by James Ritch | Dec 29, 2021 | Opinion
Dear Editor: The Northampton County Salvation Army and the Department of Social Services greatly appreciates the many, many gifts that our community provided to families in Northampton County. This year Salvation Army volunteers rang bells at the Food Lions in...
by James Ritch | Dec 29, 2021 | Opinion
Dear Editor: In “Eggs and Issues Takes Political Pulse” (Dec. 10 issue), Del. Robert Bloxom explained, inadvertently, what is wrong with government at all levels. He explained about half of the grocery tax, currently 2.5%, benefits localities. No doubt these...
by James Ritch | Dec 29, 2021 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn – Businesses in Accomack County will have to collect a 5% meals tax starting Jan. 1 under a new county law. The Accomack County Board of Supervisors in September approved the tax, which applies to businesses excluding those in incorporated towns that...
by James Ritch | Dec 29, 2021 | Features
By David Martin – At the conclusion of last week’s story, an outwardly unattractive but inwardly beautiful young seamstress from the early part of the 20th century had told her three seamstress colleagues — outwardly beautiful young women who harbored malicious hearts...
by James Ritch | Dec 29, 2021 | Features
By David Martin – The idea for this story came out of our internet tubes many years ago and while we lost the original, we believe we can supply the words for our own version. In the early years of the 20th century, four young seamstresses worked in the same shop....
