by James Ritch | Feb 13, 2019 | Headlines
By Linda Cicoira — It took decades, but John Smith, of Hallwood, finally appears to have turned the tables. Last week, he was victorious in getting the town council to give him $250 for dental work even though the move immediately brought another resident’s plea...
by James Ritch | Feb 13, 2019 | Headlines
By Linda Cicoira — Tangier Islanders were raising their glasses (of water) Wednesday and toasting thanks to those up and down the Eastern Shore mainland, the Tidewater area, and parts of Maryland that came to the rescue with bottles of drinking water after their...
by James Ritch | Feb 7, 2019 | Features, Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – The Cape Charles Rosenwald School Restoration Initiative, a local nonprofit organization, purchased the historic African-American elementary school last month after nearly a decade of fundraising, and it is ready to restore the structure and give...
by James Ritch | Feb 7, 2019 | Headlines
By Connie Morrison — Feliciano Ortiz, grandfather of 3-year-old Sofia Escalante, sobbed into the phone as he described to a reporter how his “beautiful” granddaughter would run to him saying, “Give me a kiss!” Ortiz said her body was one of those found in the...
by James Ritch | Feb 7, 2019 | Headlines
By Linda Cicoira — Angela Hinman “Angel” Taylor, the former Hallwood clerk who was storing town financial records in her car in 2017 when the vehicle and contents burned in a mysterious fire, was charged last week with 65 felony counts of embezzlement that...
by James Ritch | Feb 7, 2019 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – Robert Duer, Exmore town manager and Northampton supervisor, announced at Monday’s Exmore town council meeting that he will not run for re-election to the board of supervisors this November. “I went down there to do three things. One of them was...