by James Ritch | Feb 7, 2022 | Obituaries
Mr. Milton Edward “Ed” Gladstone, 85, passed away peacefully at Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022. Ed was born in the home of his parents, Milton Lee “Pete” Gladstone and Virginia Ames Gladstone, on Aug. 5, 1936. He delighted in telling stories...
by James Ritch | Feb 7, 2022 | Obituaries
Cynthia Dawn “Cindy” Kozlowski, 55, loving wife, best friend, and partner of Pierce B. Taylor III and a resident of Point Breeze Farm in Mappsville, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in Norfolk. Born Feb. 8, 1966, in Riverdale,...
by James Ritch | Feb 7, 2022 | Obituaries
Deaconess Rosie M. Mills, 62, of Hallwood, departed this life Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, at Riverside Regional Medical Center in Newport News. Born in Assawoman, Rosie was the beloved daughter of the late Leon Harmon Sr. and the late Sarah E. Wharton Harmon. She was...
by James Ritch | Feb 7, 2022 | Obituaries
Miss Deloise M. Downing, 80, of Withams, departed this life Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, at Shore Health & Rehabilitation Center in Parksley, after a brief illness. Born in Accomack County, Deloise was the daughter of the late Leonard Godwin and the late Ella M....
by James Ritch | Feb 7, 2022 | Opinion
Dear Editor: On the theme of looking for solutions, rather than debating causes, there’s an action going on here on the Shore which merits mention. But first some history. Until about 1880, the Shore was functionally an island, and products coming on and going off...
by James Ritch | Feb 7, 2022 | Opinion
Dear Editor: To mask or not to mask, that is the question? Masks were intended to curb the spread of the COVID-19 virus. That has not worked. COVID-19 has continued to infect people. The next variant has been wild and it is time to start living with the COVID-19...
by James Ritch | Feb 7, 2022 | Opinion
Dear Editor: I have sat and read the Nov. 26 letter to the editor from the Rev. Willis (“Build Back Better Will Benefit Shore,” Nov. 26) several times. If you remember Biden’s health care mantra while running for office: “I will make sure you have the same health care...
by James Ritch | Feb 3, 2022 | Headlines
Staff Report — According to Virginia State Police, by order of the commonwealth’s attorney, warrants were obtained today (Feb. 3) for the arrest of Joseph Michael Castiglia, driver of the Ford F250 that on Jan. 28 struck the rear of a Toyota Yaris in Northampton...
by James Ritch | Feb 3, 2022 | Court Postings
By Nancy Drury Duncan – Joseph Tykot, 58, of Painter, charged with the second-degree murder of Eric Rhatigan in June 2016 and free on bond, asked to be released from wearing a GPS ankle monitor, a condition of his bond. Defense attorney Randall Leeman said his...
by James Ritch | Feb 3, 2022 | Uncategorized
By David Martin – When the alarm went cling-clang this morning, we opened our internet tubes and found details about something we use every day but have never heard of — ablaut reduplication. According to the Society for Editing, “Ablaut reduplication is the pattern...
