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...
by James Ritch | Mar 26, 2020 | Features
By Carol Vaughn Rep. Elaine Luria visited the Eastern Shore last week to learn how the Foodbank and school systems are addressing food insecurity during the coronavirus outbreak. Luria also gave an update about federal actions in response to the outbreak, including...
by James Ritch | Mar 26, 2020 | Features
By Carol Vaughn Eastern Shore clergy are responding to a challenge unlike any they’ve faced before — how to minister to their congregations while they are unable to meet together in person, due to restrictions intended to slow the spread of the coronavirus. The...
by James Ritch | Mar 12, 2020 | Features
By Martha Wessells Steger Special to the Eastern Shore Post The 2020 United States census, the enumeration of all U.S. residents every 10 years as mandated by the U.S. Constitution, is important to the nation — and to the Eastern Shore — on two different levels....
