by James Ritch | Feb 20, 2020 | Features
By Carol Vaughn The Accomack County Board of Supervisors voted to advertise public hearings for the fiscal year 2021 budget and the tax rate, after making changes to provide for the first year of costs associated with a regional public safety radio communications...
by James Ritch | Feb 20, 2020 | Features
By Carol Vaughn . Band leader and teacher John David Steelman’s death on Feb. 11 at age 89 prompted an outpouring of tributes from former students and band members. . Steelman, of Accomac, taught music for 60 years, including in Orange County (Virginia), Portsmouth,...
by James Ritch | Feb 17, 2020 | Features
By Connie Morrison It was a dreary day, several people in the office announced. It was pouring rain and we guessed it already surpassed the forecast 1/2 to 1 inch of rain. Advertising Manager Troy Justis, himself a first responder, asked if we had heard about the...
by James Ritch | Feb 14, 2020 | Features
By Angie Crutchley — Friday is Valentine’s Day – celebrated by some and dreaded by others. About five years ago, I met Tyrone Wessells, of Accomac. His wife, Deborah, had died in 2013 just before Christmas, and he came in to put an announcement in the paper to...
by James Ritch | Feb 13, 2020 | Features
By Neal Ammerman Special to the Eastern Shore Post . A cold, blustery rainfall drenched the men on the deck of the rusty old freighter as it took on its load of coal and made final preparations for its voyage from Norfolk, Va., to Brayton Point, Mass. Although gale...
