by Ted Shockley | Sep 5, 2023 | Sports
Accomack County Parks and Recreation will be accepting registration for its 2023 Women’s Volleyball League. The Women’s Volleyball League games will be starting on Monday, Sept. 18, at Arcadia Middle School, located at 29485 Horsey Road, Oak Hall. Games will be played...
by Ted Shockley | Sep 5, 2023 | Features
Summer is winding down, schools are opening, and the Academy for Lifetime Learning is ready with an exciting new fall schedule of courses. There are no limits for sign-ups for a one-time enrollment fee of $25. Go to the website www.allesva.org to find out the dates,...
by Ted Shockley | Sep 5, 2023 | Features
BY TED SHOCKLEY, Eastern Shore Post — The sky was blue, the breeze was pleasant, and the hot dogs were beef. The hot dog cart was shiny. The music blaring from a speaker was from the 1980s. A song by the band Chicago called “You’re the Inspiration” played as CL Brown...
by Ted Shockley | Sep 5, 2023 | Features
Lillian Nock Meador, of Savageville, turned 100 years old on Aug. 24. This milestone was celebrated at the Mary N. Smith Cultural Enrichment Center in Accomac on Aug. 19. Family and friends gathered from many states, including Georgia and Texas, to celebrate with her....
by Ted Shockley | Sep 5, 2023 | Features
Parents of students enrolled in Accomack County Public Schools are invited to participate in a Parent University on Saturday, Sept. 9, from 9 a.m. to noon, at Metompkin Elementary School in Parksley. Admission is free. The school is located at 24501 Parksley Road. The...
by Ted Shockley | Sep 5, 2023 | Features
There will be a benefit for Giddens’ Do-Drop Inn in Weirwood on Sept. 8 and 9. Paul Pesco will perform with Geoff Daking, Seth Glassman, Kinny Landrum, and Connor Antico. On Friday, Sept. 8, drummer Bernard Purdie will perform. Doors open at 7 p.m. each night. Tickets...
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...
