by James Ritch | Mar 24, 2021 | Obituaries
Mrs. Gloria Ann Larson (nee Peno), formerly of Cape Charles and Eastville, passed away in Bethesda, Md., Feb. 12, 2021. Gloria was born May 21, 1931, at the family home in St. Albans, Vt., to William, a railroad worker, and Helena (Mayo) Peno, a homemaker. As a child,...
by James Ritch | Jan 29, 2021 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – Four individuals were arrested Wednesday on charges related to a shooting in Eastville last Friday, Jan. 22. Charles Matthew Lewis, 44, of Accomac; Janet Page Lewis, 52, of Exmore; Michael Leonard Stevens, 31, of Cape Charles; and Edward Thornton...
by James Ritch | Jan 22, 2021 | Features
By Stefanie Jackson – Eastville Mayor Jim Sturgis is an all-around Eastern Shore original. His family history on the Shore dates back to the 1600s on both his father’s and mother’s side, and he was born in the Nassawadox hospital and raised in Eastville, where he...
by James Ritch | Jan 14, 2021 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – Northampton supervisors voted 3-1 Tuesday night to remove the Confederate monument from the historic courthouse green in Eastville, the county seat. “Most people who have defended the statue say that it was a monument honoring the Confederate...
by James Ritch | Oct 26, 2020 | Obituaries
Mrs. Rose Marie Steelman Rippon, 94, wife of the late Thomas W. “Biddy” Rippon and a resident of Eastville, passed away Sunday, Oct. 25, 2020, at Heritage Hall Healthcare in Nassawadox. A native of Chincoteague, she was the daughter of the late John David Steelman and...
