by James Ritch | Apr 4, 2019 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – Northampton Director of Finance John Chandler proposed increased county expenditures of more than $2.6 million in fiscal year 2020, including an additional $345,000 for public education. Among Northampton school division’s top funding priorities...
by James Ritch | Apr 4, 2019 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – After a lengthy debate Tuesday night, the Northampton planning commission approved a minor special use permit to convert an old farm shed into a new business that will offer its patrons a farm-to-table dining experience and more. “This is...
by James Ritch | Apr 4, 2019 | Headlines
By Linda Cicoira — It started with bird droppings of racial trash being distributed across the Eastern Shore of Virginia and linked to the Ku Klux Klan in North Carolina last Saturday and progressed to flowering plants calling for peace and love. “I don’t...
by James Ritch | Apr 4, 2019 | Headlines
By Linda Cicoira — Connie Burford, of Bloxom, was one of the movers and shakers who rallied for an elected Accomack County School Board. She announced her candidacy this week for the District 4 seat on that panel in the November General Election. “As a lifelong...
by James Ritch | Apr 4, 2019 | Headlines
By Linda Cicoira — Scientists are planning to build a marsh on the southern end of Cedar Island in an effort to slow movement caused by sea level rises. They also found a layer of pebbles under Chincoteague Island believed to be 300,000 years old. “Virginia has...
by James Ritch | Apr 4, 2019 | Headlines
By Linda Cicoira — The fire scene where three people died in Nelsonia on Feb. 1 “had a strong smell of petroleum distillates,” which could include gasoline, naphtha, mineral spirits, kerosene, paraffin wax, and tar, a court document filed recently states. A...
