by James Ritch | Feb 3, 2022 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — U.S. Rep. Elaine Luria toured the Eastern Shore Coalition Against Domestic Violence’s new facility in Onancock during a visit to the Eastern Shore on Thursday, Jan. 27. ESCADV announced in September it had purchased the former G.F. Horne Assisted...
by James Ritch | Feb 3, 2022 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – Northampton County Public Schools (NCPS) has the opportunity to cooperate with Eastern Shore Community College (ESCC) to provide adults on the Shore another option for getting a high school diploma beside the GED (general education diploma). Amy...
by James Ritch | Feb 3, 2022 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – Northampton County Finance Director John Chandler on Jan. 25 presented supervisors with the county’s projected revenues for its fiscal year 2023 budget, totaling nearly $34.5 million in the general fund. He began by explaining the county has four...
by James Ritch | Feb 2, 2022 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – The Accomack school board’s fiscal year 2023 budget is overloaded with items that don’t directly improve students’ education, according to some speakers at a Feb. 1 public hearing on the matter. “We are concerned that the budget as presented is...
by James Ritch | Feb 1, 2022 | Headlines
The following is an updated version of a story originally reported Jan. 28. Staff Report – A motor vehicle accident in Northampton County on Friday, Jan. 28, resulted in the deaths of two minors, a 12-year-old female and a 15-year-old female. The Virginia State Police...
by James Ritch | Jan 29, 2022 | Headlines
FRIGID TEMPERATURES CREATE TRAVEL HAZARDS Motorists must continue to avoid travel with refreeze in the forecast Hampton Roads is in for a bitterly cold night, when travel will be treacherous. Regardless of a road’s condition earlier today, below-freezing temperatures...
