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June 25, 2026

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

Carolyn Jane Charnock

Carolyn Jane Charnock

Mrs. Carolyn Jane Charnock, 80, wife of the late Charles Frederick “Puge” Charnock and a resident of Tangier Island, passed away Thursday, July 29, 2021, at Signature HealthCare at Mallard Bay in Cambridge, Md. Born November 21, 1940, on Tangier Island, she was the...
Robert Roland Shores

Robert Roland Shores

Robert Roland Shores, 55, of Tangier Island, passed away Thursday, July 29, 2021, at his home. Born September 16, 1965, on Tangier, he was the only son of seven children born to Kathleen “Joyce” Shores of Tangier and the late Robert Lee Shores. A lifelong Tangier...
Allen Ray Crockett

Allen Ray Crockett

Mr. Allen Ray Crockett, beloved husband of Jeanette Bowden Crockett, passed away Monday, June 28, 2021, at TidalHeath Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury, Md. Allen was the son of the late Merrill Ray Crockett and the late Ruth Hall Parks Crockett. He was...
Gordon Wayne Wheatley, Jr.

Gordon Wayne Wheatley, Jr.

Mr. Gordon Wayne “Waynie” Wheatley Jr., 58, lifelong resident of Tangier Island, passed away Thursday, June 10, 2021, at his home. Born Oct. 3, 1962, in Crisfield, Md., he was the son of Gordon Wayne Wheatley Sr., of Tangier Island, and the late Sandra Gail Crockett...
Tangier Getting Broadband Service

Tangier Getting Broadband Service

By Carol Vaughn — Tangier is getting broadband internet service. The Eastern Shore of Virginia Broadband Authority last week had a crew on Tangier installing fiber to provide broadband service to the island town, population around 700. Just under 2 1/2 miles of fiber...