by James Ritch | Dec 12, 2018 | Uncategorized
By David Martin Pulitzer Prize-winning, best-selling, world-renowned historian Doris Kearns Goodwin came to the Eastern Shore this past weekend to sign books for a VIP crowd and then give a one-hour talk (to a sold-out audience at Nandua high school) on her latest...
by James Ritch | Dec 12, 2018 | Uncategorized
By Bill SterlingWeather permitting, about 50 small planes will leave a Maryland airport near the Chesapeake Bay Bridge tomorrow morning heading for a tiny airstrip on Tangier Island to continue a tradition that was started 50 years ago.The Christmas season on Tangier...
by James Ritch | Dec 12, 2018 | Uncategorized
Information for the following article was drawn from the resources of the Eastern Shore Room, soon to be expand-ed into the Eastern Shore of Virginia Heritage Center within the ESVA Regional Library to be built in Parksley. By Curtis BadgerSpecial to the Eastern Shore...
by James Ritch | Dec 12, 2018 | Uncategorized
By Stefanie JacksonExmore’s economic infrastructure continues to grow and town officials are working steadily to get water and sewer service up to par and find employees to keep the town running.By fall, Exmore will have new wells and a greensand filtration system,...
by James Ritch | Dec 12, 2018 | Uncategorized
By Linda CicoiraArmed with fire extinguishers, a watering can, and pots and pans of water, Tasley firefighters battled a blaze at the circa 18th-century house, Ravenswood, Sunday until an off-road truck was able to get through a muddy two-mile private driveway to...
by James Ritch | Dec 12, 2018 | Uncategorized
By Stefanie JacksonThe Northampton school board chose a local contractor to repair the badly damaged exterior walls of the Northampton High School auditorium in a unanimous decision Nov. 29. The contract was awarded to Jim Wert Builder Inc., of Belle Haven.The local...
