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June 28, 2026

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Greer catches and releases 32-inch speck

Greer catches and releases 32-inch speck

BY BILL HALL, Eastern Shore Post — The speckled trout fishery continues to improve with the falling water temperatures. One recently reported catch stands out above the others — Drake Greer, of Parksley, landed a 32-inch speckled trout, one of the largest speckles...
James Powell Jr.

James Powell Jr.

Mr. James Lee “Bub” Powell Jr., 72, husband of Ginny Lewis Powell and a resident Painter, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024, at his residence. A native of the Eastern Shore, he was the son of the late James L. Powell Sr. and the late Jean Harris Powell. He was retired...
Harry Martin

Harry Martin

Mr. Harry Walter Martin, 88, husband of Betty Wolfe Martin, passed away peacefully at his home in Mount Nebo on Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. Born June 26, 1936, in Harborton, he was the son of the late Gerald “Lynwood” Martin Jr. and the late Margaret Webster “Peggy” Martin....
Abbot Mister

Abbot Mister

Mrs. Abbot Ann Ayres Mister, 90, wife of the late Sylvester Marshall “S.M.” Mister and resident of Melfa,  passed away Monday, Oct. 7, 2024, at Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital in Onancock. Born Nov. 11, 1933, in Southside Chesconnessex and raised in Onancock, she...
Karen Buist

Karen Buist

Mrs. Karen Elise Buist, 64, of Onancock, passed away at Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital in Onley, on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. She was welcomed home to heaven by her Lord and Savior. Karen was the daughter of the late Bertil and Majorie Lindback, of Michigan. Karen...
Bob Sterling

Bob Sterling

Mr. Robert Mann Sterling, better known as Bob, 64, a resident of Exmore, passed away Monday, Oct. 7, 2024, at Sentara Virginia Beach Hospital in Virginia Beach. A native of Cedarview, he was the son of the late J. Garland Sterling Jr. and the late Irene Outten...
Barbara Bunting

Barbara Bunting

Mrs. Barbara Bunting, 82, of Chincoteague, passed into the arms of the Lord on October 4, 2024, while surrounded by her loving family after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. Barbara was born on July 1, 1942, to John B. and Mildred Gordy in Temperanceville. After...