by James Ritch | Oct 26, 2020 | Opinion
Dear Editor: The current Northampton High School/Middle School complex was completed in 1954, and then expanded in 1978. The facility has served Northampton County well in the education of our students. The current high school/middle school complex has run its course,...
by James Ritch | Oct 26, 2020 | Opinion
Dear Editor: If you live near an airport, you have planes — leaving and returning. Some come to train (touch-and-go). Planes do crash. They are man-made and will crash; not often, but it does happen. Embrace the fact that four navigators were able to get out of a bad...
by James Ritch | Oct 26, 2020 | Opinion
Dear Editor: Those of us concerned about a proposal to bring the Hampton Roads Sanitation District (HRSD) services to the ESVA seek a handful of actions before the starting bell rings, an event that might happen this week if the circuit courts in both counties decide...
by James Ritch | Oct 26, 2020 | Opinion
Dear Editor: Not many things have been normal since COVID-19 changed the way we work and live beginning earlier this year. That is true for the Eastern Shore Boys & Girls Club, but nevertheless, it has been a busy summer for our staff. Our club is closed until...
by James Ritch | Oct 26, 2020 | Opinion
Dear Editor: I have guns. I used to hunt; I don’t anymore. The guns just sit in the gun rack. I wipe them occasionally to keep them from rusting. The news, sometimes our own eyeballs, show us some folks aren’t leaving their guns at home. They carry them to the gas...
by James Ritch | Oct 18, 2020 | Opinion
By William P. O’Hare — A few years ago, I wrote a report for the yearly KIDS COUNT on the Eastern Shore Forum in which I compared the well-being of children in Northampton County to the well-being of children in other counties and independent cities in Virginia. The...
