by Ted Shockley | Aug 21, 2023 | Headlines
BY CLARA VAUGHN, Eastern Shore Post — Accomack County Public Schools’ new superintendent, Rhonda Hall, started the position earning $176,981 annually, a 7% increase over the previous superintendent’s salary of $165,403. Northampton County Public Schools Superintendent...
by Ted Shockley | Aug 21, 2023 | Headlines
BY CLARA VAUGHN, Eastern Shore Post — The Accomack County Board of Supervisors will consider repealing a little-used law requiring organizers to apply for a special entertainment permit to hold music events and festivals during a public hearing next month. Under the...
by Ted Shockley | Aug 21, 2023 | Opinion
To the editor: The call to action is “Save our school” in the town of Accomac. What about “Save our school children?” The Accomack County School Board has set aside $6 million to save the former Accomac Primary School — not for instruction but for a school board...
by Ted Shockley | Aug 21, 2023 | Opinion
To the editor: The Historic Onancock School is first and foremost an art center that rents studio space for a variety of artists working in various art forms. So when the Friends of Onancock School (FOS) announced its intention to build a performance pavilion on the...
by Ted Shockley | Aug 21, 2023 | Headlines
An Accomack County man who works as a software engineer has filed for election to the District 9 seat on the Accomack County School Board. The election is Nov. 7. Alex Vargas, a resident of Belle Haven, said he has “a deeply rooted connection to the community and the...
by Ryan Webb | Aug 17, 2023 | Obituaries
Mr. John Lester “Jack” Parks Jr., 82, of Melfa, formerly of Parksley, passed away Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023, at Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital. Born Jan. 14, 1941, in Nassawadox, he was the son of the late J. Lester Parks and Ethelyne Broughton Parks, formerly of...
by Ryan Webb | Aug 17, 2023 | Obituaries
Mr. Craig Corneil Satchell Sr., 60, was born on March 28, 1963, to the late Robert L. & Jean E. Shrieves. He departed this life on July 30, 2023, at ChristianaCare Christiana Hospital in Newark, Del., after a chronic illness. Craig, affectionately known as...
by Ryan Webb | Aug 17, 2023 | Obituaries
Ms. Annette Hinmon, 64, affectionately known as “Red,” was born on Sept. 17, 1958, to the late Eugene Milburn and Bernice Holden. She departed this life on Aug. 5, 2023, at home with her family after a lingering illness. Annette was educated in the public schools of...
by Ryan Webb | Aug 17, 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....
