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June 25, 2026

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

Wachapreague Sewer

Wachapreague Sewer

Dear Editor: This letter is regarding the article on the Wachapreague “sanitary” public sewer. With a new system, the home waste will flow directly — through a connection pipe the residents will pay approximately $5,000 for — into the collection piping (which the town...
Jerry Allan Callaway

Jerry Allan Callaway

Mr. Jerry Allan Callaway, 80, of North East, Md., passed away peacefully Oct. 20, 2021, due to Covid-19, with Elizabeth A. “Betty” Kielceski Callaway, his devoted wife of 59 years, by his side. Mr. Callaway was the son of the late Gilbert H. Callaway and the late...
Wachapreague Sewer

Wachapreague Responds to Sewer Op-Ed

Dear Editor: I would like to respond to Mr. Joechel’s op-ed piece published in the Oct. 1 issue of the Eastern Shore Post regarding the HRSD and the Town of Wachapreague. I am Fred Janci, Mayor, Town of Wachapreague, and this response has been reviewed and...
Fern Mears Ward

Fern Mears Ward

Mrs. Fern Mears Ward, 97, wife of the late William Ward and a resident of Wachapreague, passed away Friday, July 30, 2021, at John B. Parsons Senior Living in Salisbury, Md. A native of Wachapreague, she was a daughter of the late Paul Mears and the late Bessie James...