by James Ritch | Jun 30, 2021 | Headlines
Staff Report – A single vehicle accident in Cheriton this morning left one person dead and another hospitalized, according to a Virginia State Police press release. The Eastern Shore 911 center received a call at approximately 8:20 a.m. reporting the accident on North...
by James Ritch | Jun 3, 2021 | Features
By Stefanie Jackson – The wife of a U.S. Navy veteran made it her life’s mission to restore a historic cemetery near Cheriton when she learned that the nearly abandoned, overgrown site was the final resting place of five African American Civil War soldiers who had...
by James Ritch | Apr 21, 2021 | Obituaries
Mrs. Barbara Churn Willis, 92, a resident of Cheriton, passed away Monday, April 19, 2021, at The Citadel at Nassawadox. A native of Bridgetown, she was the daughter of the late Clarence Nottingham Churn Sr. and the late Mary Floyd Churn. She was a retired manager of...
by James Ritch | Mar 25, 2021 | Features
By Stefanie Jackson – Small businesses in Cape Charles and the surrounding areas still may apply for COVID-19 relief funds from an $845,000 Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) grant that has been only about half spent and expires Oct 1....
by James Ritch | Mar 25, 2021 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – After nearly 57 years as a family business, Cherrystone Family Camping Resort, in lower Northampton County, was sold by owner Chad Ballard III to Sun RV Resorts, a division of Sun Communities Inc. “Since 1964, Cherrystone Family Camping Resort...
