by James Ritch | Jul 23, 2020 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – The Accomack school board couldn’t give parents the five-day week back-to-school plan they wanted for students, due to space limitations related to social distancing, but the board passed a compromise Tuesday night: a choice between distance...
by James Ritch | Jul 23, 2020 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — New emergency workplace safety standards to protect Virginia employees from COVID-19 and prevent and mitigate the virus’ spread are set to take effect as soon as they can be published in a Richmond newspaper, likely the week of July 27. Virginia is...
by James Ritch | Jul 22, 2020 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — Chincoteague officials voted to give financial assistance to working watermen and businesses in town, using nearly $252,000 in federal CARES Act funds awarded Chincoteague from Accomack County’s allotment. The county allotted $780,000 to incorporated...
by James Ritch | Jul 17, 2020 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — Chincoteague officials after a 3 1/2 hour workshop session Thursday voted unanimously to go back into a local state of emergency, after the town council voted July 6 to end the state of emergency declared in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The...
by James Ritch | Jul 17, 2020 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — Accomack County officials voted Wednesday to move forward with a three-lane option for improving Route 175, Chincoteague Road, as they continue to seek funding for the project through the highway department’s Smart Scale program. The county submitted...
by James Ritch | Jul 16, 2020 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — Parksley officials will hold a public hearing on their proposal to sell a plot of land and the Confederate monument standing on it to the Virginia division of Sons of Confederate Veterans. The hearing, which likely will be scheduled for the August...
