by James Ritch | Dec 24, 2019 | Features
Supervisors Gordy and Chesser Depart Accomack Board of Supervisors Laura Belle Gordy, who represented District 7 for more than 30 years, and Grayson Chesser, who served District 3 for 13 years, did not run for re-election in 2019 By Carol Vaughn Their colleagues on...
by James Ritch | Dec 23, 2019 | Features
Australian aerospace company will begin missions from Wallops Island in 2020, including “rapid call-up missions” for fast satellite deployment By Carol Vaughn Rocket Lab on Thursday, Dec. 12, officially opened the company’s first U.S. launch site on Wallops Island....
by James Ritch | Dec 23, 2019 | Features
Story and Cookie Photos by Laura Davis The holidays are in full swing here on the Shore. Christmas parades lining our downtown streets, festive lights all about, church services and school performances–we are so fortunate to live in a place that shines so brightly...
by James Ritch | Dec 22, 2019 | Features
By Carol Vaughn Anne Fenton Herdt, 89, of Accomac is celebrating this month — but it’s not about the holidays. Dec. 10 marked the 71st anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations General Assembly in Paris — a document...
by James Ritch | Dec 5, 2019 | Features
By Stefanie Jackson – Two Pungoteague Elementary School teachers made history at their school when they started a successful club for one of their favorite subjects. Principal Brian Patterson remembered his reaction when new teacher Alisha Gagliardi approached him...