by Ted Shockley | Jan 18, 2023 | Headlines
BY CAROL VAUGHN, Eastern Shore Post The spending bill passed by Congress and signed by President Joe Biden in December includes $300,000 for a study on Tangier that could pave the way for the use of dredging spoils to build up the eroding island. U.S. Senators Tim...
by Ted Shockley | Jan 17, 2023 | Headlines
BY CAROL VAUGHN, Eastern Shore Post Accomack County farmer David Hickman spoke to members of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee in Washington, D.C., Tuesday during an in-person roundtable discussion to talk about the impacts of rising energy costs. Hickman...
by Ted Shockley | Jan 9, 2023 | Headlines
BY CAROL VAUGHN, Eastern Shore Post COVID-19 cases on the Eastern Shore are trending upward with the arrival of winter, similarly to last year. Still, vaccination and other measures are keeping the death rate low compared to earlier in the pandemic, before vaccines...
by Ted Shockley | Jan 9, 2023 | Headlines
BY CAROL VAUGHN, Eastern Shore Post The Chincoteague Town Council on Jan. 3 approved a resolution authorizing the acceptance of a real-estate donation from Chincoteague Sunsets LLC of sewage treatment facilities. The town in November 2020 began negotiations with...
by Ted Shockley | Jan 6, 2023 | Headlines
BY TED SHOCKLEY, Eastern Shore Post Asia Renee Woolford heard about the crash on U.S. Route 13 and decided to check on her husband. She telephoned him four times and got no answer. So she drove to the crash site near Mappsville and talked to a police officer, who gave...
by Ted Shockley | Jan 3, 2023 | Headlines
An Accomack County man was fatally injured in a vehicle crash on the afternoon of New Year’s Day, State Police say. Mark Crumpler, 62, of Bloxom, died at the scene. Crumpler was driving a motorcycle north on U.S. Route 13 when it hit a minivan that had been traveling...
