by James Ritch | Apr 16, 2020 | Features
By Carol Vaughn — Tangier native James “Nick” Dise is among the hundreds of sailors aboard the U.S. Navy hospital ship Comfort who are working to help New York City cope with the novel coronavirus pandemic. The ship, which has a home port in Norfolk, Va., arrived...
by James Ritch | Apr 16, 2020 | Headlines
By Connie Morrison — As the Accomack County Board of Supervisors closed out its monthly meeting Wednesday night, April 15, Supervisor Donald Hart gave them some breaking news: “While we’ve been at this meeting, I just was notified that we’ve had five new cases of the...
by James Ritch | Apr 15, 2020 | Obituaries
Mr. Arthur King Fisher, left this transitory life on April 10, 2020. He was born in Nassawadox on July 12, 1935, the son of the late Herman King Fisher and the late Arinthia (Sally) Justice Fisher. Except for his undergraduate and graduate years at the College of...
by James Ritch | Apr 14, 2020 | Headlines
Submitted article — The Virginia Department of Transportation will conduct a planning study to assess the feasibility of constructing a shared use pedestrian and bicycle path along the Eastern Shore Railroad’s right of way in Accomack and Northampton Counties. The...
by James Ritch | Apr 13, 2020 | Headlines
Staff Report — A New Church man was arrested and charged with murder in connection with the shooting death of Cervone Copes last month in Atlantic. Rikece L. Campbell, 27, was arrested on April 2, according to Accomack County Sheriff Todd Wessells. Campbell also is...
