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...
by James Ritch | Dec 21, 2021 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – Exmore received an offer from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development on Dec. 16 for a $6.3 million grant and $3.2 million loan that, if combined with other grant and loan offers the town has received, would fully fund its...
by James Ritch | Dec 20, 2021 | Headlines
Staff Report — An Amissville, Va., man was arrested Friday in Nassawadox on a charge of murdering his wife, according to a press release from the Warrenton Police Department. Kenneth Olenslager, 27, is currently incarcerated in the Eastern Shore Regional Jail, pending...
