by Sarah Barban | Aug 20, 2024 | Uncategorized
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...
by Ted Shockley | Oct 3, 2023 | Headlines, Uncategorized
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...
by Ted Shockley | Jul 3, 2023 | Headlines, Uncategorized
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...
by Ted Shockley | Jun 26, 2023 | Headlines, Uncategorized
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:...
by Ted Shockley | Jun 12, 2023 | Uncategorized
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...
