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June 22, 2026

The voice of Accomack and Northampton counties on Virginia’s Eastern Shore

Virginia sanctions varsity girls wrestling

Virginia sanctions varsity girls wrestling

BY MARK MORING, Eastern Shore Post, Dec. 5, 2025 About two dozen girls made state high school history this week in Oak Hall when Arcadia and Nandua met on the wrestling mat. Beginning this year, girls wrestling is now a fully sanctioned varsity sport in Virginia, and...
Grace Ayres

Grace Ayres

Mrs. Grace Vaughan Ayres, 85, of Onley, passed away peacefully at her home on Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025. Born on April 28, 1940, on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, Grace was the daughter of William Jefferson Vaughan and Alice Belote Vaughan. Grace was a woman who found...
David “Pony” Burdette

David “Pony” Burdette

Mr. David McKendree Burdette, lovingly known to all as “Pony,” 56, of Mears, passed away at his home on Thanksgiving Day. Born on May 30, 1969, in Frederick, Md., David spent his childhood on his grandparents’ farm, where he quickly earned the nickname that stayed...

Jo Ann Williams

Mrs. Jo Ann Hand Williams, known to those she loved most as Gran, passed away at home with family. She was born on Sept. 11, 1946, in Nassawadox, to H.T. Hand and Lottie Evans. Jo Ann grew up on the Eastern Shore, graduated from Northampton County Public Schools, and...