by Ted Shockley | Apr 12, 2023 | Features
BY TED SHOCKLEY, Eastern Shore Post — Sylvia and Eric Hawkins were living in Virginia Beach years ago when they decided having fewer belongings is better — and that the trappings of life can be a trap themselves. Or, as Sylvia Hawkins asked rhetorically, “Do you have...
by Ted Shockley | Mar 31, 2023 | Features
BY STEFANIE JACKSON, Eastern Shore Post — Cape Charles’ popular Brown Dog Ice Cream has been sold, but its new owner is a local who is doggedly determined to follow the business model that has made the shop a success for more than a decade. “It’s really about the...
by Ted Shockley | Mar 31, 2023 | Features
BY STEFANIE JACKSON, Eastern Shore Post — A crowd of Metompkin Elementary School students ran onto their brand-new playground as soon as the ribbon was cut at the playground’s grand opening in Parksley on March 21. “This is a time when being a school board member is...
by Ted Shockley | Mar 24, 2023 | Features
BY TED SHOCKLEY, Eastern Shore Post — A 1987 Nandua High School graduate will be in the grandstand in Louisville on Friday, March 24, to watch his son help coach the most surprising team in this year’s NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament. Lawrence Rowley is...
by Ted Shockley | Mar 17, 2023 | Features
BY TED SHOCKLEY, Eastern Shore Post — An old clock had been standing for years behind a chair at the Woman’s Club of Accomack’s Carrie Watson Clubhouse in Onley. During an initiative to freshen the interior, nobody quite knew what to do with it. “You would never guess...
by Ted Shockley | Mar 17, 2023 | Features
BY MATTHEW WELLS, Special to the Eastern Shore Post — An online guide for a walking tour of Cape Charles’ notable places in African American history has been launched. The Invisible History Walking Tour of Historic Cape Charles begins at the Mason Avenue railroad and...
