by Ryan Webb | Jul 1, 2024 | Sports
BY BAYLEE JUSTIS COBB The Central Accomack Little League 50/70 baseball team won the District 8 all-star tournament. The team leaves for Alexandria on July 5 to compete in the state tournament. C.A.L.L. began the District 8 tournament at Princess Anne Little League on...
by Ryan Webb | Jul 1, 2024 | Features
The Eastern Shore of Virginia Habitat for Humanity is picking up steam. It is back to its pre-COVID rate of two houses a year, with house number 53 completed in February of this year, and house number 54 expected to be finished in September. The foundation for house...
by Ryan Webb | Jul 1, 2024 | Headlines
BY STEFANIE JACKSON Northampton supervisors have approved the county’s fiscal year 2025 budget and set new tax rates that will help pay for more than $23.6 million in general fund expenditures. “This is going to be the lowest tax rate since 2016,” said Supervisor...
by Ryan Webb | Jul 1, 2024 | Headlines
BY TED SHOCKLEY The race to be the next mayor of Chincoteague Island is one of several elections that are set for Nov. 5. Voters in Accomack County’s incorporated towns will head to the polls to select mayors and town council members. The deadline to file to be on the...
by Ryan Webb | Jul 1, 2024 | Headlines
BY TED SHOCKLEY A crowded field of 11 residents have filed to run for three town council seats in Cape Charles, the polished beachfront vacation spot riven by the issue of short-term rentals and their impacts on the town. Two of the three current council members whose...
