by Ryan Webb | Feb 7, 2025 | Obituaries
Mr. William (Bill) Badger Whittington, 63, passed away Jan. 28, 2025, at Nassawadox Rehab and Nursing Home. Bill was born and raised in Nassawadox to the late John J. and Mary Elizabeth Badger (Spooks) Whittington. He was one of the first residents of Dogwood View...
by Ryan Webb | Feb 7, 2025 | Obituaries
Mr. Jack Allan Taylor, 79, of Greenbackville (retired in Leesburg, Fla.), passed away in hospice care overlooking Lake Harris on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025. Born Nov. 30, 1945, in Athens, Ohio, he was the son of the late Mary Margaret and Harry Taylor. After graduating...
by Ryan Webb | Feb 7, 2025 | Obituaries
Dr. John Peyton Snead IV, age 91, passed away Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, at his home in Onancock. Born Sept. 27, 1933, in Front Royal, he was the son of the late John Peyton Snead III and Lydia Crabbe “Pinky” Snead, of Sperryville. After graduating from Woodberry Forest...
by Ryan Webb | Feb 7, 2025 | Obituaries
Mr. David M. Briggs passed away on Jan. 25, 2025. He was born in Browns Gap, near Grottoes, on March 25, 1951. He was moved to Pennsylvania as an infant, where he grew up and was educated. He proudly served his country in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam...
by Ryan Webb | Feb 7, 2025 | Features
by Sarah Barban | Feb 7, 2025 | Headlines
BY STEFANIE BOWMANN, Eastern Shore Post — Northampton supervisors on Jan. 14 approved an ordinance to establish a community revitalization fund as permitted by Virginia Code to prevent neighborhood deterioration. Northampton County Administrator Charlie Kolakowski...
by Sarah Barban | Feb 7, 2025 | Headlines
BY STEFANIE BOWMANN, Eastern Shore Post — The Exmore Town Council on Monday, Feb. 3, unanimously approved an ordinance that allows the council to consider applications for planned unit developments, or PUDs, which could mean massive growth for the town. Town Manager...
by Sarah Barban | Feb 7, 2025 | Headlines
BY STEFANIE BOWMANN, Eastern Shore Post — Exmore’s new sewer system will be 100% up and running nearly four years after the town council voted unanimously to partner with the public Hampton Roads Sanitation District on the project. When town officials began seriously...
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...
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,...
