by James Ritch | Dec 28, 2021 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – The Build Back Better Act, which the U.S. Senate will revisit in January, contains a provision that could help Virginia address increasingly frequent coastal flooding, stated Jack Alber, an associate of the Washington, D.C., public relations and...
by James Ritch | Dec 21, 2021 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — Parksley Mayor Frank Russell said he will contact ANEC about repairing non-functioning streetlights in town, after a resident during the public comment period at the Dec. 6 meeting said a light at the corner of Staunton Avenue and Mary Street has...
by James Ritch | Dec 21, 2021 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — Onancock officials held a public hearing on an application to rezone 7 Hartman Avenue for multifamily residential use. The current owners, the Eastern Shore Coalition Against Domestic Violence, uses the property for multifamily use, but as a group...
by James Ritch | Dec 21, 2021 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – The Accomack school board at its early December meeting heard a teacher’s firsthand account of the Virginia Preschool Initiative (VPI) and how the program for at-risk 4-year-olds is implemented in Accomack’s pre-K classrooms. “If you come into a...
by James Ritch | Dec 21, 2021 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – The Northampton planning commission, at the direction of the board of supervisors, has opened a discussion on affordable housing and promoting it through changes to the county zoning ordinance. Dixon Leatherbury, chairman of the board of...
by James Ritch | Dec 21, 2021 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – The Northampton middle and high school modernization project’s estimated total cost now exceeds $54 million, county supervisors learned at their Dec. 14 meeting. Superintendent Eddie Lawrence said, “Inflation hit the building costs very hard, and...
