by Ryan Webb | Aug 20, 2024 | Sports
BY BILL HALL, Eastern Shore Post — The Eastern Shore of Virginia was spared any lasting impacts from the remnants of Hurricane Debby, as the storm took a more westerly track. Apart from a few missed days of fishing opportunities due to some wind and rain at the end of...
by Sarah Barban | Aug 20, 2024 | Uncategorized
BY STEFANIE JACKSON BOWMANN, Eastern Shore Post — Chincoteague is now a party to a multibillion-dollar class-action lawsuit over chemicals that were found in the town’s drinking water seven years ago. Town Manager Mike Tolbert told Chincoteague Town Council members on...
by Sarah Barban | Aug 20, 2024 | Headlines
BY STEFANIE JACKSON BOWMANN, Eastern Shore Post — A Northampton County historical group is leading efforts to establish a local historical marker program ahead of Virginia’s commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution. Cara Burton, chair of the...
by Sarah Barban | Aug 20, 2024 | Headlines
On August 5, an Accomack County grand jury issued the following indictments: Patrick James Berry, 40, of Atlantic, was indicted on one felony count of possession of cocaine for a Feb. 15 incident. He was arrested and later released on $1,500 secured bond. Sandra...
by Sarah Barban | Aug 20, 2024 | Headlines
BY STEFANIE JACKSON BOWMANN, Eastern Shore Post — Cape Charles Town Council members recently reviewed proposed regulations for short-term rental vacation homes, but they could not agree on what, if anything, they should do about the most controversial issue in the...
by Sarah Barban | Aug 20, 2024 | Features
BY MILES LAYTON, Eastern Shore Post — A small-town post office is a community gathering spot and it is a lifeline to the mainland for the island of Tangier in the Chesapeake Bay. Tangier is about 12 miles from the mainland at Crisfield, Md., with the mail boat, the...
by Ryan Webb | Aug 15, 2024 | Obituaries
Mr. William P. Edmondson, better known as “Bill,” husband of JoAnne Edmondson, died Monday, Aug. 12, 2024, at the age of 65. Growing up in Norfolk, he later adopted the Eastern Shore as his home. Bill was predeceased by his parents, William P. Edmondson Jr. and...
by Ryan Webb | Aug 15, 2024 | Obituaries
Ms. Alyssa Nicole Taylor, of Oak Hall, passed away on Sept. 14, 2022, in a traffic crash near Hillsborough, N.C. The daughter of Krista Taylor, also of Oak Hall, she was born June 2, 1997. Alyssa is survived by her three sons, Samuel Oakley, Julian Oakley, and Gabriel...
by Ryan Webb | Aug 15, 2024 | Obituaries
Mrs. Frances Porco, of Onancock, passed away peacefully on Monday, July 29, 2024, at the age of 91. Frances was born May 14, 1933, in Pennsylvania, just a few months after her father died in a mining accident. She was raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., after her mother...
