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Cancer Society’s Relay for Life is Saturday, Sept. 7

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...
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Free summer concerts again draw thousands

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...
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Chincoteague joins lawsuit over chemicals in water

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...
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DECISION’23: Reese files for re-election to Accomack County School Board

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...
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REGIONAL: New Eastern Shore school superintendents get increases over predecessors’ pay

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DECISION ’23: Burford announces for Accomack’s District 1 School Board seat

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...
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Mission im-popsicle: Ice pop at July 4 parade a sticking point with Accomac Town Council

BY CLARA VAUGHN, Eastern Shore Post —  Independence Day on the Eastern Shore evokes images of beach days, boating, patriotic parades, and Popsicles melting on a hot day. But in Accomac, the issue of ice pops has become a heated debate. The topic causing the fireworks: whether the Accomac Town Council should...
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Billboard is in poor taste

To the editor: On my drive from Capeville to Food Lion near Cape Charles, I was a bit shocked to see the latest billboard for the Historic Palace Theatre’s “Films That Move” event.  The billboard features two women in their underwear in what I consider a suggestive position.  It is no doubt...
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Eastern Shore gets $27 million for dredging of federal waterways

BY CAROL VAUGHN, Eastern Shore Post — More than $27 million has been appropriated for dredging of federal waterways on the Eastern Shore — covering the federal navigation improvements the Eastern Shore Regional Navigable Waterways Committee has been fighting for since the committee’s inception eight years ago. The fiscal year 2023 Army...
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