by James Ritch | May 9, 2019 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – The Accomack school board unanimously passed a budget for fiscal year 2020 on May 7, but not without a few major cuts. Almost $565,000 was cut to balance the nearly $52 million budget, Director of Finance Beth Onley said Tuesday night. Teacher...
by James Ritch | May 9, 2019 | Headlines
By Linda Cicoira — A Chincoteague landowner blames Eastern Shore Rural Health for the serious infection he got in his left leg after he says the agency’s Chincoteague Island Community Health Center on Main Street failed to adequately treat him. James...
by James Ritch | May 9, 2019 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – Exmore’s town manager and council members reflected on the past and looked to the future at their May 6 meeting. Town Manager Robert Duer said, “We’ve come a long way in five years,” referring to the fact that Exmore is financially sound, with...
by James Ritch | May 9, 2019 | Headlines
By Linda Cicoira — The Chesapeake Bay is crabby from the blues. According to results of the 2019 Blue Crab Winter Dredge Survey, the Bay’s blue crab stock remains healthy and able to support quality commercial and recreational harvests. The number of potential...
by James Ritch | May 9, 2019 | Headlines
By Linda Cicoira — A Parksley man pleaded no contest Monday in Accomack Circuit Court to capital murder by a prisoner in connection with a 2017 scheme to kill a police informant. The victim, Nathaniel Johnson, 30, survived being shot three times. His...
by James Ritch | May 9, 2019 | Headlines
By Linda Cicoira — Two people who were found dead at a house near Parksley Monday “appear” to have been killed in a murder/suicide, Accomack Sheriff Todd Godwin announced late Wednesday. “A final disposition is pending the medical examiner’s report and the...
