by Ted Shockley | Sep 11, 2023 | Features
BY STEFANIE JACKSON, Eastern Shore Post — Northampton County Public Schools’ new choir and theater instructor brings to the Eastern Shore a high level of achievement in the study, performance, and teaching of music, as well as a connection to a resident who is a...
by Ted Shockley | Sep 11, 2023 | Headlines
BY CLARA VAUGHN, Eastern Shore Post — A Savageville poultry farm is poised to resume operations, despite objections from over a dozen neighbors. The Accomack County Board of Zoning Appeals in a 3-2 vote granted exceptions to the county’s poultry ordinance that allow...
by Ted Shockley | Sep 11, 2023 | Headlines
Saturday, Sept. 9, was a big day for two Virginia Lottery players. One won $1 million in that night’s Powerball drawing, and the other won $1 million after taxes in the same night’s Bank a Million drawing. The question now is: Who are Virginia’s newest big winners?...
by Ryan Webb | Sep 7, 2023 | Obituaries
Mr. Michael Bernstein was born Oct. 29, 1947, to Jacob and Mary Bernstein in Nassawadox and raised in Chincoteague. He graduated from Chincoteague High School in 1965 and a year later enlisted in the U.S. Air Force. Michael served as a photography lab technician with...
by Ryan Webb | Sep 7, 2023 | Obituaries
Mr. Timothy Wayne Smith, 68, of Atlantic, passed peacefully in his sleep on Aug. 19, 2023, at his residence. He was born in Nassawadox on Dec. 7, 1954, to the late Jacob Harry Smith and Mary J. (Bartee) Smith. He was an honorary member of the Atlantic Volunteer Fire...
by Ryan Webb | Sep 7, 2023 | Obituaries
Mr. Jack Allen Cranford, 83, husband of Deborah B. Cranford and a resident of Melfa, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023, at Nassawadox Rehabilitation and Nursing, Nassawadox. A native of San Francisco, he was the son of the late Allen Leland Cranford and the late...
by Ryan Webb | Sep 7, 2023 | Obituaries
Mr. Tom Gonzalez, 80, husband of Nancy, passed away at his home on Saturday, Sept. 2, 2023. Tom was born in New York City April 2, 1943, to Louis and Maxine Gonzalez. He graduated from New Hyde Park Memorial High School in 1960. He joined the U.S. Navy in 1960, where...
by Ryan Webb | Sep 7, 2023 | Obituaries
Mr. Robert “Bobby” Lee Chesser, 81, of Chincoteague Island, passed away on Sept. 2, 2023, at his home. He was born in Hallwood, on Sept. 8, 1941, to the late Charlie and Agnes (McCready) Chesser. Robert is survived by his loving spouse, Etta Whealton Chesser of...
by Ryan Webb | Sep 7, 2023 | Obituaries
Mrs. Alma Blanche Maddox, 90, wife of the late James Calvin Maddox, passed away Saturday, Sept. 2, 2023, at her home in Hallwood. Born May 21, 1933, in Groton Town, Va., she was the daughter of the late John Roger Groton and Elizabeth Taylor “BB” Groton. As the Maddox...
