by Sarah Barban | Dec 17, 2024 | Headlines
A coordinated sweep by several Eastern Shore police agencies in November yielded several arrests, 83 traffic tickets, and $30,000 in marijuana, police said. The Blue Wave Initiative operations were conducted in Northampton and Accomack counties on Friday, Nov. 22,...
by Sarah Barban | Dec 17, 2024 | Headlines
The restrooms at Cape Charles Central Park will be renovated over the next month, officials said. Many have stopped for a few minutes to use the park’s restrooms. The park hosts summer concerts, the Crabby Blues Festival, the DockDogs Classic, a playground, pickleball...
by Sarah Barban | Dec 17, 2024 | Headlines
BY TED SHOCKLEY, Eastern Shore Post — H. Furlong Baldwin, the genteel but uncompromisingly forthright national banking leader who was the 11th generation of his family to live in Northampton County, died Saturday, Dec. 7, at Eyre Hall, his estate near Eastville,...
by Ted Shockley | Dec 16, 2024 | Opinion
The book of Acts in the New Testament reveals that Jesus said it is more blessed to give than to receive. It is an often-repeated line and it is one the Eastern Shore of Virginia takes seriously — during Christmas and all year long. So much of the good in our...
by Ted Shockley | Dec 16, 2024 | Opinion
To the editor : Birthday cards going through our post offices should be insured when sent long or short distance. The reasoning is...
by Ted Shockley | Dec 16, 2024 | Opinion
BY TED SHOCKLEY, Eastern Shore Pot I try to set aside one day each year that is dedicated mostly to poking around a cemetery or two. It has been a brisk and busy year and I realized I hadn’t completed a proper cemetery exploration. So I took the day off from...
by Ryan Webb | Dec 16, 2024 | Obituaries
Mrs. Norma Justis Fitchett, 91, wife of the late James Milton Fitchett Jr. and a resident of Willis Wharf, passed away Monday, Dec. 9, 2024, at her residence. A native of Bloxom, she was the daughter of the late Elwood Thomas Justis Sr. and the late Flossie Marie Hart...
by Ryan Webb | Dec 16, 2024 | Obituaries
Mr. John Henry Kluis was welcomed home by his Lord and Savior on Monday, Dec. 9, 2024. He was born on May 27, 1953, in Glen Ridge, N.J., to the late John Henry Kluis and Johanna VanderLou Kluis. John was raised in Pompton Plains, N.J., until the age of 13, when the...
by Ryan Webb | Dec 16, 2024 | Obituaries
Mr. Francis “Frank” George Wilson Jr., devoted husband of the late Carol Ann Ott Wilson for 52 years, passed away at his residence in Jamesville on Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. He was the son of Francis George and Zena Wilson, of Absecon, N.J. In 1974, this New Jersey native...
by Ryan Webb | Dec 16, 2024 | Obituaries
Mr. Lawrence G. (Chris) Bannon died Dec. 7, 2024. Chris was born on Dec. 15, 1936, in Norfolk, to Martin J. Bannon and Elizabeth G. Bannon. He was predeceased by his parents, his brother, Martin J. Bannon Jr., his sister, Myrtle B. Wills, and his partner, James A....
