by James Ritch | Aug 29, 2019 | Headlines
By Linda Cicoira — Construction in Captain’s Cove, in Greenbackville, was stopped earlier this month and pilings were ordered to be removed because they were erected without a permit. The unauthorized work was being done in the tidal zone, said Chris Guvernator,...
by James Ritch | Aug 29, 2019 | Headlines
By Linda Cicoira — An unrestrained infant died last Saturday morning after he was ejected from an SUV that had crashed near Belle Haven, according to Sgt. Michelle Anaya, of the state police. Quanisha Bennett, of Jamaica, N.Y., was driving a 2010 Honda Pilot...
by James Ritch | Aug 29, 2019 | Headlines
By Linda Cicoira — A Tangier Island waterman was sentenced late last week in U.S. District Court, in Norfolk, Va., to a year in prison for violating the Lacey Act by harvesting oysters from the Chesapeake Bay in excess of Virginia limits and transporting them to...
by James Ritch | Aug 29, 2019 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – Accomack County Public Schools employees announced this week that all students will receive free breakfast and lunch – regardless of their family income level – starting this school year. Free meals for students are made possible by Accomack’s...
by James Ritch | Aug 29, 2019 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – Schools in rural, low-income areas are often at a disadvantage when seeking additional state funding, but there may be another way to get it, Northampton school board members have discovered. “We are always complaining, and rightfully so, about...
by James Ritch | Aug 29, 2019 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – Northampton County Administrator Charles Kolakowski reported Aug. 27 that the entire Chesapeake Bay could soon become a no-discharge zone under the Clean Water Act, a federal law that aims to reduce pollution in U.S. waters. That means ships...
