by Sarah Barban | Oct 25, 2024 | Headlines
BY CLARA VAUGHN, Eastern Shore Post — The Accomack County School Board voted to dismiss the school system’s top official on Wednesday, Oct. 23. The vote to end Superintendent Rhonda Hall’s employment comes 16 months after she began the role and follows a series of...
by Sarah Barban | Oct 18, 2024 | Features, Headlines
BY STEFANIE JACKSON BOWMANN, Eastern Shore Post — Kate and John Fitzpatrick planted a seed six years ago when they acquired a historic property near Pungoteague and transformed it into Chatham Flower Farm, one of the first of its kind on the Eastern Shore. Now the...
by Sarah Barban | Oct 18, 2024 | Headlines
Born and raised on the Eastern Shore, David Turner has been a wildlife sculptor for 40 years. His favorite subjects are the diverse and numerous creatures native to the peninsula. “I see sculpture as a reflection of my love for nature,” Turner said. “Seeing that...
by Sarah Barban | Oct 18, 2024 | Uncategorized
BY TED SHOCKLEY, Eastern Shore Post — The Accomack County Sheriff’s Office recently has investigated reports of crimes by school students including possession of child pornography, blackmail, assault, bomb threats, and threats of bringing guns to class. Sheriff Todd...
by Sarah Barban | Oct 18, 2024 | Headlines
BY NANCY DRURY DUNCAN, Eastern Shore Post — A forty-eight-year-old New Church man who murdered two people in a December 2021 crime spree that began in Pocomoke City, Md., and continued into Virginia was sentenced to 40 years in the penitentiary with more time...