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...
by Ryan Webb | Aug 29, 2024 | Obituaries
Mr. Elmer T. “Sonny” Kelly III, 79, of New Church, passed away on Aug. 26, 2024, in Onancock. Born on Nov. 13, 1944, in New Church, he was the son of the late William Jester and the late Dorothy Crockett Jester. Sonny was a jack-of-all-trades and did anything from...
by Ryan Webb | Aug 29, 2024 | Obituaries
Mrs. Nancy Taylor Durham, 85, of Bloxom, wife of the late Garmon Lee Durham, passed away on Aug. 23, 2024 at home. Born on April 30, 1939, in Bloxom, she was the daughter of the late Orville Taylor and the late Mary Grace Mears Taylor. Nancy worked for over 30 years...
