by James Ritch | Jul 12, 2021 | Opinion
Dear Editor: This letter is in response to Onancock’s allowance of homestays, short-term rentals, or more commonly referred to as Airbnb rentals. As a full-time resident in an agricultural district outside of Quinby, I am now dealing with a neighbor who has decided to...
by James Ritch | Jul 12, 2021 | Opinion
Dear Editor: School is out and tourist season has officially begun in beach towns like my own. The streets are filled with out-of-state license plates on cars parked the wrong way on a one-way street. There are golf carts on the highway and deflated floating devices...
by James Ritch | Jul 12, 2021 | Opinion
Dear Editor: I urge Post readers to dig deeper on the Virginia Math Pathways Initiative (06/25/21 issue). The SOL passing rates presented are from a dumbed-down test. In 2018, the SOL was reworked, reducing the number of required correct answers for third through...
by James Ritch | Jul 12, 2021 | Opinion
Dear Editor: I recently read one of the Eastern Shore Post articles where you printed a story about the grave of Accawmacke Indians who were once soldiers in the army (“Restoring a Historic Cemetery Is a Mission of Recognition,” June 4). You called these people...
by James Ritch | Jun 28, 2021 | Opinion
Dear Editor: Many thanks to David Martin for his superb article in the Eastern Shore Post on the WWII encounter between Charles Brown of the U.S. Air Force and Franz Stigler of the Luftwaffe (“Random Facts,” June 11 and June 18). He relates an example of combatants...
by James Ritch | Jun 28, 2021 | Opinion
Dear Editor: On May 26, my wife, son, and I went to the Star East Cemetery on Church Road in Accomac to cut the grass. This is something that we have done for approximately 55 years, mostly every other week during grass cutting season. We normally cut more than just...
