by James Ritch | Mar 31, 2019 | Headlines
By Linda Cicoira — A substitute teacher, who was working at Nandua High School last Wednesday, was charged with having firearms on school property, Accomack Sheriff Todd Godwin said in a prepared statement Sunday. The crime was reported on March 27. Following an...
by James Ritch | Mar 30, 2019 | Headlines
By Linda Cicoira — Ku Klux Klan literature linked to a North Carolina group was distributed across the Eastern Shore today via ziplock bags of bird seed that were evidently thrown from one or more vehicles. Reports of the activity in Franktown, Eastville, and...
by James Ritch | Mar 28, 2019 | Headlines
By Linda Cicoira — The Eastern Shore Community College has a three-year plan that will protect the school’s independence, prioritize the students, and provide tools to meet the needs of the Eastern Shore, according to a recent letter ESCC Board Chairman Jeff...
by James Ritch | Mar 28, 2019 | Headlines
By Linda Cicoira — Antonio Lamar Harmon used a sawed-off shotgun to rob a clerk of $40 at the Painter Corner Mart on Lankford Highway in 2018. A customer, who had gone inside the store to retrieve a gas receipt, was injured when Harmon struck him before fleeing....
by James Ritch | Mar 28, 2019 | Headlines
Part 2 of the Boat Series By Linda Cicoira — The importance of the Eastern Shore of Virginia to the United States is evident as several commissioned ships of the Navy were named after places here. The USS Chincoteague is a prime example. Ship Commander Ira Earl...
by James Ritch | Mar 26, 2019 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – In a tough split decision March 21, the Cape Charles town council turned down an offer from a local restaurant owner to purchase the harborfront property on which his business is built, which would have given him the equity he needed to expand...
