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,...
by James Ritch | Oct 8, 2020 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – At least 145 Accomack public school students are ready to give up on 100% virtual learning barely one month into the new school year, Assistant Superintendent Rhonda Hall reported to the school board Oct. 6. “I think parents are finding out that...
by James Ritch | Oct 8, 2020 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – Exmore is keeping its options open after an Oct. 2 decision in the Northampton circuit court that will allow the county to become part of the Hampton Roads Sanitation District and negotiate a contract for HRSD to operate, maintain, and upgrade...
