by Ryan Webb | May 6, 2025 | Sports
BY MARK MORING, Eastern Shore Post — To Chase Baxa, simply saying the name “Galax” can get him riled up. There’s a reason for that. In 2022, Baxa’s first year as the boys soccer coach at Northampton High School, the Yellow Jackets lost 2-0 to Galax in the Class 1...
by Ryan Webb | May 6, 2025 | Sports
BY MARK MORING, Eastern Shore Post — One could look at Broadwater Academy’s promising start to this softball season and say, “Must be something in the water.” But we won’t. Too clichéd. But we will say, “Must be something in the food.” Specifically Mexican and Chinese...
by Ryan Webb | May 6, 2025 | Sports
BY MARK MORING, Eastern Shore Post — Lavor Johnson is a big fan of Sonic, just a couple minutes up the road from Arcadia High School, where he’s a senior star on the track and field team and — Wait, what? Junk food fuels the fastest runner on the Eastern Shore? “Not...
by Ryan Webb | May 6, 2025 | Sports
Windy conditions have been the nemesis of anglers aiming to take advantage of the local springtime fisheries. When the winds subside and clean water conditions can be found, flounder fishing is productive on the seaside. Black drum action has been good off the seaside...
by Ryan Webb | May 2, 2025 | Obituaries
Mr. Robert “Bobby” Wayne Pruitt passed at his home on March 28, 2025. Born to Bobbie Reid and Leah Godwin Pruitt on March 30, 1947, on Tangier Island, Bob loved working as a waterman and spending time with his family and friends. He was a devoted family man and friend...
by Ryan Webb | May 2, 2025 | Obituaries
Mr. Michael Gerard Janiszewski, 66, beloved husband of Loretta Connelly Janiszewski and a resident of Onancock, was welcomed to heaven by his Lord and Savior on Friday, April 25, 2025. Born Nov. 15, 1958, in Fort Sill, Okla., he was the son of the late Frank...
by Ryan Webb | May 2, 2025 | Obituaries
Mr. Anthony (Tony) Joseph Ziolkowski, 86, of Pocomoke City, passed away peacefully after a long illness on April 14, 2025, in Martinsburg, W.Va. Tony was born on June 25, 1938, in Baltimore, to Paul and Agnes Ziolkowski. He was a devoted father, grandfather, brother,...
by Ryan Webb | May 2, 2025 | Obituaries
Mrs. Dessie Smith Holroyd, 93 years old, passed away peacefully on April 25, 2025. She was born on Nov. 15, 1931, in Gastonia, N.C. Dessie lived a long, happy life. She was always surrounded by children; they were her whole world. You could always find her in the...
by Ryan Webb | May 2, 2025 | Obituaries
A funeral service will be held for Mrs. Barbara Holland Robertson on Monday, May 5, at 10:30 a.m., at Trinity Episcopal Church, 76 E. Main St., Newark, Ohio, with the Rev. Lee Anne Reat and the Rev. Abeoseh “Abby” Flemister officiating. Burial will follow at Cedar...
