by James Ritch | Jun 23, 2022 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — Members of the public got a chance to see inside a new emergency shelter for domestic violence survivors during an open house Tuesday at the Eastern Shore Coalition Against Domestic Violence campus in Onancock. A $1.7 million capital campaign to...
by James Ritch | Jun 23, 2022 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – Earlier this month, in a rare move for a Northampton County board member or commissioner, the Northampton planning commission’s acting chair, Glen Anders, singled out one citizen and asked him for a written copy of his personal recommendations on...
by James Ritch | Jun 23, 2022 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – Del. Rob. Bloxom announced at the June meeting of the Eastern Shore Regional Housing Coalition that the state budget had been finalized and included funding for sewer projects in both Accomack and Northampton counties. The Virginia budget for the...
by James Ritch | Jun 23, 2022 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – Accomack County Public Schools operations and management staff at Tuesday night’s school board meeting presented an overview of the school division’s 2022 safety audit and discussed next steps, such as coordinating with local law enforcement to...
by James Ritch | Jun 23, 2022 | Court Postings, Headlines
By Nancy Drury-Duncan – Frederick Marvin “Ricky” Barnes Jr., 35, of Exmore, pleaded guilty to the murders of his mother, 75-year-old Brenda Barnes and Dean Reid, 53, and the attempted murder of his sister Christina Green in a plea agreement with the commonwealth. All...
by James Ritch | Jun 22, 2022 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — Jen Kiggans, a former Navy helicopter pilot and a geriatric nurse practitioner who represents Virginia Beach in the Virginia Senate, will be the Republican candidate for Congress in Virginia’s 2nd District in the November election. Kiggans defeated...
