by James Ritch | Apr 30, 2019 | Headlines
By Linda Cicoira The 2020 census could be a problem in Accomack County. Along with misconceptions about reporting your existence to the Census Bureau, there’s an old issue. Twenty years ago it was somehow reported that 5,000 people lived on one small lot at Trails...
by James Ritch | Apr 30, 2019 | Headlines
By Linda Cicoira The annual seafood festival sponsored by the Chincoteague Chamber of Commerce is set to begin at 10 a.m., Saturday, May 4, at Tom’s Cove Park Campground, and will include the usual delicious food, music, and arts and crafts. A feast of littleneck...
by James Ritch | Apr 30, 2019 | Headlines
By Linda Cicoira — A 74-year-old Bloxom man, charged with eight counts of sex crimes with a minor, was released from Accomack Jail on his own recognizance last week. Sam Nock, of Hinman Street, had been in jail for two weeks when Judge Glen A. Tyler, of Accomack...
by James Ritch | Apr 25, 2019 | Headlines
By Linda Cicoira — Environmentalist Ken Dufty, of Northampton County, was so exasperated by comments made at a recent Eastern Shore Groundwater Committee (ESGWC) meeting that he suggested Chairman John Coker move to Accomack to live beside a cluster of 24...
by James Ritch | Apr 25, 2019 | Headlines
By Linda Cicoira — Health and child care, education, veterans, jobs, poultry, and broadband were among the topics discussed Wednesday at a town meeting at the Eastern Shore Community College hosted by U.S. Sen. Mark Warner, who was joined by Rep. Elaine Luria....
by James Ritch | Apr 25, 2019 | Headlines
By Linda Cicoira — An Assawoman resident was accused Monday, in U.S. District Court, in Norfolk, of knowingly making false statements or representations about the total concentration of organic nitrogen and ammonia that was being discharged from NASA Wallops...
