Category: Letters to the Editor

By Benjamin Cavileer Just a quick note of thanks to all the first responders of Onancock, Tasley and Melfa, The Virginia State Police and Hazmat teams that responded to the fire on my son’s yacht Sunday morning. Your...

This is Steve Rulison bringing you information on Shore friendly living and gardening from the Eastern Shore Master Gardeners, Master Naturalists, and Virginia Cooperative Extension.  From my perch near the mouth of Occohannock...

Books, books and more books needed!  After attending the local school board meeting in September, Marcus Riley, Accomack County 4-H Youth Development Agent, learned that school libraries were closed. The media specialist could...

By Charles Landis On Thanksgiving eve, I received a notice from Face Book that their independent fact checker, Politifact, has determined that I posted a quotation of Patrick Henry that was partly false as to his position on...

  By Charles Landis In 1951, Hannah Arendt published The Origins of  Totalitarianism which is considered the most important book written on the subject in the 20th century.  In 1963, after attending the trial of Adolph Eichmann...

By Windy Belote   It’s good when a plan seems to be coming together but it’s really sad that with the vast majority of the land in Northampton County in agriculture, there will be NO shop for local students who...

And Why Joe Biden’s Presidential Debate Misstatement Matters   Submitted by David Fick There’s a mythology about pre-ACA health care in the U.S.: that people with preexisting conditions could not purchase health insurance....

COVID-19 has stopped much of the world as we know it.  It has been heartbreaking to witness the effects of this virus on the residents of the Eastern Shore but so heartwarming to see people continue to work to make a positive...