by Ted Shockley | Mar 31, 2023 | Headlines
BY CAROL VAUGHN, Eastern Shore Post — Imagine having medical supplies delivered in a flash to homes on Tangier Island — in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay — on small, personless aircraft. The concept is on its way to becoming reality. Nearly $1.9 million in federal...
by Ted Shockley | Mar 31, 2023 | Features
BY STEFANIE JACKSON, Eastern Shore Post — Cape Charles’ popular Brown Dog Ice Cream has been sold, but its new owner is a local who is doggedly determined to follow the business model that has made the shop a success for more than a decade. “It’s really about the...
by Ted Shockley | Mar 31, 2023 | Headlines, Uncategorized
BY CAROL VAUGHN, Eastern Shore Post — More than $27 million has been appropriated for dredging of federal waterways on the Eastern Shore — covering the federal navigation improvements the Eastern Shore Regional Navigable Waterways Committee has been fighting for since...
by Ted Shockley | Mar 31, 2023 | Features
BY STEFANIE JACKSON, Eastern Shore Post — A crowd of Metompkin Elementary School students ran onto their brand-new playground as soon as the ribbon was cut at the playground’s grand opening in Parksley on March 21. “This is a time when being a school board member is...
by Ryan Webb | Mar 31, 2023 | Obituaries
Mrs. Jane Parks Sawyer, 91, of Accomac, wife of the late William Donald Sawyer Sr., passed away on March 21, 2023, in Onancock. Born on August 28, 1931, in Parksley, she was the daughter of the late Russell S. Parks and the late Leone Barnes Parks. Jane was a...
by Ryan Webb | Mar 31, 2023 | Obituaries
Mr. Carlton William “C.W.” Marshall, 85, of Saxis, passed away on March 21, 2023, in Salisbury, Md. Born on Nov. 4, 1937, in Sanford, he was the son of the late Carlton Guy Marshall and the late Edna Shaw Marshall. C.W. was a waterman from the age of 16. He was a...
by Ryan Webb | Mar 31, 2023 | Obituaries
Mrs. Betty J. Young, 77, of Melfa, gained her wings on Friday, March 17, 2023, at Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital in Onancock. Born in Rocky Mount, N.C., she was the beloved daughter of Richard House and Ozetta Austin. She was a loving wife, mother, and daycare...
by Ryan Webb | Mar 31, 2023 | Obituaries
Mrs. Naomi “Nana” Cathell, of Magnolia, Del., formerly of Onley and Parksley, became one of God’s angels on Saturday, March 25, 2023, in Delaware Hospice, Milford, Del. Born August 19, 1928, in New Castle, Del., she was the daughter of the late Precy Blair MacMicking...
by Ryan Webb | Mar 31, 2023 | Obituaries
Mrs. Mary Lee Charnock, 74, and a resident of Pungoteague, passed away Saturday, March 25, 2023, at Walter Reed Convalescent and Rehab Center, Gloucester, Va. A native of Painter, she was the daughter of the late C. Edgar Hickman and the late Adeline Brizendine...
