by James Ritch | Apr 23, 2020 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — Accomack County is ahead of where it was a decade ago in terms of residents’ response rate to the U. S. census — that’s the good news. “The bad news is that we are way behind the rest of the state,” said Accomack County Administrator Michael Mason in...
by James Ritch | Apr 23, 2020 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — One Northampton County Sheriff’s Office employee is in self-quarantine, with no reported symptoms as yet, and three more have returned to work after 14 days of quarantine with no symptoms, according to Northampton County Sheriff David Doughty. “We’re...
by James Ritch | Apr 23, 2020 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — A Chincoteague town council member apologized to the mayor, his fellow council members, and Chincoteague residents for his participation in a gathering held earlier this month in violation of the governor’s executive order during the COVID-19...
by James Ritch | Apr 23, 2020 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — The Accomack County Board of Supervisors at the April 15 meeting approved giving $21,000 to the Foodbank of the Eastern Shore, after the foodbank provided more than 23,300 meals, at a cost of nearly $81,700, in Accomack County between March 1 and...
by James Ritch | Apr 23, 2020 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — High school students in Accomack County Public Schools will have three options for completing their spring semester coursework, after the Accomack County School Board approved an update to its continuity of learning plan. Schools in Virginia were...
by James Ritch | Apr 22, 2020 | Headlines
Staff Report — Two more Eastern Shore residents have died from COVID-19, according to the Eastern Shore Health District. The health district Wednesday announced the death of a man in his 50s and a woman in her 50s. “We are incredibly sad to hear of the passing of two...
