by James Ritch | Feb 10, 2022 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — The Accomack-Northampton Transportation District Commission in January adopted a resolution creating the Eastern Shore Rail Trail Foundation, a nonprofit corporation charged with heading up planning and design for a trail along around 50 miles of...
by James Ritch | Feb 10, 2022 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — Accomack County officials got a first look Monday at the proposed county budget for Fiscal Year 2023. Accomack County Administrator Mike Mason presented to the Board of Supervisors a $82.1 million budget, a 26.6% increase over this year. A 15.1%...
by James Ritch | Feb 10, 2022 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — Accomack County has issued a notice of intent to terminate for default the contract to construct the Eastern Shore Regional Library. In a Jan. 29 letter to the president of R.H.Contracting, Inc., Accomack County Administrator Mike Mason noted the...
by James Ritch | Feb 10, 2022 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — Barry Abell commented during the Chincoteague Town Council meeting Monday about personalized benches that were placed at the Waterman’s Memorial. The memorial, on a hill at the southern end of Chincoteague Island, memorializes people lost at sea,...
by James Ritch | Feb 10, 2022 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — Accomack planning commissioners will continue discussing two projects proposed for the northern part of the county in a work session later this month, after finishing a public hearing Wednesday that was continued from the Jan. 12 planning commission...
by James Ritch | Feb 10, 2022 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – As Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration faces legal challenges by several Virginia school districts over his executive order allowing parents to exempt their children from school mask mandates, the Virginia General Assembly is working to pass...
