by James Ritch | Feb 18, 2019 | Obituaries, Uncategorized
Mrs. Ellen Brittingham Nock Nelson, born in Norfolk, Va., grew up on Folly Farm in Accomack County. She was happy to be playing in the woods and looking for treasures on beaches of the nearby barrier islands. She graduated as valedictorian from Accomac High School in...
by James Ritch | Feb 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
Dear Editor: In the matter or Gov. Ralph Northam, I cannot understand how a photograph he is not in can cause him so much trouble. Bob Tull, Chincoteague
by James Ritch | Feb 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
Dear Editor: Ralph Northam is not a racist. Any thoughtful review of his life’s work, his family, his careers in the military and in medicine, as well as his kindness and openness to working politically with both sides of the aisle speak volumes about his good...
by James Ritch | Feb 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
Dear Editor: It’s beyond disappointing to see Delegate Bloxom, in his last newsletter, distort the truth about late-term abortion in Virginia and denigrate physicians’ ethics, indicating that proposed legislation would have allowed the doctor performing a late-term...
by James Ritch | Feb 13, 2019 | Uncategorized
Dear Editor: According to federal law, an infant born in the United States is considered a citizen. There is no waiting period while some official decides to grant or not to grant citizenship. At the moment of birth the infant child is a citizen of the USA and...
by James Ritch | Feb 13, 2019 | Uncategorized
Dear Editor: A white girlfriend asked me (an African-American woman) what I thought about the Gov. Northam situation. I told her that I’m tired of all the mudslinging. An African-American male said that he would have been okay if the governor had just apologized but...
