by James Ritch | May 2, 2019 | Features
By Connie Morrison — “The Hate U Give,” the film adaptation of one of the most discussed – and, according to the American Library Association, one of the most challenged – books of 2017 and 2018, tells the story of the police killing of an unarmed...
by James Ritch | May 2, 2019 | Features
By Stefanie Jackson – The Boys & Girls Club of Southeast Virginia (BGCSEVA) celebrates its 100th anniversary this year, and its 11 branches, including the Eastern Shore Boys & Girls Club, are participating in the festivities. In honor of the anniversary, each...
by James Ritch | May 2, 2019 | Features
By Stefanie Jackson – What would it take for the Eastern Shore to get a four-year university and all the economic benefits that go with it? That’s the question being asked by local Terry Malarkey and a group of like-minded individuals who have formed the nonprofit,...
by James Ritch | Apr 12, 2019 | Features
By Stefanie Jackson – Next Saturday, April 20, the Eastern Shore will kick off its first-ever comic book convention, better known as a “comic-con,” in Cheriton, home of the “small town, big heart.” But the Eastern Shore Comicon isn’t just about comic books – it’s a...
by James Ritch | Apr 11, 2019 | Features
By Linda Cicoira — Her grandmother emptied whiskey bottles and filled them with hot water for a homemade dresser drawer incubator when Jessie Flynn was born in her parents’ bedroom on April 30, 1926. She was “teenie weenie” and blue and needed the help. Now at...
by James Ritch | Apr 4, 2019 | Features
Pat Hart, of Wachapreague, has retired again. If she isn’t reading two books a week on her side porch on Main Street, one can find her weeding in the garden or at her nearby antique store. This time the 82-year-old, a dear friend who I love like a mother, has left the...
