by Sarah Barban | Feb 7, 2025 | Headlines
BY STEFANIE BOWMANN, Eastern Shore Post — Northampton supervisors on Jan. 14 approved an ordinance to establish a community revitalization fund as permitted by Virginia Code to prevent neighborhood deterioration. Northampton County Administrator Charlie Kolakowski...
by Sarah Barban | Feb 7, 2025 | Headlines
BY STEFANIE BOWMANN, Eastern Shore Post — The Exmore Town Council on Monday, Feb. 3, unanimously approved an ordinance that allows the council to consider applications for planned unit developments, or PUDs, which could mean massive growth for the town. Town Manager...
by Sarah Barban | Feb 7, 2025 | Headlines
BY STEFANIE BOWMANN, Eastern Shore Post — Exmore’s new sewer system will be 100% up and running nearly four years after the town council voted unanimously to partner with the public Hampton Roads Sanitation District on the project. When town officials began seriously...
by Sarah Barban | Feb 7, 2025 | Headlines
BY NANCY DRURY DUNCAN, Eastern Shore Post — A Bloxom man will spend 10 years in prison for fatally stabbing a man in a Mappsville trailer park. Edwin Colon Matias, 38, pleaded guilty in September 2024 to the second-degree murder of Deandre Abbott. The plea...
by Sarah Barban | Feb 7, 2025 | Headlines
BY NANCY DRURY DUNCAN, Eastern Shore Post — An Onancock man will spend nearly 20 years in prison for a violent, drug-fueled attack on a woman he knew from church and who was a family friend. Norris Ray Beasley, 33, was sentenced to 50 years, with all but 19 years,...