by James Ritch | Feb 14, 2019 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – Northampton supervisor Robert Duer still wants answers about the true cost of the county’s new Emergency Medical Services garage in Machipongo. When Director of Public Works Chris Thomas announced the building’s completion at the Jan. 28...
by James Ritch | Feb 13, 2019 | Headlines
By Linda Cicoira — The Town of Chincoteague and three staff members were protected by sovereign immunity — “a doctrine that says they cannot commit a legal wrong” — in a $750,000 lawsuit that alleged “unwanted and unauthorized chemicals” sprayed for mosquito...
by James Ritch | Feb 13, 2019 | Headlines
By Linda Cicoira — Benjamin Mathai, the first person to be given jail time and a fine for clear-cutting protected wetlands and soil disturbance without a permit in Northampton County, was congratulated by Judge W. Revell Lewis III of the county circuit court...
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...
