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🌱 How a Parksley post office change marked an Eastern Shore moment

Parksley, Virginia Patch AM: a 3 min read

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  • How a Parksley post office change marked an Eastern Shore moment

Today's riddle: What has four eyes and can’t see? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: A shower and t-storm; humid, with a high of 86 and low of 75 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Thursday: Humid with a stray t-storm, temps: high: 89, low: 75.
  • Friday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 88 and low of 74 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Aug. 4: On this day in Eastern Shore history, first case of polio in 11 years reported in 1961 (easternshorepost.com) — Parksley gets a nod in local history with the 1961 appointment of Douglas D. Dickerson as acting postmaster, succeeding Robert Watts. The same date also saw Northampton County’s first polio case in 11 years and other notable Eastern Shore events, offering a snapshot of the era’s public health and economic changes.
   

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  • Perdue Farms posted a job opening for Production Supervisor - 2nd Shift in Accomac. Apply here.
  • Allied Universal posted a job opening for Security Officer Checkpoint Operations in Accomac. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Parksley here.

🗞 Nearby News

Onancock

  • At Onancock meeting, resident asks why town was mum after masked men shoot woman (easternshorepost.com)
  • Aug. 5: On this date in Eastern Shore history, 7-year-old girl fatally shot while used as a human shield (easternshorepost.com)
  • Paul Nolz Soccer Camp, in fourth decade, is constant of local life (easternshorepost.com)

Chincoteague

  • Killmon, former Chincoteague Combined School principal, is new principal at Northampton Middle (easternshorepost.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Mississippi (Thank you Eloy R. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Parksley

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