by James Ritch | Oct 30, 2020 | Headlines
Staff Report — Accomack County Public Schools Superintendent W.C. “Chris” Holland sent a letter to Kegotank Elementary parents Friday, Oct. 30, announcing a student or staff member had been diagnosed with coronavirus. Holland emphasized that the school...
by James Ritch | Oct 30, 2020 | Headlines
Staff Report — One man is dead and another was injured after a pickup truck ran off the roadway on Chincoteague Road early Friday. Police were called at around 1 a.m. to investigate the crash, which happened east of Mosquito Creek Bridge. Preliminary investigation...
by James Ritch | Oct 29, 2020 | Headlines
By Connie Morrison — Shore native and longtime Nandua educator and forensics coach Carla Savage-Wells, 61, died Sunday at her home in Virginia Beach. Savage-Wells had been battling cancer and confronted the challenge as she did everything: with strength, dignity, and...
by James Ritch | Oct 29, 2020 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — Accomack County is in need of more child care options, including for infants and toddlers, according to two speakers during a public comment period at the Board of Supervisors meeting Wednesday, Oct. 21. According to speakers Ann Williams, of...
by James Ritch | Oct 29, 2020 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – A Nandua Middle School student spoke to the Accomack school board last week to raise awareness of mental health issues in teens and what the school board can do to help. Ciara Onley described a typical school day for a teenager. “You walk into...
by James Ritch | Oct 29, 2020 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – Northampton schools Superintendent Eddie Lawrence expects all students in grades K to 12 will be allowed back in school in person four days a week by Christmas vacation, he announced during the Oct. 22 school board meeting. That is the plan...
