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October 2, 2026

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

BREAKING NEWS

  State and local police in Virginia and Maryland are continuing their search for an Accomack County man wanted for abducting an 18-year-old woman early Wednesday (June 12) morning near the state line. A Virginia Critically Missing Adult Alert was activated for...

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...