by Ted Shockley | Aug 5, 2024 | Headlines
A 26-year-old man died in a crash on Guard Shore Road on Saturday, Aug. 3, according to Virginia State Police. Radain Alberto Tomas Isidro was driving a 2014 Chevrolet Cruz sedan eastbound on Guard Shore Road, when he ran off the road and overturned in the marsh, said...
by Ryan Webb | Aug 5, 2024 | Headlines
Jim Shaeffer, the Eastern Shore Community College president who led the Melfa school through a state-mandated, three-year improvement process to improve its sustainability, announced Monday, Aug. 5, that he will retire at the end of June 2025. “This was a very...
by Ted Shockley | Aug 5, 2024 | Opinion
Recent publicity has made the stately Onancock oak tree a welcome addition to the pantheon of famous Eastern Shore trees, of which there are many. At the moment, there is a question of whether the Onancock tree is an obstacle to the placement of a farmers market on...
by Ryan Webb | Aug 5, 2024 | Features
by Ryan Webb | Aug 1, 2024 | Obituaries
Mr. Marshall M. Romeo, 82, of Cape Charles, died in the early hours of Wednesday, July 24, 2024, after battling the effects of a hemorrhagic stroke. Marshall was born on Nov. 13, 1941, to the late Benjamin and Esther Romeo in the Bronx, N.Y. He graduated from A.B....
by Ryan Webb | Aug 1, 2024 | Obituaries
Mrs. Zuma Harris Truitt, 91, wife of the late Rev. Donald Lee Truitt and a resident of Belle Haven, passed away Tuesday, July 30, 2024, at Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital in Onancock. A native of Premier, W.Va, she was the daughter of the late Rev. William Glenn...
by Ryan Webb | Aug 1, 2024 | Obituaries
Mr. Francisco Torres, 72, husband of Adelina Torres and a resident of Capeville, passed away Sunday, July 28, 2024, at Riverside Regional Medical Center in Newport News. A native of San Luis Potosi, Mexico, he was the son of the late Daniel Torres and the late...
by Ryan Webb | Aug 1, 2024 | Obituaries
Mrs. Betty Jo Colona, of Federalsburg, Md. passed away July 28, 2024, at Lofland Park Center in Seaford, Del. at the age of 84. Born in Northampton County, she was the daughter of the late Charles Joseph and Evelyn Taylor Matthews. Betty attended Accomack County...
by Ryan Webb | Aug 1, 2024 | Obituaries
Mr. Larry Dale Linton, 78, passed away on Thursday, July 25, 2024. He was the son of the late Elsworth and Virginia E. Linton, of Saxis. Larry was married to the late Mary Sue Mister Linton. He is survived by a son, Chris Linton; a sister, Janet L. Matthews; and a...
