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June 27, 2026

The voice of Accomack and Northampton counties on Virginia’s Eastern Shore

COVID Deaths Top 9/11

COVID Deaths Top 9/11

Dear Editor: September 11, 2001, 2,977 people died and 6,000 people were injured from a terrorist attack. As I write this, there have been 195,055 deaths from the 6,498,672 diagnosed cases of COVID-19. If left to run its course (called “herd immunity”), there will...
COVID Deaths Top 9/11

Masks Needed Outdoors

Dear Editor: I attended the Lovefest 2020 in Cape Charles. I am appalled at the negligent disregard of mask-wearing and safe distancing for proactive containment and limit of dispersal of COVID-19. This reckless, inconsiderate irresponsibility to assist in the...
COVID Deaths Top 9/11

Thanks to Businesses That Stayed Open

Dear Editor: During this pandemic period when we have to stay home I would like to thank some of the places that stayed open and/or had food that we could pick up or have delivered, especially to us elderly who seldom cook big meals anymore. Many thanks to Bill’s...
COVID Deaths Top 9/11

Mentally Ill Deserve Support, Not Harassment

Dear Editor: To all those wondering, I am the 60-year-old Painter woman who was stabbed the night of Aug. 25. I want to address this issue because it was my daughter who wielded the knife, yet it was not my daughter. She has a mental illness that led to this and it...
COVID Deaths Top 9/11

Love Is Not a Four-Letter Word

Dear Editor: 2020 has been a year of unprecedented events impacting the globe in a way that many of us have never seen. In a time where one would imagine people rallying together to overcome our common plight, instead we are seeing amazing shows of divisiveness....