by James Ritch | May 26, 2020 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — A $1.5 million repair project at the Accomack County Circuit Courthouse is nearing completion, according to Stewart Hall, deputy county administrator for public works and facilities. Hall updated the Accomack County Board of Supervisors on capital...
by James Ritch | May 22, 2020 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – Gov. Ralph Northam announced today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has authorized Virginia’s participation in a pilot program that will allow recipients of SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program), formerly known as food stamps,...
by James Ritch | May 22, 2020 | Obituaries
Mr. Carlton Thomas Scott Sr., 92, husband of Annabelle Landon Scott and a resident of Cherrystone, passed away Friday, May 15, 2020. A native of Accomac, he was the son of the late Alfred Thomas Scott and the late Margaret Fitzgerald Scott. He was a United States Navy...
by James Ritch | May 22, 2020 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — About 20% of workers at the Temperanceville Tyson Foods poultry processing plant tested positive for COVID-19, according to a press release from the company. Of 1,282 employees and contractors tested, 257 tested positive. Most did not show symptoms...
by James Ritch | May 22, 2020 | Headlines
Staff Report — One man died and two others were injured in a crash between a pickup truck and a tractor trailer late Thursday in New Church. The victim, John B. Shertenlieb III, 20, of Sanford, was a passenger in a GMC pickup truck driven by Ethan Hart of Saxis,...
