by James Ritch | Apr 11, 2019 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – Northampton supervisors voted Tuesday night on two zoning issues that have plagued them for months. In a unanimous decision, supervisors eliminated “watch houses for shellfish grounds,” aka oyster watch houses, from the land-use table in the...
by James Ritch | Apr 11, 2019 | Headlines
BREAKING NEWS … AS OF PRESS TIME The Accomack County Circuit Court clerk’s office was notified mid-afternoon Thursday that the opioid case, filed by Accomack County against 53 pharmaceutical companies filed just days earlier, was removed from that court. A...
by James Ritch | Apr 9, 2019 | Obituaries
Ms. Lucy Carpenter Harlow, 76, a resident of Nassawadox, passed away Thursday, March 28, 2019, at Heritage Hall Healthcare in Nassawadox. A native of Birdsnest, she was the daughter of the late Wilton Danzel Carpenter and the late Addie Olivia Hamblin Carpenter. Ms....
by James Ritch | Apr 9, 2019 | Obituaries
Mrs. Harriette Jean Wallace Thornton, 75, wife of Robert Thornton and the late Albert Kellam Doughty and a resident of Pungoteague, passed away Wednesday, April 3, 2019, at her residence. A native of Wachapreague, she was the daughter of the late Albert Coe Wallace...
by James Ritch | Apr 9, 2019 | Obituaries
Mr. Robert Keith Pruitt, 60, husband of Ginger Clark Pruitt and a resident of Cedarview, passed away Monday, April 1, 2019, at Heritage Hall Healthcare in Nassawadox. A native of Hacksneck, he was the son of the late Robert S. Pruitt and the late Dorothy Parks Pruitt....