by James Ritch | Sep 30, 2021 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – Each of Accomack County’s public schools has received the state accreditation rating of “accreditation waived” for the second year in a row as the consequences of closing schools to students during the COVID-19 pandemic wreak havoc on Standards...
by James Ritch | Sep 30, 2021 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – The Northampton board of supervisors passed a resolution Tuesday night to borrow $42 million this fall for the Northampton High School renovation and construction project and school energy efficiency improvements, amid uncertainty over a possible...
by James Ritch | Sep 30, 2021 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — Gov. Ralph Northam in a briefing Monday said there are encouraging signs about the COVID-19 pandemic, including case numbers starting to decline again and hospitalizations leveling off. “But the numbers are still way too high — ask any exhausted...
by James Ritch | Sep 30, 2021 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — A group of around two dozen NASA Wallops Flight Facility employees and their supporters demonstrated outside the facility’s main gate Wednesday morning to protest a mandate saying federal employees and contractors must be vaccinated against COVID-19....
by James Ritch | Sep 24, 2021 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — The email addresses of around 1,800 people or businesses who had applied for a building permit in the past in Accomack County were improperly disseminated after a routine upgrade to the computer application the county uses to handle permitting. The...
by James Ritch | Sep 23, 2021 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – The Accomack school board failed to adopt a controversial policy concerning transgender students when a Sept. 21 vote on the matter ended in a 4-4 tie, with one abstention. Chair Paul Bull said the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that “policy...
