by Ted Shockley | Jul 12, 2023 | Headlines
A Melfa man was sentenced to almost two years in prison in the vehicular deaths of two Northampton County students who riding in the back seat of a car he hit on U.S. Route 13 last year. Joseph Castiglia, 23, of Melfa, was sentenced to five years on each of two counts...
by Ryan Webb | Jul 12, 2023 | Features
by Ted Shockley | Jul 12, 2023 | Headlines
A Northampton County man was fatally injured in a single-vehicle crash on the evening of Tuesday, July 11. Nelson Cruz, 34, a resident of the 4100 block of Sunnyside Road, Cheriton, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to a state police press release. Cruz was...
by Ted Shockley | Jul 11, 2023 | Features
Post Business Profile: Montessori School BY JIMMY SHOCKLEY, Eastern Shore Post — Emily and Nick Counts are a husband-and-wife duo starting a new Montessori School in New Church. The school, Rhyme and Reason Academy, opens on Aug. 14 and will host students in first...
by Ted Shockley | Jul 11, 2023 | Headlines
BY STEFANIE JACKSON, Eastern Shore Post — Exmore is serious about satisfying the requirements to receive funding for its sewer project, even if that means suing its residents. “We’re going to have to take our friends and neighbors and family to court … this isn’t...
by Ted Shockley | Jul 11, 2023 | Headlines
BY CAROL VAUGHN, Eastern Shore Post — Accomack County voters will have a choice of candidates for numerous local offices in the Nov. 7 election. In addition, voters will cast ballots for state senator and delegate. Voter Registrar Angel Shrieves released the candidate...
by Ted Shockley | Jul 11, 2023 | Headlines
BY STEFANIE JACKSON, Eastern Shore Post — Northampton County Public Schools will give its teachers average raises of 7% this year, even if Virginia’s state budget includes teacher raises of only 5%. “The hope here is that additional state funds are forthcoming to...
by Ted Shockley | Jul 11, 2023 | Features
After 58 years of service at the Accomac location, the Eastern Shore Public Library’s collection and staff will be moving to the Eastern Shore of Virginia Regional Library and Heritage Center on Bennett Street in Parksley later this summer, according to Joyce Holland,...
by Ted Shockley | Jul 11, 2023 | Opinion
BY TED SHOCKLEY, Eastern Shore Post — There are two types of people, I’ve found. Some of them pull in frontward when they park a vehicle, as I do. Others back in backward, with the front of the vehicle looking out. By and large, these are habitual actions — those...
