by James Ritch | Aug 18, 2021 | Opinion
Dear Editor: I am appalled at the article written by your crime writer concerning Brian Daley. The public didn’t need to know the intimate details surrounding his death. The family knew the whole story and wouldn’t have wanted their grief and privacy invaded and...
by James Ritch | Aug 18, 2021 | Opinion
Dear Editor: I’d like to thank both Mr. Payne and Mr. Landis for their letters in recent editions of the Eastern Shore Post. They each bring a broad and helpful perspective to events on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, both from the past and the present and...
by James Ritch | Jul 25, 2021 | Opinion
Dear Editor: Without hesitation or reservation, Abel Parker Upshur (1790-1844) should be ranked as the most important person in the history of the Eastern Shore and, in Virginia, in the quarter century leading to the conclusion of the Civil War. Planter,...
by James Ritch | Jul 25, 2021 | Opinion
Dear Editor: Last March, the Virginia legislature passed a law permitting local election officials to open their offices on Sundays to in-person voters during the 45-day early voting period preceding an election. The Northampton County Electoral Board is considering...
by James Ritch | Jul 25, 2021 | Opinion
Dear Editor: My brother found four kittens covered under a plastic bowl yesterday at the dump in Northampton, barely alive. We took them to animal control in Melfa. One had to be euthanized; his intestines were hanging out. Three are in foster care to see if they...
by James Ritch | Jul 12, 2021 | Opinion
Dear Editor: This is combination pet peeve and suggestion for whoever has control over the stoplights on U.S. Route 13. The pet peeve happens when I am driving along Route 13 and see a driver approaching a stoplight intersection on a crossroad and the driver makes a...
