by Sarah Barban | Sep 3, 2024 | Headlines
BY STEFANIE JACKSON BOWMANN, Eastern Shore Post — Northampton County is officially selling the historic Eastville Inn to a private buyer. The board of supervisors agreed in 2023 to part with the county-owned property and sell it for $250,000 to John Greenside, a...
by Sarah Barban | Sep 3, 2024 | Headlines
BY SARAH BARBAN, Eastern Shore Post — The fate of a centuries-old white oak tree in Onancock has been hanging in the balance as downtown grows and changes. The 200- to 300-year-old tree stands behind the Roseland Theater, surrounded by Queen Street and a town parking...
by Sarah Barban | Sep 3, 2024 | Headlines
BY STEFANIE JACKSON BOWMANN, Eastern Shore Post — Northampton’s commercial and industrial property owners now can get up to twice as much time to complete the rehabilitation of older structures for tax incentives. “When you do demolition work on a historic property or...
by Sarah Barban | Sep 3, 2024 | Headlines
BY STEFANIE JACKSON BOWMANN, Eastern Shore Post — Northampton County is joining localities in multiple states in a lawsuit over insulin prices. The purpose of the lawsuit is to “hold manufacturers and prescription management firms responsible for the sharp increases...
by Ryan Webb | Aug 29, 2024 | Obituaries
Mr. Ryan Marshall Merritt, 55, passed away unexpectedly on Aug. 23, 2024. Ryan was a native of Chincoteague and lived in Virginia Beach. He was preceded in death by his father, Willam C. Merritt Jr.; grandmothers, Sara Cherricks and Norma Marshall Merritt; and...
by Ryan Webb | Aug 29, 2024 | Obituaries
Mr. David William McCready, 89, of Chincoteague, passed away peacefully at home on Aug. 27, 2024. Born in Accomack County, he was the beloved son of the late Orville and Bessie McCready and was preceded in death by his wife, Bonnie McCready. David was a proud veteran...
by Ryan Webb | Aug 29, 2024 | Obituaries
Mrs. Dorothy Louise Evans passed away peacefully at Commonwealth Senior Living at the Eastern Shore on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024. She was 96 years young. A native of Wachapreague, the “Little City by the Sea” that she called home for 93 years, Dot was born Feb. 24, 1928,...
by Ryan Webb | Aug 29, 2024 | Obituaries
Mrs. Joanne Parks Daley, 74, wife of the late Terry James Daley Sr., passed away Friday, Aug. 23, 2024, at TidalHealth Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury, Md. A lifelong resident of Tangier Island, Jo was born May 21, 1950, to the late Page Edmund Parks...
by Ryan Webb | Aug 29, 2024 | Obituaries
Mrs. Jean Elizabeth Leggett Wallace, 75, of Jamesville, formerly of Chic’s Beach, passed away peacefully on Friday, Aug. 23, 2024. She was born on Jan. 10, 1949, in Martin County, N.C., to the late John William Leggett Sr. and the late Mattie Virginia Leggett. Jean’s...
