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...
by Ted Shockley | Jul 11, 2023 | Opinion
School boards in Northampton and Accomack counties each hired new school superintendents in the past six months. They have big jobs ahead. We have high hopes for their impact on our communities. While magic happens daily in every classroom on the Eastern Shore,...
by Ted Shockley | Jul 11, 2023 | Headlines
The Virginia Department of Health has named Jon Richardson as the new health director for the Eastern Shore Health District. Richardson brings 18 years of public health experience, with 15 of those in public health leadership. He is a graduate of Salisbury...
by Ted Shockley | Jul 11, 2023 | Headlines
An Exmore man has announced his candidacy for the Northampton County School Board. Joe Andrews has announced his candidacy for the at-large seat on the Northampton County School Board. Andrews and his wife, Claudia, both Virginia natives, moved to Exmore in 2019...
by Ted Shockley | Jul 11, 2023 | Features
BY CLARA VAUGHN, Eastern Shore Post — Visitors to Chincoteague Island should soon be able to tour the Beebe ranch made famous by Marguerite Henry’s 1947 novel “Misty of Chincoteague.” The Museum of Chincoteague Island on Friday, June 30, purchased the ranch after more...
