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...
by Ted Shockley | Mar 2, 2023 | Headlines
BY STEFANIE JACKSON, Eastern Shore Post — An Accomack County man has been found guilty of two counts of manslaughter in the vehicular deaths of two Northampton students riding in the back seat of a car he hit on U.S. Route 13 last year. Joseph Castiglia, 22, of Melfa,...
by Ted Shockley | Feb 21, 2023 | Headlines
BY CAROL VAUGHN, Eastern Shore Post Robert Bloxom Jr., who first won election to the House of Delegates in 2014, appears to be set for re-election after what might have been the biggest test of his political career. The Republican delegate who previously said he would...
by Ted Shockley | Feb 10, 2023 | Headlines
A man was shot multiple times during an early morning drive-by shooting near the town of Accomac, police say. The Accomack County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the Feb. 1 incident, Sheriff Todd Wessells said in a prepared release sent to regional media Feb. 10....
by Ted Shockley | Feb 10, 2023 | Headlines
BY CAROL VAUGHN, Eastern Shore Post — The Chincoteague Chamber of Commerce helped nearly 277,000 people in person, by phone or email, and through its newly redesigned website in 2022, an increase of around 8% over 2021, Executive Director Evelyn Shotwell told the Town...
by Ted Shockley | Feb 6, 2023 | Headlines
BY CAROL VAUGHN, Eastern Shore Post — The Great Hall at Eastern Shore Community College was abuzz with conversation Monday as around 70 Eastern Shore residents weighed in with tidbits of local knowledge about how climate change is affecting the region. The Hampton...
