by James Ritch | Aug 20, 2021 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — Nearly 70 participants in a virtual town hall held Tuesday, Aug. 10, were encouraged to be active members of Accomack-Northampton Electric Cooperative. The cooperative’s annual meeting is Thursday, Aug. 26, at 7 p.m. at the ANEC offices, 21275...
by James Ritch | Aug 19, 2021 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – The Northampton school board was presented a plan Aug. 12 to reopen its schools in September, providing all students in-person learning five days a week with COVID-19 mitigation strategies in place. Earlier that day, Virginia State Health...
by James Ritch | Aug 19, 2021 | Headlines
Staff Report — Three Eastern Shore groups — the Chincoteague Chamber of Commerce, the Eastern Shore of Virginia Tourism Commission, and Onancock Main Street — were among 64 local tourism initiatives to receive more than $860,000 in matching grants to expedite recovery...
by James Ritch | Aug 19, 2021 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — The Accomack County Board of Supervisors approved amending the county budget to fund an additional seven EMS staff, to be stationed at the Greenbackville fire station to provide 24/7 paid staffing. The board in a separate vote approved amending the...
by James Ritch | Aug 18, 2021 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – The Accomack school board will hold a public hearing Tuesday, Aug. 24, to receive comments and vote on a plan to spend more than $13 million from the third round of the American Rescue Plan’s Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief...
by James Ritch | Aug 17, 2021 | Headlines
Staff Report — The Eastern Shore Drug Task Force conducted Operation “Masked Man” Aug. 11 and 12 to attempt to arrest multiple individuals on sealed indictments in Accomack and Northampton counties for distribution of various controlled narcotics, including cocaine,...
