by James Ritch | Dec 30, 2021 | Features
Story and Photos by Brice N. Stump – Special to the Eastern Shore Post There’s historical gold in Fitz Godwin’s backyard in Assawoman, a rural neighborhood near Atlantic. It was the color of grass that held the telltale clue that something special was just inches...
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 | Oct 11, 2020 | Features
Story and Photos by Matthew Yoder The transition to remote learning has revealed potential classrooms all around us. Driving north on Route 13, and west on Route 50, just outside Cambridge, Md., one of this country’s great struggles blends seamlessly with unspoiled...
by James Ritch | Jul 18, 2019 | Headlines
By Linda Cicoira — During the Civil War, the seafood trade in the north kept Chincoteague Islanders from joining the Confederates. According to www.islandmanor.com,“Oysters were such an essential part of the Chincoteague Island’s early economy (that)...
