by Sarah Barban | Sep 13, 2024 | Headlines
BY STEFANIE JACKSON BOWMANN, Eastern Shore Post — As construction of Exmore’s new sewer system nears completion and creates opportunities for the town to expand, elected officials must determine how much growth is in Exmore’s best interests. “We need to decide as a...
by Sarah Barban | Sep 13, 2024 | Headlines
BY STEFANIE JACKSON BOWMANN, Eastern Shore Post — The Chesapeake Housing Critical Repair Resource Center, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, is asking Northampton County to waive permit fees for home repairs that improve safety for low-income residents. “They focus on people who...
by Sarah Barban | Sep 13, 2024 | Headlines
BY STEFANIE JACKSON BOWMANN, Eastern Shore Post — Northampton supervisors on Tuesday, Sept. 10, passed a resolution requesting the Virginia Department of Transportation to form a long-term strategy to improve safety at a string of intersections on U.S. Route 13 near...
by Sarah Barban | Sep 13, 2024 | Features
BY JANET BERNOSKY, Eastern Shore Post — Storytelling through art has been a passion for Chincoteague resident Christine Goldbeck for as long as she can remember. As a child, she could spend hours a day drawing, often creating her own illustrated storybooks to give as...
by Ryan Webb | Sep 13, 2024 | Obituaries
Mrs. Odelle Johnson Collins, wife of the late James G. Collins Jr. and a resident of Machipongo, died on Tuesday, Sept. 10. She was 86. Odelle was a longtime mathematics teacher for Northampton County Public Schools, from which she retired. The daughter of the late...
by Ryan Webb | Sep 13, 2024 | Obituaries
Mrs. Victoria “Vicky” Crockett Bisson, 76, of Onancock, was welcomed home by her Lord and Savior and her late husband of 50 years, the Rev. Roger William Bisson, on the Lord’s Day, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. Born Oct. 13, 1947, on Tangier Island, she was the daughter of...
by Ryan Webb | Sep 13, 2024 | Obituaries
Mr. Donald Taylor, 80, of Pocomoke City, husband of the late Peggy Byrd Taylor, passed away on Sept. 8, 2024. Born on Oct. 26, 1943, in Baltimore, he was the son of the late William Franklin Taylor and the late Essie Virginia Williams Taylor. Donald was a small engine...
by Ryan Webb | Sep 13, 2024 | Obituaries
Mrs. Vivian Cherrix Wallace was born June 23, 1932. She died July 27, 2024. A funeral service will be held on Saturday, Sept. 28, at 1 p.m. A graveside service will take place at Wachapreague Cemetery in Accomack County. Online condolences may be sent to the family at...
by Ryan Webb | Sep 13, 2024 | Obituaries
Mrs. Geraldine “Gerri” Satanek Guyon, 84, formerly of the Eastern Shore, passed away on Aug. 13, 2024, in Seven Lakes, N.C., with her loving family by her bedside. Born on June 17, 1940, in Syracuse, N.Y., to Alexander and Gladys Satanek, Gerri was a creative and...
by Ryan Webb | Sep 13, 2024 | Obituaries
Mr. James David Campbell, 76, husband of Cora Sue Scott Campbell and a resident of Exmore, passed away Friday, Sept. 6, 2024, at his residence. He was born to Coy Campbell and Helen Rowe Campbell on Sept. 18, 1947, in Nassawadox. Jimmy graduated from Northampton High...
