by James Ritch | Apr 29, 2021 | Features
By Stefanie Jackson – The Eastern Shore District PTA’s annual meeting and awards ceremony in Exmore Town Park April 27 was an event of special significance to parents, teachers, and students, since last year’s event was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Eastern...
by James Ritch | Apr 29, 2021 | Features
By Stefanie Jackson – Construction is nearing completion on the $4.5 million, 15,000-square-foot Northampton County YMCA in Cape Charles, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony scheduled for May 29, and doors officially opening soon after. Memberships are climbing steadily...
by James Ritch | Apr 29, 2021 | Headlines
(Part 1 of 2) By Carol Vaughn — Accomack County in a recent report was ranked 95 of 133 Virginia counties for overall health outcomes, which include measures of length and quality of life, and 115 for overall health factors, which include measures of health behaviors,...
by James Ritch | Apr 29, 2021 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — The Corner Bakery in Onancock can continue to pay the town’s meals tax as it has in the past while the Town Council considers whether to change the ordinance governing the tax, according to Mayor Fletcher Fosque. Four council members spoke in support...
by James Ritch | Apr 29, 2021 | Features
By Carol Vaughn — Many of us have that one teacher who made a lasting mark on our lives — if we are really lucky, we may have two or even three. John Coates was that teacher for some of us who sat under his tutelage in the late 1970s at Broadwater Academy. It was with...
