by James Ritch | Apr 2, 2020 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — The Accomack County Board of Supervisors will consider approving the county’s Fiscal Year 2021 budget at a meeting to be held electronically Monday, April 6, at 6 p.m. Because of restrictions on gatherings due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the board met...
by James Ritch | Apr 2, 2020 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — Accomack County Public School employees will continue to be paid on their normal pay schedule, after the school board Tuesday approved a pay plan in light of the recent statewide order closing schools for the rest of the school year during the...
by James Ritch | Apr 2, 2020 | Features, Headlines
By Connie Morrison — Even though he works in isolation, Chincoteague waterman Jim Dawson says he and other fishermen are feeling the effects of COVID-19. Dawson, one of Virginia’s largest sea bass harvesters, says markets for fresh fish have dried up leaving him with...
by James Ritch | Mar 30, 2020 | Headlines
By Connie Morrison — A New Church man was arrested and charged with robbing the Oak Hall Corner Mart at gunpoint March 26 and two other recent convenience store robberies, according to a press release from the Accomack County Sheriff’s Department. The Oak Hall...
by James Ritch | Mar 30, 2020 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — The death of an Atlantic man found shot at a Tull Circle residence Saturday is being investigated as a homicide. The Accomack County Sheriff’s Office at around 12:14 a.m. Saturday, March 28, received reports of someone being shot on Tull Circle in...
by James Ritch | Mar 30, 2020 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — Gov. Ralph Northam issued a stay-at-home order for Virginians Monday, as the Commonwealth continues to see a surge in COVID-19 cases. “Our message today is very clear — that is, to stay home,” he said at a briefing in Richmond. “To date, this has...
