by James Ritch | Sep 16, 2020 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — Julie Brommer updated the Chincoteague town council at the Sept. 8 meeting about activities the group Chincoteague Island Community Cats is doing. The organization had to cancel a planned Trap-Neuter-Release clinic in June due to the pandemic. The...
by James Ritch | Sep 16, 2020 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — Two Eastern Shore towns are among four new Virginia Main Street communities. Gov. Ralph Northam on Wednesday announced Cape Charles and Onancock are newly designated Main Street communities. The other two newly designated communities are Tappahannock...
by James Ritch | Sep 15, 2020 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – Due to COVID-19, the 2020 U.S. presidential election will be “unprecedented,” and nonpartisan administrators are working to ensure “the voting process moves safely and securely,” Gov. Ralph Northam said during a press briefing Sept. 15. Election...
by James Ritch | Sep 15, 2020 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – Virginia is identifying about 1,000 new cases of COVID-19 per day, and the COVID-19 test positivity rate is 6.8%, which has been decreasing over the last 12 days, Gov. Ralph Northam reported during a press briefing Sept. 15. “When we’ve had these...
by James Ritch | Sep 15, 2020 | Headlines
Staff Report — The death of a 29-year-old Parksley man on Saturday is being investigated as a homicide, according to the Accomack County Sheriff’s Office. The sheriff’s office received a report Saturday, Sept. 12, around 9:32 p.m. that a vehicle had driven through a...
by James Ritch | Sep 15, 2020 | Headlines
Staff Report — A man was found suffering from a gunshot wound after deputies were called to the scene of large gathering early Saturday on Route 13 in Mappsville. The Accomack County Sheriff’s Office received a report of shots fired at the gathering at around 1:12...
