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...
by James Ritch | Apr 25, 2019 | Headlines
By Linda Cicoira — Eastern Shore of Virginia residents will have to pay the hefty toll to cross the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel and then drive to Columbia Care dispensary, to be based in Portsmouth, Va., to legally purchase cannabidiol oil (CBD) or...
by James Ritch | Apr 25, 2019 | Headlines
By Linda Cicoira — Howard “Jackie” Phillips announced Wednesday he will seek the District 7 seat on the Accomack County Board of Supervisors in the November General Election. Phillips, of Cashville, a lifelong Accomack County resident and a 1979 graduate of...
by James Ritch | Apr 25, 2019 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – Eastern Shore citizens and civic leaders got the opportunity on April 23 to ask a panel of state and local politicians what government is doing about current issues, at the Eggs and Issues breakfast organized by the Eastern Shore Chamber of...