by Carol Vaughn | Aug 25, 2022 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — The owner of a well-known Ocean City, Md., restaurant and bar plans to open a business on Chincoteague. Seacrets Restaurant and Bar owner Leighton Moore announced land where the business will be located, on the southwest end of Chincoteague, was...
by Carol Vaughn | Aug 25, 2022 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — More than 8,500 acres on the Eastern Shore are being acquired by the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources for conservation and wildlife management. All but two small parcels near Jamesville are in Accomack County, with large amounts of acreage...
by James Ritch | Aug 19, 2022 | Court Postings, Headlines
By Nancy Drury Duncan — An Accomack County man pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and attempted robbery in connection with a May 2019 incident. Bronta Jamar Ames, 26, of Melfa, also pleaded guilty to charges of credit card fraud and grand larceny in connection with...
by James Ritch | Aug 19, 2022 | Court Postings, Headlines
By Nancy Drury Duncan — A Hallwood town police officer entered a conditional guilty plea to driving under the influence of alcohol in an off-duty incident and received a suspended jail sentence. Allen W. Poulson, 42, who lives in Hallwood, was ordered to be on good...
by James Ritch | Aug 19, 2022 | Court Postings, Headlines
By Nancy Drury Duncan — An Onancock man who was charged with several felony firearms violations after a roadway shooting pleaded guilty to four misdemeanor charges of reckless handling of a firearm in a deal with prosecutors. Joshua Ryan Bale, 23, had been charged...
by James Ritch | Aug 19, 2022 | Headlines
Staff Report — The Northampton County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an Aug. 11 incident in which two people were shot and received injuries that were not life-threatening. At 10:44 p.m., the sheriff’s office received a report of shots fired on Bayside Road in Hare...
