by James Ritch | Mar 3, 2022 | Opinion
Dear Editor: On behalf of the members of the Eastern Shore of Virginia Chapter National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, I would like to thank everyone who supported our recent Card and Game Party fundraiser event. Our thanks also go out to the various...
by James Ritch | Feb 17, 2022 | Features
By Stefanie Jackson – Accawmacke Elementary School teachers are working with the community to raise money for former AES art teacher John Rudiger, known by many as simply “Mr. John,” who retired in June 2021 and has been diagnosed with stage 3 esophageal cancer. “Mr....
by James Ritch | Dec 17, 2021 | Features
By Stefanie Jackson – Northampton High School has raised nearly $650 for the 501(c)(3) nonprofit The Movember Foundation that holds a fundraising event called Movember every November, during which male participants stop shaving their mustaches and beards for the...
by James Ritch | Oct 28, 2021 | Features
By Stefanie Jackson – The Cape Charles Rosenwald School Restoration Initiative (CCRSRI), a nonprofit, held an online event Oct. 23 to kick off its capital campaign to raise $2.5 million to renovate the historic Black elementary school on Old Cape Charles Road,...
by James Ritch | May 20, 2021 | Features
By Stefanie Jackson – Despite signs of the COVID-19 pandemic slowing down and state and federal agencies gradually easing health restrictions, local school districts canceled senior proms in 2021 for the second year in a row. But persistent mothers in both Accomack...