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July 2, 2026

The voice of Accomack and Northampton counties on Virginia’s Eastern Shore

Being more realistic with big predictions for 2024

Being more realistic with big predictions for 2024

BY TED SHOCKLEY, Eastern Shore First None of my predictions for 2023 came true. I guessed Belle Haven would get more sidewalks and Accomack and Northampton school systems would merge. I was wrong. I predicted surf fishing would be allowed on Fisherman Island. How can...
Bruce Mathews

Bruce Mathews

Mr. Bruce Carroll Mathews, 55, husband of Julie Clayton Mathews and a resident of Wachapreague, passed away Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023, at Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital in Onancock. A native of Keller, he was the son of Anne Cropper Mathews, of Wachapreague, and the...
Colton Ward

Colton Ward

Mr. Colton Garrett Ward, 30, entered the arms of Jesus on the morning of Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023, surrounded by his parents and his beloved “Uncle Luke” Carpenter at Sentara Leigh Hospital in Norfolk. He came into this world as a miracle with severe earthly...
Barbara Wiedenheft

Barbara Wiedenheft

Mrs. Barbara E. Wiedenheft, of Chincoteague, beloved mother, grandmother, sister, fantastic baker, and first-class hostess, passed away suddenly on Dec. 18 at 77. A celebration of life service honoring Barbara will be announced at a later date. She is survived by her...
Jean Steelman

Jean Steelman

Mrs. Jean Byrd Steelman, 89, of Accomac, wife of the late John David Steelman II, passed away peacefully at the home of her daughter, Elizabeth, on Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023. Born on April 15, 1934, in Belle Haven, she was the daughter of the late Charles Lilliston...