by James Ritch | Sep 17, 2021 | Sports
Story and Photos by Adolphus Ames — Cross-country season returned last Wednesday, Sept. 8. Girls and boys teams from Northampton, Nandua, and Arcadia competed in a 5-kilometer course at Northampton High School. The course was designed by Ernest Bethel, first year...
by James Ritch | Sep 17, 2021 | Sports
Story and Photos by Adolphus Ames — The Northampton Yellow Jackets hosted their first home football game of the season Sept. 10. They defeated a Surry team coming off a 36-14 win over Bruton. The final score was 44-12. Quarterback Liam Flynn scored on a 6-yard run to...
by James Ritch | Sep 17, 2021 | Features
Story and Photos by Adolphus Ames — ESO Arts Center held its annual ESO Fest Saturday, Sept. 11, to celebrate art and culture on the Eastern Shore. The festival lasted from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. and was the first ESO community gathering since 2019 due to the coronavirus...
by James Ritch | Sep 16, 2021 | Features
By Stefanie Jackson – A new technology for building affordable housing – a giant 3D printer – could be coming to the Eastern Shore and may be introduced to local residents later this year or early in 2022 at the groundbreaking ceremony for the New Road community’s...
by James Ritch | Sep 16, 2021 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – The Northampton school board on Sept. 9 was shown a comparison of English and math Standards of Learning (SOL) test results from 2019 and 2021 demonstrating that the COVID-19 pandemic had a far greater negative impact on student performance in...
