by Ryan Webb | Aug 8, 2024 | Obituaries
Mr. Thomas A. “Tom” Barber, 82, passed away at his home in rural Accomac on Wednesday, July 31, 2024. Reflecting on his life before going to his reward, he took great comfort in Christ’s assurance that those who show up for work in the vineyard late in the workday get...
by Ryan Webb | Aug 8, 2024 | Obituaries
Mrs. Jacqueline Douglas Bull “Jackie” Mears, 92, beloved wife of Willie Edward Mears, passed away peacefully at her home in Parksley on Wednesday, July 31, 2024. Born Feb. 27, 1932, in Parksley, she was the daughter of the late Floyd Samuel Bull and the late Carrie...
by Ryan Webb | Aug 7, 2024 | Legal Ads
by Ryan Webb | Aug 5, 2024 | Headlines
BY NANCY DRURY DUNCAN, Eastern Shore Post — An Oak Hall woman convicted of careless driving in the death of a mother and the serious injury of her boyfriend and 7-year-old child will spend three months in jail. Jessica Greenley Waterfield, 37, of Oak Hall, wept as she...
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...
