by James Ritch | Feb 24, 2022 | Features
By Stefanie Jackson – Arcadia High School has created an educational environment that encourages its former students to return as teachers, as four young adults demonstrated during a recent interview with the Eastern Shore Post. The teachers, who are African American,...
by James Ritch | Feb 7, 2022 | Opinion
Dear Editor: On the theme of looking for solutions, rather than debating causes, there’s an action going on here on the Shore which merits mention. But first some history. Until about 1880, the Shore was functionally an island, and products coming on and going off...
by James Ritch | Jan 18, 2022 | Headlines
This article has been updated with the National Weather Service Wednesday morning briefing. Staff Report — The National Weather Service in Wakefield, Va., has issued a briefing for two potential winter weather events: one Thursday afternoon and evening and another...
by James Ritch | Jan 10, 2022 | Opinion
Dear Editor: We have all heard the refrain that the Eastern Shore of Virginia is often “50 years behind the times,” which is an overstatement but not necessarily all that bad in the opinion of many who call the ESVA home. Indeed, lagging behind the over-populated,...
by James Ritch | Dec 16, 2021 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – The Eastern Shore of Virginia Broadband Authority (ESVBA) has been awarded a Virginia Telecommunication Initiative (VATI) grant of more than $12.3 million to build out ESVBA’s fiber network and provide access to high-speed internet, aka...