by James Ritch | Mar 26, 2020 | Uncategorized
Mr. Samuel Arthur Merritt, 81, of Parksley, passed away March 25, 2020, at Shore Rehabilitation Center in Parksley. He was born on Chincoteague Island, Jan. 30, 1939, to Everett and Oneita (Daisey) Foster. He was a member of Drummondtown Baptist Church, Accomack...
by James Ritch | Mar 19, 2020 | Uncategorized
By Stefanie Jackson – U.S. Rep. Elaine Luria met with Eastern Shore health and medical leaders Wednesday afternoon to discuss their coordinated response to COVID-19. “This is a national emergency. This is a public health crisis. We each have our own personal...
by James Ritch | Mar 19, 2020 | Headlines, Uncategorized
— By Carol Vaughn Health care and government officials responded to many questions this week, as the reality of the novel coronavirus pandemic started to sink in on the Eastern Shore. The first confirmed case of the virus on the Eastern Shore was announced Thursday....
by James Ritch | Feb 14, 2020 | Headlines, Uncategorized
— Staff Report Police are looking for an armed man who robbed the Dollar General store in Parksley on Thursday, Feb. 13, at around 10:35 p.m. The Accomack County Sheriff’s Office received a report of the robbery, according to Sheriff W. Todd Wessells. The...
by James Ritch | Dec 26, 2019 | Uncategorized
By Stefanie Jackson – At the last Northampton supervisors meeting for retiring members Chairman Spencer Murray and Robert Duer, Director of Finance John Chandler reviewed the county’s financial achievements over their last four-year term. “Certainly, the high...
by James Ritch | Dec 23, 2019 | Uncategorized
Mrs. Diana H. Annunziata, of Newburg, Md., a wife, mother, grandmother and dear friend, died Dec. 12, 2019, at the age of 75 years. Born in Newport News, Va., she was one of three children of Katherine Birch Hickman and Louie Hickman. Diana was raised on the Eastern...
