by James Ritch | Jul 23, 2020 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – Northampton County Public Schools will not take a “one size fits all” approach to education when classes resume in the fall amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Instead, parents will get to choose one of two learning options that will work best...
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...
