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Bloxom man sentenced in trailer park stabbing

by Sarah Barban | Feb 7, 2025 | Headlines

BY NANCY DRURY DUNCAN, Eastern Shore Post — A Bloxom man will spend 10 years in prison for fatally stabbing a man in a Mappsville trailer park. Edwin Colon Matias, 38, pleaded guilty in September 2024 to the second-degree murder of Deandre Abbott. The plea...

Man sentenced for assault, sodomy, abduction of fellow church member

by Sarah Barban | Feb 7, 2025 | Headlines

BY NANCY DRURY DUNCAN, Eastern Shore Post — An Onancock man will spend nearly 20 years in prison for a violent, drug-fueled attack on a woman he knew from church and who was a family friend. Norris Ray Beasley, 33, was sentenced to 50 years, with all but 19 years,...

Draft Accomack County budget includes 5-cent tax hike

by Sarah Barban | Feb 7, 2025 | Headlines

BY JANET BERNOSKY, Eastern Shore Post — Accomack County homeowners could feel a hit to their pocketbooks in the form of a real-estate tax increase proposed as part of the county’s Fiscal Year 2026 draft budget. County Administrator Mike Mason shared details about the...