by James Ritch | Jan 24, 2019 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson Internet service provider Eastern Shore Communications, one of three local ISPs, met with Northampton supervisors Jan. 8 not to discuss the ISP’s latest contributions in increasing broadband access on the Shore, but to protest its perceived lack of...
by James Ritch | Jan 24, 2019 | Headlines
UPDATE By Linda Cicoira — It took an Accomack Circuit Court jury about two hours Friday to convict Evron Terrell Strand, 44, of Nelsonia, of seven felony counts in a murder-for-hire scheme that resulted in the shootingg of a police informant and...
by James Ritch | Jan 24, 2019 | Headlines
By Linda Cicoira — Surrounded by water but not a drop to drink. That was life this week on Tangier Island after the water tower was drained when a new water line burst last Sunday night. “Of all things, I never thought we’d have a problem for lack of water,”...
by James Ritch | Jan 24, 2019 | Headlines
By Linda Cicoira — Two brothers were cited earlier this month in U.S. District Court in Salisbury, Md., for charges related to “grossly” exceeding their daily bag limit of clapper rail birds near Chincoteague. The incidents occurred in September 2018. The...
by James Ritch | Jan 22, 2019 | Obituaries
Ms. Marcella Jean Wilson, 70, passed away peacefully at home on Jan. 7 with family by her side. She was born Oct. 25, 2948, in Ellwood City, Pa., to Raymond H. Wilson and Alleis Conner Wilson, who preceded her in death. She was also predeceased by a sister, Rachel...
