by James Ritch | Jul 13, 2022 | Headlines
Staff Report — A bomb threat Tuesday about Eastern Shore Community College in Melfa shut down a building until officers were able to search it. No explosive device was found. According to Accomack County Sheriff Todd Wessells, the Sheriff’s Office received a report at...
by James Ritch | Jul 13, 2022 | Headlines
Staff Report — The Accomack County Health Department has issued a swimming advisory for the Guard Shore Beach near Bloxom. Beach water samples collected July 12 by the Virginia Department of Health showed that bacteria levels in the water exceeded the state water...
by James Ritch | Jul 13, 2022 | Headlines
Staff Report — A bomb threat Tuesday about Eastern Shore Community College, in Melfa, shut down a building until officers were able to search it. No explosive device was found. According to Accomack County Sheriff Todd Wessells, the Sheriff’s Office received a report...
by James Ritch | Jul 12, 2022 | Obituaries
Mrs. Martha Ann Brown Custis, 88, passed away Sunday, July 10, 2022, at Hanover Health and Rehabilitation Center in Mechanicsville, Va. A native of the Eastern Shore of Virginia, Martha was born in Melfa on March 3, 1934, a daughter to the late Warren Brown and the...
by James Ritch | Jul 12, 2022 | Obituaries
Mr. David Anson Naar died on July 3, 2022, at his home on Nassawadox Creek. David was born in 1931 in Yonkers, N.Y., to Joseph Lennox Naar and Anne Eigenrauch Naar. Growing up in Ossining, N.Y., playing in the woods and Croton River and Hudson River, he acquired...
by James Ritch | Jul 12, 2022 | Obituaries
Mrs. Rosalie Stevens Hart, 86, of Keller, was reunited in heaven with her beloved husband, Donald L. Hart Sr., on Saturday, July 9, 2022. Born Jan. 24, 1936, in Hacksneck, she was the daughter of the late Jefferson Floyd Stevens Sr. and the late Etta Bell Stevens. In...
by James Ritch | Jul 12, 2022 | Obituaries
Mr. Clinton Lee “C.L.” Bundick, 75, of Parksley, husband of Dana Thornes Bundick, was given a good send-off by those who loved him on July 8, 2022. Born on May 19, 1947, in Nassawadox, he was the son of the late Clinton Thomas Bundick and Blanche Satchell Bundick....
by James Ritch | Jul 11, 2022 | Opinion
Dear Editor: A while back, VDOT redid the intersection at Route 13 and Route 175. One bad thing they did was to put curbs in at T’s Corner. This often makes drivers stop abruptly in confusion, unsure of where to pull in. They sometimes get hung up and then back up off...
