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July 3, 2026

The voice of Accomack and Northampton counties on Virginia’s Eastern Shore

Missing Young Adult

***CRITICALLY MISSING ADULT ALERT *** THE VIRGINIA STATE POLICE HAS ISSUED A CRITICALLY MISSING ADULT ALERT OUT OF ACCOMACK COUNTY ON 06/12/2019 AT 1200 HOURS. THE VIRGINIA STATE POLICE IS LOOKING FOR TONTRESE VERMELLE, BLACK FEMALE, 18 YEARS OF AGE, HEIGHT 5′...
Lewis Wins Primary

Lewis Wins Primary

By Linda Cicoira — Sen. Lynwood W. Lewis won the Democratic Party’s nomination for state senator in Tuesday’s primary with a landslide victory over challenger Willie C. Randall, a former member of the Northampton Board of Supervisors.   Overall, Lewis took 4,557...
Surprise Graduation Story and Video

Surprise Graduation Story and Video

By Linda Cicoira — As this 20th anniversary edition of the Eastern Shore Post is being uploaded to our website, Austin Studebaker, of Parksley, is getting a surprise. He’s graduating from Arcadia High School and knows his big sister, Karrie O’Toole, who is...
Bowens Takes a Plea

Bowens Takes a Plea

By Linda Cicoira — Aaron Jamarcus Bowens, who witnesses say was paid $1,000 for injuring an Eastern Shore Drug Task Force informant, pleaded guilty last week in Accomack Circuit Court to conspiring with a prisoner to commit capital murder. The plea came in an...
Accomack Grand Jury Indictments

Accomack Grand Jury Indictments

By Linda Cicoira  — Nearly 30 people were indicted Monday by an Accomack grand jury on counts that included bringing a gun to school, strangulation, burglary with intent to hurt a child, extortion, stealing oysters, and drug offenses. Edwin Colon Matias, 32, of...