by Ted Shockley | Mar 17, 2023 | Features
The Museum of Chincoteague Island will hold a dinner auction at the Chincoteague Volunteer Fire House, 5052 Deep Hole Road, on Saturday, April 15, at 5 p.m. to raise money for the potential purchase of the Beebe Ranch. The event will feature music by Boyz of Summer,...
by Ted Shockley | Feb 11, 2023 | Features
On Saturday, Feb. 25, the Accomack NAACP will host its Freedom Fund Banquet and Image Awards Ceremony. The event will begin with a networking reception at 5 p.m. and the formal banquet is at 6 p.m. at Mary N. Smith Cultural Center in Accomac. The event’s theme is,...
by Ted Shockley | Feb 10, 2023 | Features
BY TED SHOCKLEY, Eastern Shore Post — On the afternoon of Saturday, July 1, 1978, Wachapreague Volunteer Fire Co. member Kerry Wallace saw the smoke from his home and headed for the fire station. Soon afterward, Wallace and other volunteer firefighters were battling...
by Ted Shockley | Feb 6, 2023 | Features
STAFF REPORT — The Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority and Eastern Shore Community College have formally partnered in an internship program that is the authority’s first with a college of any size. Virginia Space Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director...
by Ted Shockley | Jan 27, 2023 | Features
BY CAROL VAUGHN, Eastern Shore Post — Eastern Shore Animal Hospital did a makeover in December for one of the dogs at the Eastern Shore Regional Animal Control facility. “We recently did a fully sedated groom for Scuttle, a stray who was completely matted on intake,”...
by Ted Shockley | Jan 23, 2023 | Features
BY CAROL VAUGHN, Eastern Shore Post The Accomack chapter of the NAACP held its annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. celebration Monday at Living Word Church of Deliverance near Parksley. Camesha Handy, chapter vice president, opened the event, noting the Accomack NAACP...
