by Ted Shockley | Sep 5, 2023 | Headlines
Talia Custis Taylor, 45, has announced her candidacy for Accomack County Clerk of Circuit Court. Taylor resides in Accomack County with her husband, Bobby Taylor, and their three children. Talia is the daughter of Milton and Angie Custis of Pungoteague and Terri and...
by Ted Shockley | Sep 5, 2023 | Headlines
Paul Muhly, a two-term member of the Accomack County Board of Supervisors representing District 4, has filed for re-election in the Nov. 7 election. “I have a record that voters may consider as I ask for their vote,” he said. Muhly said he worked to bring the new...
by Ted Shockley | Sep 5, 2023 | Headlines
BY CLARA VAUGHN, Eastern Shore Post — The speaker at Accomack County Public Schools’ Opening Day program sparked controversy among some teachers attending the school year’s kick-off event. Luvelle Brown, the Ithaca, N.Y., City School District superintendent and a...
by Ted Shockley | Sep 5, 2023 | Headlines
BY JEREMY COX, Bay Journal News Service — For several years, an unexplained die-off of farm-raised oysters from the Chesapeake Bay to the Gulf of Mexico has perplexed industry members and the scientific community. What they do know: The bivalves tend to die between...
by Ted Shockley | Sep 5, 2023 | Headlines
BY CLARA VAUGHN, Eastern Shore Post — With schools opening Tuesday, Sept. 5, Accomack and Northampton counties still had 14 teacher vacancies to fill. As of Monday, Aug. 28, Accomack County’s school system was working to fill seven teacher vacancies in its 11 schools....
by Ted Shockley | Sep 1, 2023 | Headlines
The man police say barged into Cape Charles on Tuesday, Aug. 29, in a stolen car, struck a tree in the town park, and ducked police before stealing another car and hightailing out of town has been caught by the feds in New Jersey. Jafeir A. Betrand and faces nine...
by Ryan Webb | Aug 31, 2023 | Obituaries
In the early morning of Aug. 10, 2023, Mrs. Rose Moore’s long struggle came to an end, about a week before her 62nd wedding anniversary to Frank Moore and almost two months after her 85th birthday. Rose valiantly fought Parkinson’s Disease for more than 15 years....
by Ryan Webb | Aug 31, 2023 | Obituaries
On Aug. 25, 2023, Mr. Walter Leon Anthony Jr. passed peacefully in his home with his beloved wife, Margaret “Peggy” Louise Kohler Anthony, at his side. Walter’s memory lives on with his family and friends while the strength of his love transcends lifetimes. Walter was...
by Ryan Webb | Aug 31, 2023 | Obituaries
Mrs. Harriet Scott Brockenbrough, 94, widow of Benjamin Willard Brockenbrough Jr., a resident of Covenant Woods in Mechanicsville, passed away on June 26, 2023, at Covenant Woods. Born July 30, 1928, at Chatham Farm in Bridgetown, she was the daughter of the late...
