by James Ritch | May 8, 2020 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – A Northampton board of supervisors special-called meeting held April 2 – the evening before the release of information on the county’s second known COVID-19 infection – became a weekly event that has overseen and guided the county’s response to...
by James Ritch | May 8, 2020 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – May 15 begins the first phase of Gov. Ralph Northam’s plan for Virginia to reopen for business. “We are not flipping a light switch from closed to open. It’s more of a dimmer switch,” Northam said last Friday when he unveiled Phase One of the...
by James Ritch | May 8, 2020 | Obituaries
Ms. Georgie E. Ashton, died on Wednesday, May 6, 2020, at Sentara Leigh Virginia Beach General Hospital. She was 65. Georgie was born in Abington, Pa., and lived in Bensalem, Pa., before moving to the Eastern Shore of Virginia in the town of Painter. She was a member...
by James Ritch | May 8, 2020 | Obituaries
Ms. Marie Louise Bend, 73, of Exmore, passed away Tuesday, May 5, 2020, at her residence. A native of Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late John Joseph Judge and the late Anna Rose DiGiovanni Judge. Marie was a retired respiratory therapist. She was an avid...
by James Ritch | May 8, 2020 | Obituaries
Mrs. Olive J. Armour Twilley, 95, passed away May 6, 2020, in Shore Health and Rehab Center. Born in Philadelphia, Pa., on Valentine’s Day 1925, she was the daughter of the late John Armour and the late Caroline Baines Armour. Mrs. Twilley was a “Ma Bell” Telephone...
