by Ted Shockley | Mar 31, 2023 | Headlines
BY CAROL VAUGHN, Eastern Shore Post — Imagine having medical supplies delivered in a flash to homes on Tangier Island — in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay — on small, personless aircraft. The concept is on its way to becoming reality. Nearly $1.9 million in federal...
by Ted Shockley | Mar 31, 2023 | Headlines, Uncategorized
BY CAROL VAUGHN, Eastern Shore Post — More than $27 million has been appropriated for dredging of federal waterways on the Eastern Shore — covering the federal navigation improvements the Eastern Shore Regional Navigable Waterways Committee has been fighting for since...
by Ted Shockley | Mar 24, 2023 | Headlines
An Accomack County man was fatally injured in a two-vehicle crash on Thursday. Ricky Ricardo Jones, 63, of Parksley, died after being ejected from his vehicle, the state police said. At approximately 6:55 p.m., state police were called to investigate a two-vehicle...
by Ted Shockley | Mar 24, 2023 | Headlines
BY CAROL VAUGHN, Eastern Shore Post — The Eastern Shore’s state senator, Lynwood Lewis Jr., remembers well one of the first contentious issues he encountered while serving in the Virginia General Assembly. “Going back to the beginning, the first big issue I faced in...
by Ted Shockley | Mar 24, 2023 | Headlines
BY STEFANIE JACKSON, Eastern Shore Post — The Northampton schools budget for fiscal year 2024 will have a funding shortfall of nearly $1.2 million unless Virginia’s state budget provides additional funding for public education. The General Assembly passed only a...
by Ted Shockley | Mar 24, 2023 | Headlines
BY STEFANIE JACKSON, Eastern Shore Post — U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine met with Eastern Shore oyster and clam growers in Cape Charles on Friday, March 17, to discuss proposed immigration reform and other ways to support the aquaculturalists’ livelihood. Chris Buck, owner of...
