by James Ritch | Dec 21, 2019 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – Northampton County Public Schools was one of three school divisions chosen to pilot a new early childhood education program, Director of Special Programs Keren Plowden announced to the school board Dec. 12. “I was really honored. … We were picked...
by James Ritch | Dec 19, 2019 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – An Accomack school board policy, intended to give students a voice in district matters, narrowly missed the swing of the axe Tuesday night. “The opinions and concerns of the students in Accomack County public school division are important to the...
by James Ritch | Dec 19, 2019 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – Northampton supervisors voted Dec. 10 in favor of adding the county to a petition to join the Hampton Roads Sanitation District (HRSD), following suit with the county’s five incorporated towns – Exmore, Nassawadox, Eastville, Cheriton, and Cape...
by James Ritch | Dec 19, 2019 | Headlines
Accomack officials on Wednesday voted unanimously to approve a resolution in support of gun rights — but the resolution did not name the county as a Second Amendment sanctuary, as some speakers at a meeting requested. The vote came after a two-hour meeting Wednesday...
by James Ritch | Dec 13, 2019 | Headlines
By Connie Morrison — The Accomack County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a man found early Friday in Onancock. According to a press release from Sheriff Todd E. Godwin, his office received a report around 1:42 a.m. on Dec. 13 of shots fired...
by James Ritch | Dec 13, 2019 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — The triggerman in the 2016 fatal shooting of a Horntown man was sentenced Thursday to serve nine years in prison. Tyvone Tyrell Cropper, 28, aka Tayvon Cropper, of Pocomoke City, Md., pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in Accomack County...
