by Ted Shockley | Feb 13, 2024 | Features
BY STEFANIE JACKSON, Eastern Shore Post — William “Skip” Oakley witnessed many major changes to the public school system in his 58 years in education, including 48 years as a teacher and administrator and a decade on the Northampton County School Board. Oakley, age...
by Ted Shockley | Feb 13, 2024 | Headlines
BY CLARA VAUGHN, Eastern Shore Post — Accomack County homeowners are likely to see their property assessments rise this year. “Overall, the assessed values that we have on the books are approximately 79% of the fair-market value of those properties,” said County...
by Ted Shockley | Feb 13, 2024 | Headlines
BY TED SHOCKLEY, Eastern Shore Post — Accomack County’s public school system has proposed a $68.8 million operations budget for fiscal year 2025 that includes a 5% percent pay increase for all employees. The positive for the school system is that Accomack County has...
by Ted Shockley | Feb 13, 2024 | Headlines
BY TED SHOCKLEY, Eastern Shore Post — Should Rhonda Hall, Accomack County’s superintendent of schools, sit at the head table with school board members during meetings? Should she sit with other school administrators in the audience? Or should she sit at a separate...
by Ryan Webb | Feb 8, 2024 | Obituaries
Mr. Tankard Bradley Doughty, 79, husband of Gloria Jones Doughty and a resident of Exmore, passed away Monday, Feb. 5, 2024, surrounded by his family at his residence. A native of the Eastern Shore and reared in Harborton, he was the son of the late James Tankard...
by Ryan Webb | Feb 8, 2024 | Obituaries
Mrs. Agnes West Hancock, 102, of Onancock, passed away on Jan. 12, 2024. She was born in Onancock on June 13, 1921, a daughter of the late Harold Parker West and the late Mildred Dix West. She is survived by many loving relatives and friends. The funeral service will...
by Ryan Webb | Feb 8, 2024 | Obituaries
On Jan. 18, 2024, Mr. Phillip Edward Kellam, 30, passed away. He was born Aug. 13, 1993 in Tampa, Fla. The family is profoundly sad and heartbroken but feels so fortunate for the life shared with Phillip. He had a dynamic personality with a huge smile and a contagious...
