar 27, 2020 | Features, Sports
By Bill Sterling — Athletes have been forced to put their dreams on hold with the shutdown of sports due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but not many athletes have dreams bigger than Virginia Beach’s Samantha Tadder, a 17-year-old Olympic swimming hopeful whose...
