by James Ritch | May 30, 2019 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – Northampton County Director of Planning and Zoning Susan McGhee recently pointed out some huge demands in the latest draft of the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality’s Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan that could be...
by James Ritch | May 30, 2019 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – Northampton County Director of Finance John Chandler presented the proposed county budget for fiscal year 2020 to supervisors Tuesday evening, totaling more than $48.5 million, an increase of more than $2.25 million. The county will get the extra...
by James Ritch | May 29, 2019 | Obituaries
Mr. Herbert Benjamin Rew Jr., affectionately known as “H.B.,” 88, husband of Leslie Parks Rew and a longtime resident of Onley, passed away on Friday, May 24, 2019, at the Commonwealth Senior Living in Onancock. Mr. Rew served his beloved Eastern Shore community for...
by James Ritch | May 29, 2019 | Obituaries
Mrs. Jean Belote LeCato, 67, wife of the late Howard Allen LeCato and a resident of Pungoteague, passed away Thursday, May 23, 2019, at her residence. A native of Cape Charles, she was the daughter of Carolyn Ward Belote, of Cape Charles, and the late James Stanley...
by James Ritch | May 29, 2019 | Obituaries
Mr. Ira Lee Eskridge, 88, husband of Doris Thomas Eskridge and a lifelong resident of Tangier, passed away Thursday, May 23, 2019, at Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home in Crisfield, Md. Born April 26, 1931, he was a son of the late William Thomas Eskridge and the late...