by James Ritch | Mar 21, 2019 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – At Arcadia High School, two alleged threats of violence made recently by students prompted local members of the activist group, Virginia Organizing, to speak at the March 19 Accomack school board meeting to raise awareness of a bill passed by...
by James Ritch | Mar 21, 2019 | Headlines
By Linda Cicoira — It started out as a local man’s dying wish to inform people about the USS Wachapreague so the knowledge would somehow revitalize his hometown and make it as prosperous as it was when the late Johnny Tatum was growing up there many decades ago....
by James Ritch | Mar 21, 2019 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – A concerned citizen opened a dialogue with Northampton supervisors March 12 on whether county procedures for addressing unsafe structures are too heavy-handed on historical properties that may be worth saving or at least allowing salvage of...
by James Ritch | Mar 21, 2019 | Headlines
By Linda Cicoira — The former Whispering Pines Motel, in ruins from being neglected and set afire during an infamous arson spree, is going to be demolished at last. Well, at least there is an approved plan for the dangerous, abandoned, and deteriorating...
by James Ritch | Mar 14, 2019 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – Bill O’ Hare, a professional demographer from Cape Charles, informed Northampton supervisors Tuesday that when the county participates in the 2020 U.S. Census, if the count misses 1 percent of the population, or 120 people, it would mean a loss...
by James Ritch | Mar 14, 2019 | Features, Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – The Northampton Historic Preservation Society has persevered in educating the public and saving the history of the 1700s and 1800s, whether it means looking beyond the county for funding or accomplishing its goals by more creative means. The...
