by Ryan Webb | Jun 19, 2026 | Obituaries
Mr. Bruce Clark Gordy, beloved husband of Peggy Ann Gordy, passed away on Tuesday, June 9, 2026, at the age of 85. Born June 15, 1940, in Salisbury, Md., and raised on Tangier Island, he was the son of the late Raymond E. and Hazel R. Gordy. A lifelong resident...
by Ted Shockley | Jun 15, 2026 | News
In Cape Charles, vehicles are not allowed on the beach. A driver recently was ticketed for trying to drive a car out on the beach, reportedly to get a better view of the Cape Charles sunset over the Chesapeake Bay. In this photo, a Cape Charles police officer looks in...
by Ted Shockley | Jun 15, 2026 | News
The Eastern Shore of Virginia has had three fatal house fires in the last 10 weeks — one each in Capeville, Painter, and Saxis. In each case, a person with health or mobility concerns perished in the blaze. This string of fatalities should give us all pause and make...
by Ted Shockley | Jun 15, 2026 | News
A commemorative, engraved cup was presented to the family of Paul Muhly by the Eastern Shore Groundwater Committee for the annual Groundwater Award. It was given in appreciation of Muhly’s service to the committee and the Eastern Shore. The award was accepted by his...
by Ted Shockley | Jun 15, 2026 | News
BY JIMMY SHOCKLEY, Eastern Shore Post — The Northampton County Planning Commission will meet at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, June 16, in county board chambers to hold a public hearing on a zoning amendment that would allow for owners of land currently zoned town edge, or...
by Ted Shockley | Jun 14, 2026 | News
BY TED SHOCKLEY, Eastern Shore Post — There were many military airplane crashes on the Eastern Shore in the 1940s and 1950s, some of them involving fatalities. On May 31, 1943, three planes crashed on the Eastern Shore that “fell while in flight formation,” the...
by Ted Shockley | Jun 14, 2026 | News
BY TED SHOCKLEY, Eastern Shore Post — Services finally had concluded at the Presbyterian church on a bright spring day. I was 5 or 6 years old. I yawned and slouched out the door, into the noon daylight, and past the older men, who began to pack Sir Walter Raleigh...
