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...
by James Ritch | Dec 17, 2021 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – The Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, has announced its commitment to put STEM centers (science, technology, engineering, and math centers) in all 13 elementary and middle schools in Accomack and Northampton counties, with seven...
by James Ritch | Dec 17, 2021 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – Charges have been filed against Christopher Northcraft, 34, who led law enforcement officers on a high-speed chase Oct. 19, which began in Maryland and ended on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel with a vehicle crash that left both Northcraft and...
