by James Ritch | May 16, 2019 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – Northampton school board members discussed concerns about the school division’s attendance policies at their May 9 work session. School board member Jo Ann Molera works in the Northampton County court system and has heard the excuses parents give...
by James Ritch | May 16, 2019 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – Spencer Murray, the chairman of the Northampton board of supervisors, offered advice to citizens at the May 14 supervisors meeting. “We are 28 days from the deadline for getting on the ballot in District 4, to replace me, and in District 5, to...
by James Ritch | May 16, 2019 | Headlines
By Linda Cicoira — The name of the underage suspect charged in connection with the Valentine’s Day rape and abduction of a Northampton High School girl was disclosed in circuit court records Monday. Kwelli Juwan Spady, 17, of Washington Avenue in Cape Charles,...
by James Ritch | May 16, 2019 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – All three candidates seeking appointment to the Accomack County School Board are unopposed in their respective districts, including the candidate looking to replace longtime school board member Audrey Furness, of District 2, who is not seeking...
by James Ritch | May 16, 2019 | Headlines
By Linda Cicoira — Accomack supervisors took no action Wednesday on a request to give county industrial park property to the University of the Eastern Shore of Virginia Foundation to kick-start the group’s dream of getting a four-year college here. “The county...
by James Ritch | May 16, 2019 | Headlines
By Linda Cicoira — NASA is proposing a construction and demolition project plan needed to ensure Wallops Flight Facility will become “the nation’s preferred provider of suborbital and small orbital research carriers and mission services,” according to the final...
