by Ted Shockley | Mar 24, 2023 | Headlines
BY CAROL VAUGHN, Eastern Shore Post — U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine joined NASA and Virginia Space officials Friday on Wallops Island, where Kaine visited the 63-year-old bridge that links the mainland to the island to highlight the securing of $103 million in federal funds to...
by Ted Shockley | Mar 24, 2023 | Headlines
BY CAROL VAUGHN, Eastern Shore Post — The Accomack County Board of Supervisors Wednesday recognized Wayne Burton, manager of the Department of Parks and Recreation, who is retiring after more than 41 years working for Accomack County. Burton was parks and recreation...
by Ted Shockley | Mar 20, 2023 | Headlines
BY TED SHOCKLEY, Shore First — When the COVID-19 pandemic ended the Eastville Volunteer Fire Company’s fundraising projects, prospects looked dire for the organization, which was incorporated in 1931. Prohibitions on gathering meant the fire company’s bingo nights and...
by Ted Shockley | Mar 17, 2023 | Headlines
BY STEFANIE JACKSON, Eastern Shore Post — Northampton supervisors voted Tuesday night to prevent future wetland mitigation projects that only would benefit other localities. Such projects “cannot be allowed in Northampton County; 73% of our land is water; only 200...
by Ted Shockley | Mar 17, 2023 | Headlines
BY CAROL VAUGHN, Eastern Shore Post — Eastern Shore residents from Chincoteague to lower Northampton County flocked to a public hearing about the Eastern Shore Rail Trail at Eastern Shore Community College. The purpose of Monday’s open house-style hearing was to seek...
by Carol Vaughn | Mar 7, 2023 | Headlines
BY CAROL VAUGHN, Eastern Shore Post Senator Lynwood Lewis announced this week he will not seek another term in the Virginia Senate. Lewis, 60, has been a state senator since 2014 and was a delegate for a decade before that. “I did not come to this decision easily, but...
