by James Ritch | Oct 15, 2020 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — A grand jury meeting in Accomac on Monday, Oct. 5, returned indictments agains a New Church man charged in connection with robberies at three Accomack County stores. Jarell Edward Corbin, 32, of New Church, was indicted on charges of robbery, use of...
by James Ritch | Oct 14, 2020 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — Gov. Ralph Northam gave a press briefing Tuesday, after health officials cleared him to end an 18-day isolation period — and after news broke that Northam was discussed as a potential target by members of paramilitary groups charged with conspiring...
by James Ritch | Oct 13, 2020 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – Cape Charles has received an unsolicited offer from private company Aqua Virginia to purchase the town’s water and sewer plants and relieve Cape Charles of $5.6 million in utility debt. Aqua Virginia is part of the larger Aqua America, which...
by James Ritch | Oct 13, 2020 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — Vandalism of a sea captain’s grave site on Chincoteague apparently done over the weekend included anti-Biden, pro-Trump slogans, including an expletive. Chincoteague Police Chief R. K. Fisher said the police department received two reports of...
by James Ritch | Oct 12, 2020 | Headlines
Staff Report — Eastern Shore Rural Health System, Inc., will have a new chief executive officer in January. The ESRH board of directors in a press release announced Matthew Clay was hired for the position. CEO Nancy Stern is retiring Jan. 1 after nearly 37 years...
by James Ritch | Oct 8, 2020 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – Judge Revell Lewis III granted two petitions of the Hampton Roads Sanitation District Oct. 2, adding both Accomack and Northampton County to the district’s boundaries and allowing the counties to negotiate contracts with HRSD for the operation,...
