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BY STEFANIE JACKSON, Eastern Shore Post — Lonnie Smith was a young man who had an old soul — and a short life. “I knew that I was going to lose him young,” said his mother, Angela Smith. “I always knew.” The promising artist died by suicide on Sept. 2, not far from...
BY CLARA VAUGHN, Eastern Shore Post — Parksley is deliberating how to manage new food trucks in town and could dramatically reduce the number of days they can operate in town. The town council during a public hearing Monday, Sept. 11, discussed proposed guidelines that would allow mobile food vendors...
Ron Wolff, a five-term member of the Accomack County Board of Supervisors, has announced his re-election candidacy for the District 2 seat in the Nov. 7 election. “It has always been an honor to serve my constituents of District 2 on the board of supervisors, to keep taxes low, and...
Jesse Speidel, a lifelong resident of Chincoteague Island, has announced his re-election campaign for the District 1 seat on the Accomack County School Board in the Nov. 7 election. Speidel was appointed to serve in 2017 and was elected for his current term in 2020. Speidel, a graduate of Chincoteague...
BY STEFANIE JACKSON, Eastern Shore Post — Northampton County Public Schools received a bid of nearly $99 million for its high school and middle school improvement project — around $15 million more than the low bid received about a year ago. Superintendent Lisa Martin said on Monday, Sept. 18, that “no...
BY CLARA VAUGHN, Eastern Shore Post — A Chincoteague resort featuring floating bungalows is voluntarily closing for the season after it had been operating without required permits from the Virginia Department of Health. BluFin Bungalows & Marina opened in late July but announced in a letter to the health department it...
BY CLARA VAUGHN, Eastern Shore Post — A Savageville poultry farm is poised to resume operations, despite objections from over a dozen neighbors. The Accomack County Board of Zoning Appeals in a 3-2 vote granted exceptions to the county’s poultry ordinance that allow the six-house operation to resume raising chickens, pending...
Saturday, Sept. 9, was a big day for two Virginia Lottery players. One won $1 million in that night’s Powerball drawing, and the other won $1 million after taxes in the same night’s Bank a Million drawing. The question now is: Who are Virginia’s newest big winners? The Powerball...