by James Ritch | Feb 1, 2019 | Headlines
By Linda Cicoira — Three people, whose names have not been released by authorities, died Friday morning in a mobile home fire in Nelsonia, according to C. Ray Pruitt, director of the Accomack Department of Public Safety. Firefighters were called to Johnson Court...
by James Ritch | Jan 28, 2019 | Headlines
Story by Stefanie Jackson and Photo by Helene Doughty A house fire Sunday night, Jan. 20, in Birdsnest, claimed the life of one woman who has not yet been positively identified by authorities. The Eastern Shore 9-1-1 Center received the call at 11:25 p.m. Fire...
by James Ritch | Jan 11, 2019 | Uncategorized
By Linda Cicoira Two veteran firefighters came to the rescue Monday afternoon keeping a tragedy from turning fatal, according to Capt. Art Thornton of the Wachapreague Volunteer Fire Company. Sean Fate and Paul Parks, both volunteers who live in the town, pulled a man...
by James Ritch | Jan 7, 2019 | Uncategorized
By Linda CicoiraA fire that swept through a two-story wood-frame Bobtown home near Pungoteague last weekend injured the couple who lived there and killed dozens of their animals.Laura Chuquin-Naylor said she and her husband “escaped without major injuries … it would...
by James Ritch | Dec 27, 2018 | Uncategorized
Story and Photos by Bill SterlingSpecial to the Eastern Shore PostAlmost a year after a fire destroyed the clubhouse at the Eastern Shore Yacht and Country Club three days before Christmas 2017, a groundbreaking was held Saturday, Dec. 1, to mark the beginning of...
