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...
by James Ritch | Sep 4, 2019 | Features
By Linda Cicoira — Thomas M. Chandler, a native of Drummondtown, which later became Accomac, turned clay on a potter’s wheel producing functional items like milk pans, pitchers, jugs, and even chamber pots, in the 1800s. He was so good at it he has been referred...
by James Ritch | Sep 4, 2019 | Features
By Stefanie Jackson – Local nonprofit Eastern Shore Birding and Wildlife Programs Inc. is having its first Birds, Brews, & BBQ, Saturday, Sept. 14, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., at Cape Charles Brewing Company, an all-you-can-eat event promoting education about Eastern Shore...
by James Ritch | Aug 29, 2019 | Features, Uncategorized
By Stefanie Jackson – Stevon Sample is on the verge of realizing his dream of earning a living as a full-time artist, and he hopes others will be inspired by his story. “If I can do it, you can do it” is the message he wants to send to Eastern Shore youth. Sample is a...
