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Nobody was injured when a vehicle hit a Northampton County school bus near Eastville on Thursday afternoon.
BY STEFANIE BOWMANN, Eastern Shore Post — A Northampton County resident failed in his initial attempt to challenge the legality of an April 2024 zoning decision made by the local board of supervisors after a judge said he lacked standing to bring the case. Ken Dufty, of Wardtown, appeared in Northampton...
BY JANET BERNOSKY, Eastern Shore Post Rocket Lab USA, Inc., is prepared to win the space race with its first Neutron rocket launch from the Wallops Flight Facility scheduled in the next year, according to Jennifer Goodrum, the company’s Director of State and Local  Operations. Goodrum provided a mission update in...
BY TED SHOCKLEY, Eastern Shore Post — The Accomack County Sheriff’s Office recently has investigated reports of crimes by school students including possession of child pornography, blackmail, assault, bomb threats, and threats of bringing guns to class. Sheriff Todd Wessells made the sobering disclosure during the Accomack School Board’s Tuesday, Oct....
BY CHELI WEST, Special to the Eastern Shore Post — Get out your pom poms and come support the American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life at Nandua High School on Saturday, Sept. 7. Opening ceremonies begin at 11 a.m. with the Northampton High School Marching Band and the Spartans Cheer Squad...
BY STEFANIE JACKSON BOWMANN The free summer concerts in Cape Charles Central Park are drawing large crowds again this year, despite bad weather causing one show to be canceled and others to have some decreases in attendance. Approximately 3,000 people attended the concert by the Deloreans — a popular 1980s tribute...
BY STEFANIE JACKSON BOWMANN, Eastern Shore Post — Chincoteague is now a party to a multibillion-dollar class-action lawsuit over chemicals that were found in the town’s drinking water seven years ago. Town Manager Mike Tolbert told Chincoteague Town Council members on Monday, Aug. 5, that he had completed the paperwork for...
Gary Reese, a longtime Accomack County teacher and coach, has announced is candidacy for re-election to the District 4 seat on the Accomack County School Board. “As a retired teacher who spent 36 years teaching in Accomack County, for the past six years I have had the privilege of serving...
A Chincoteague resident is a candidate for the District 1 seat on the Accomack County School Board in the Nov. 7 election.  Connie Burford called herself a “20-year advocate for students, parents and teachers” and said she feels “District 1 schools are not getting the representation they deserve.” The district...