by James Ritch | Jul 1, 2021 | Features
By Carol Vaughn — Quick thinking on the part of local birders and Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital staff helped protect a killdeer who has built her nest in the hospital parking lot. Deb Torguson was scheduled for a test at RSMH the afternoon of June 25. When she...
by James Ritch | Jun 24, 2021 | Features
Photos by Jim Ritch – The 2021 Juneteenth Festival, held June 19 in Exmore, kicked off with a parade through town, ending at the Exmore Town Park where more festivities awaited. Trina Cooper, right, president of the Pi Epsilon Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha, leads...
by James Ritch | Jun 24, 2021 | Features
By Stefanie Jackson – Arcadia Middle School is the only school on the Eastern Shore that was selected as a winner in a contest to determine the contents of a time capsule to be stored in the historical archives of the new Eastern Shore Public Library (ESPL) in...
by James Ritch | Jun 24, 2021 | Features
By Stefanie Jackson – The Virginia Math Pathways Initiative (VMPI) is a collaboration of the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE), the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, and Virginia’s Community Colleges to determine how K-12 public school math...
by James Ritch | Jun 24, 2021 | Features
By Carol Vaughn — A group advocating for a four-year university on the Eastern Shore of Virginia got a boost earlier this month when Gov. Ralph Northam heard a presentation about a business plan for the proposed university. Six students in Virginia Commonwealth...
by James Ritch | Jun 17, 2021 | Features
By Carol Vaughn — Charles Baines, 49, of Painter, seems like the last person one would expect to suffer a stroke — and yet he did, in January. A stroke can happen to anyone at any time. Baines, a champion kickboxer who also is an officer in the Accomack County...
