by Ted Shockley | Jul 31, 2023 | Headlines
BY CLARA VAUGHN, Eastern Shore Post — Onancock will provide space in its planned visitor center to its Main Street group for an office and conference room. The agreement follows a narrow vote of support by the town council on Monday, July 24, when Councilmember Cindy...
by Ted Shockley | Jul 31, 2023 | Headlines
An Accomack County woman has announced her candidacy for the office of Accomack Commissioner of the Revenue in the Nov. 7 election. Kim Satterwhite has been employed in the commissioner of revenue office as a deputy commissioner for more than 17 years. Satterwhite’s...
by Ted Shockley | Jul 31, 2023 | Headlines
Accomack County District 5 Supervisor Harrison Phillips III has announced his candidacy for re-election to the Accomack Board of Supervisors in the Nov. 7 election. “Serving my friends and neighbors of District 5 over the past eight years has been a great honor, but...
by Ted Shockley | Jul 31, 2023 | Features
Among the seven new historical markers coming to roadsides in Virginia are signs that will highlight three distinct communities founded by formerly enslaved African Americans after the Civil War; the City of Richmond’s first municipal African burial ground; and the...
by Ted Shockley | Jul 31, 2023 | Headlines
An Accomack County man has announced his candidacy for the District 4 seat on the Accomack School Board. Glenn Neal, a retired state trooper who now works as a farmer, said, “I feel it is important to take a stand to ensure that each child has access to the best...
by Ted Shockley | Jul 31, 2023 | Headlines
BY STEFANIE JACKSON, Eastern Shore Post — Cape Charles and the developer of the Bay Creek residential and golf community have settled a longstanding legal dispute involving water and wastewater services that stalled construction projects, the town’s municipal manager...
by Ryan Webb | Jul 27, 2023 | Headlines
The U.S. Coast Guard sets off a flare to signal the ponies are on their way to swim across Assateague Channel. The ponies make their way from the water onto Chincoteague Island. The ponies make their way from the water onto Chincoteague Island. The ponies gather to...
by Ryan Webb | Jul 27, 2023 | Obituaries
Mr. Clifford Steven Goller, 69, husband of Theresa Harlow Goller and a resident of Cheriton, passed away quietly at his home Sunday, July 23, 2023. A native of New Jersey, he was the son of the late Clifford Samuel Goller and the late Miriam L. Rowand Goller. He...
by Ryan Webb | Jul 27, 2023 | Obituaries
Mr. David Wayne Farlow, 82, husband of Virgie Robinson Farlow and a resident of Machipongo, passed away Monday, July 24, 2023, at Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital in Onancock. A native of Northampton County, he was the son of the late Bernie Todd Farlow and the late...
by Ryan Webb | Jul 27, 2023 | Obituaries
FTCM Peter Joseph Pawlus, USN, Retired, passed away peacefully at his home in Onancock on Saturday, July 22, 2023. He is now in the arms of Jesus and suffers no more. Born Dec. 27, 1943, in Edison, N.J., he was the son of the late Peter Paul Pawlus and the late...