by James Ritch | Sep 25, 2018 | Uncategorized
By Linda Cicoira- Accomack supervisors voted Wednesday to spend up to $500,000 of the county’s $10.8 million Rainy Day Fund for improvements at three towers critical to public safety. The towers support equipment associated with the sheriff’s department and the...
by James Ritch | Sep 25, 2018 | Uncategorized
By Stefanie Jackson- A local developer and lifelong Eastern Shore resident, Eyre Baldwin, of Southport Investors, acquired an industrial road from Northampton County following a contentious public hearing held during the Sept. 11 board of supervisors meeting, about a...
by James Ritch | Sep 25, 2018 | Uncategorized
By Linda Cicoira- The top 35 parcels in Accomack with outstanding real estate tax bills showed more than half a million dollars in tax debt, according to county figures released this week. The list is based on information compiled as of Aug. 22. At the top of the...
by James Ritch | Sep 25, 2018 | Uncategorized
By Stefanie Jackson- Late last month, the Eastern Shore of Virginia Broadband Authority (ESVBA) asked Northampton supervisors to support the continued expansion of its wired, high-speed broadband internet service delivered to homes by fiber optic cable. ESVBA supplies...
by James Ritch | Sep 22, 2018 | Obituaries
Mrs. Louise B. Quillen, widow of Newman Quillen, of Chincoteague Island, passed away at the age of 102 on Sept. 14, 2018, on Chincoteague. She was born on Chincoteague, on Aug. 27, 1916, to the late Ernest and Elsie (Quillen) Savage. She was a member of Wattsville...