by James Ritch | Sep 19, 2019 | Features
By Stefanie Jackson – The Accomack school board might have to decide to switch off the Friday night lights for good. “My concern is for the violence that is happening after our school football games in the parking lots, on the field, spilling over into the Food Lion...
by James Ritch | Sep 17, 2019 | Features
By Linda Cicoira Photos Courtesy of Raenelle Zapata The sophisticated Washington, D.C., attorney Raenelle Humbles Zapata got her assertiveness from the Eastern Shore community where she grew up. “Everybody would tell you how great you are,” she said. “What kind of...
by James Ritch | Sep 16, 2019 | Features
Submitted Article and Photo The prevalence and importance of volunteer firefighting, as well as the later integration of professional firefighters, have inspired Ker Place’s fall exhibit, “It All Started with a Spark: The Rise and Evolution of Eastern Shore...
by James Ritch | Sep 12, 2019 | Features
Members of Accomack’s Economic Development Authority were the captive audience of a Maine man Tuesday who could turn out to be their greatest mentor in creating an effective county industrial park and airport in Melfa. Steve Levesque transformed an abandoned Naval...
by James Ritch | Sep 9, 2019 | Features
Submitted Article The YMCA of South Hampton Roads announced last week it has named Anthony Walters as its new president and chief executive officer, effective Dec. 2, 2019. Selected by the Y’s board of directors, following a three-month search, Walters will succeed...
by James Ritch | Sep 4, 2019 | Features
Submitted Article and Photos – Times are changing in Cape Charles. There’s downtown renewal, a surge in tourism, and the beach draws ever more bathers. And then there is the railroad. Cape Charles was created by the railroad and sustained by it for most of the...
