by James Ritch | Sep 20, 2021 | Headlines
Staff Report — Southbound Route 13 will be closed for the majority of the day due to an early-morning crash. VDOT is currently setting up lane closures and detours. At approximately 6 a.m. this morning, the Virginia State Police were called to investigate a single...
by James Ritch | Sep 16, 2021 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – The Northampton school board on Sept. 9 was shown a comparison of English and math Standards of Learning (SOL) test results from 2019 and 2021 demonstrating that the COVID-19 pandemic had a far greater negative impact on student performance in...
by James Ritch | Sep 16, 2021 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — The Accomack County Board of Supervisors Wednesday approved a 5% meals tax for Accomack County businesses outside incorporated towns. The proceeds will be used to pay overtime instead of giving compensatory leave time to all nonexempt county...
by James Ritch | Sep 16, 2021 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – The Eastville Town Council voted unanimously Monday night to purchase the local fire company’s bingo hall on Courthouse Road for $100,000 in a decision one council member called a “win-win” for the town and the Eastville Volunteer Fire Co., which...
by James Ritch | Sep 16, 2021 | Headlines
Story and Photos by Stefanie Jackson – Virginia’s first lady Pamela Northam brought encouraging words on Monday to Occohannock Elementary School, one of several schools she is visiting on her annual fall tour of schools across the commonwealth. “This is a beautiful,...
