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October 14, 2026

The voice of Accomack and Northampton counties on Virginia’s Eastern Shore

Bridge-tunnel traffic dips slightly in ’24

Bridge-tunnel traffic dips slightly in ’24

BY STEFANIE BOWMANN, Eastern Shore Post Just as the tunnel boring machine nicknamed “Chessie” performed its work on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel’s nearly $756 million parallel tunnel, so the bridge’s traffic and revenue numbers climb: slowly and steadily. Although...
Arlet Ortiz Ortiz

Arlet Ortiz Ortiz

Ms. Arlet Magnolia Ortiz Ortiz, 8, of Parksley, passed away on Tuesday, April 8, 2025, at Children’s Hospital at VCU in Richmond. Born on April 27, 2016, in Washington, D.C., Arlet was the daughter of Lucas Otoniel Ortiz Ortega and Otilia Magnolia Ortiz Gonzalez....
Gerry Ryan

Gerry Ryan

Mr. Gerry David Ryan, beloved husband, father, and friend, died peacefully at his home on Chincoteague Island, on April 8, 2025. Born in Dover, N.J., on Jan. 30, 1935, he was predeceased by his parents, Thelma and Gerald Ryan; sister, Diane Hahn; and grandson, Brian...
Thomas Savage Jr.

Thomas Savage Jr.

Mr. Thomas Jackson Savage Jr.  passed away, surrounded by his loving family, at his residence in Franktown on Thursday April 3, 2025. He was born at Northampton-Accomack Memorial Hospital on Sept. 8, 1934. His parents were the late Thomas Jackson Savage Sr. and the...
Ginny Rose

Ginny Rose

Mrs. Virginia “Ginny” May Lester Rose, 83, of Vaucluse Shores, surrounded by loved ones, went to be with the Lord on Friday, April 4, 2025. Her family is certain she was met at heaven’s gates by the one and only love of her life, her predeceased husband, Dudley Rose....
Ann Thomson

Ann Thomson

Mrs. Ann Spady Thomson, 89, passed away peacefully in the late evening on Monday, Feb. 10, 2025, at the hospital in Winston-Salem, N.C. Ann was born on May 28, 1935, in Northampton County, to the late Thomas Sanford Spady and Elizabeth Jarvis (Nottingham) Spady. In...