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PAPER-POSITION EDITORIAL: Unoccupied homes present an Eastern Shore opportunity

Here’s an assignment: In your town or community, conduct an informal count of how many homes are vacant. We’re not referring to commercial units — only residential units.  Don’t count the ramshackle homes that have gone to seed. Don’t count the homes you know are short-term rentals that are occupied...
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Letters to the editor for May 9, 2025

Worries about the impacts of bird flu’s mutations To the editor: If you watched the “60 Minutes” episode on April 20 about bird flu, you heard scientists express grave concerns about our preparedness for this rapidly changing (mutating) disease.  Although harm to us is minimal so far, the outlook is that it will...
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MOTHER’S DAY EDITORIAL: Society could learn from a mother’s unconditional love

Sunday is Mother’s Day, the annual celebration and observance of the role mothers have in our lives. We also should recognize that our collective culture, which sometimes can be retributive and insensitive, would do well to take some cues from our mothers, who love absolutely and without condition, no...
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When a kid knew leadership — even if he was too young to define leadership

BY TED SHOCKLEY, Eastern Shore Post As a child on the Eastern Shore of Virginia in the 1970s and 1980s, I knew who the local leaders were, even if I was too young to know what leadership actually was. The leaders didn’t tell me they were leaders, of course.  In fact, these...
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PAPER POSITION EDITORIAL: Naming the road for Chew is exactly the right move

We miss too many opportunities on the Eastern Shore to name roads, buildings, parks, and more after the deserving, honorable people among us. Some governments and organizations see the poignant appropriateness of it. Some don’t. So when it happens, we should recognize the significance. We applaud the request by the...
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Participate in the Eastern Shore’s legacy of giving

  The book of Acts in the New Testament reveals that Jesus said it is more blessed to give than to receive.  It is an often-repeated line and it is one the Eastern Shore of Virginia takes seriously — during Christmas and all year long. So much of the good in our...
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Consider insuring birthday cards sent in the mail

To the editor :                                                                                           ...
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A day off from work to spend in the cemeteries

  BY TED SHOCKLEY, Eastern Shore Pot I try to set aside one day each year that is dedicated mostly to poking around a cemetery or two. It has been a brisk and busy year and I realized I hadn’t completed a proper cemetery exploration. So I took the day off from work...
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GUEST COLUMN: Onancock Market not part of issue about oak tree

BY THERESA VAN DESSEL, Guest columnist — We, the Onancock Market Board of Directors, love trees. We also love the market. Many farmers and artisans depend on it for their livelihood. Which is why reports incorrectly linking the market’s future location to the future of the oak tree in the Queen Street...
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GUEST COLUMNIST: The story with all the new computers at the library

BY KASEY GRIER, Guest columnist — The Eastern Shore Public Library Foundation just awarded $16,578 to the Chincoteague Island Library and the Cape Charles Memorial Library to upgrade their public computer access.   Our goal was to help improve the experience that patrons have with IT in both affiliate libraries of...
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