by James Ritch | Jan 27, 2022 | Uncategorized
By Clair Poole – In just another couple of months, our essential agricultural workers will return to the Shore under the H2A guest workers program. These workers have been invited to the Shore to fill labor vacancies that are not being filled by local workers. They...
by James Ritch | Jan 13, 2022 | Opinion
Dear Editor: The speeding on Pennsylvania Avenue in Onley during daytime hours is ongoing, serious, and a particular danger to walkers. We have lodged numerous complaints at Onley Town Council meetings, to no avail. Both our present and past chiefs of police...
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 | Jan 10, 2022 | Opinion
Dear Editor: The Onley Town Council met Dec. 27 to hold a public hearing on the proposed changes to the town charter. I checked the Onley town website to get a copy of the proposed changes and found that copies were only available at the town office. The Onley town...
by James Ritch | Jan 10, 2022 | Opinion
Dear Editor: The Eastern Shore Post is showing its political bias again with an article on how Build Back Better would help Eastern Shore flooding, which it blames on sea level rise. The sea level isn’t rising more in some places than others, that’s absurd. The...