by James Ritch | Jan 21, 2022 | Uncategorized
By David Martin – When we open our internet tubes for cleaning, we never know what will come tumbling out and, this week, hooo boy, a couple of doozies. Georgia Institute of Technology researchers, who might have too much time to kill, have found that mammals above...
by James Ritch | Jan 13, 2022 | Uncategorized
By David Martin – According to what came out of our internet tubes when we opened them for cleaning, this coming Monday — Jan. 17, the third Monday of the year — is the saddest day of the year. This Blue Monday was cooked up in 2005 by supposed experts who calculated...
by James Ritch | Jan 6, 2022 | Uncategorized
By Stefanie Jackson – Lisa Cypress, the Accawmacke Indian descendant who is suing the Northampton County Board of Supervisors and PNC Bank for the return of native lands in their possession, including Eastville’s Indiantown Park, has filed a new amendment to her...
by James Ritch | Dec 2, 2021 | Headlines, Uncategorized
By Stefanie Jackson – The Northampton County Board of Supervisors held a public hearing Nov. 23 and voted to approve an ordinance re-establishing voting districts based on data collected during the 2020 U.S. Census. Northampton County has five voting districts and one...
by James Ritch | Nov 10, 2021 | Uncategorized
By Stefanie Jackson – Accomack County schools have followed suit with Northampton County schools to provide teachers more planning time in the form of two-hour early dismissals on select Wednesdays and extend Thanksgiving vacation to a full week. Superintendent Chris...
by James Ritch | Oct 7, 2021 | Uncategorized
By Stefanie Jackson – The Northampton Board of Supervisors was presented a nearly $3 million project Sept. 28, which will bring the former Northampton Middle School, in Machipongo, one step closer to its conversion to a community center and emergency shelter. “This...
