by Sarah Barban | Feb 7, 2025 | Headlines
BY NANCY DRURY DUNCAN, Eastern Shore Post — A Bloxom man will spend 10 years in prison for fatally stabbing a man in a Mappsville trailer park. Edwin Colon Matias, 38, pleaded guilty in September 2024 to the second-degree murder of Deandre Abbott. The plea...
by Sarah Barban | Feb 7, 2025 | Headlines
BY NANCY DRURY DUNCAN, Eastern Shore Post — An Onancock man will spend nearly 20 years in prison for a violent, drug-fueled attack on a woman he knew from church and who was a family friend. Norris Ray Beasley, 33, was sentenced to 50 years, with all but 19 years,...
by Sarah Barban | Feb 7, 2025 | Headlines
BY JANET BERNOSKY, Eastern Shore Post — Accomack County homeowners could feel a hit to their pocketbooks in the form of a real-estate tax increase proposed as part of the county’s Fiscal Year 2026 draft budget. County Administrator Mike Mason shared details about the...
by Sarah Barban | Jan 31, 2025 | Headlines
BY SARAH BARBAN, Eastern Shore Post — Sunday morning dawned with frustration and grumbling for residents of Onancock after a burst pipe beneath the Ames Street bridge meant there was no water for morning coffee, baby formula, or hot showers. The pipe in question,...
by Sarah Barban | Jan 31, 2025 | Headlines
BY JANET BERNOSKY, Eastern Shore Post — The Accomack County Board of Supervisors voted to unanimously approve the draft of an agreement for Northampton County to cover tuition costs of its employees to attend basic or advanced EMT EMS training courses in Accomack....
