by Ted Shockley | May 27, 2025 | Headlines, News
BY SARAH BARBAN, Eastern Shore Post — Onancock Town Council member Maphis Oswald abruptly resigned Monday, May 19, during the town meeting, saying, “I no longer wish to be associated with what I feel is an ethically bankrupt administration.” Contacted after the...
by Ryan Webb | May 22, 2025 | Headlines
by Sarah Barban | May 22, 2025 | Headlines
An Accomack County school bus driven by a 63-year-old Chincoteague woman rear-ended a truck at the corner of Mifflin Road and Chincoteague Road on Thursday, May 15. There were 11 people on the bus, eight of whom were children. There were no reported injuries. The...
by Ted Shockley | May 19, 2025 | Headlines
BY STEFANIE BOWMANN, Eastern Shore Post — Northampton County supervisors are revisiting the county’s ordinances on lighting and fences in response to a resident’s complaints about glaring lights and barbed wire. Janet Riese, of Jamesville, said, “I live in a very dark...
by Ted Shockley | May 19, 2025 | Headlines
BY STEFANIE BOWMANN, Eastern Shore Post — Northampton County officials are proposing a two-cent real-estate tax hike to make up for revenues that have dropped or are stagnating. “It’s the last thing I want to recommend, but … I know that people want services that we...
by Sarah Barban | May 16, 2025 | Headlines
Walter David Brunk, 33, of Fiddler Lane, Jamesville, was indicted May 9 on 21 felony charges: eight counts of grand larceny, eight counts of stealing property with the intent to sell, and five counts of unarmed breaking and entering with the intent to commit assault...
