by James Ritch | Oct 4, 2018 | Uncategorized
By Linda Cicoira Onley has a new mayor and is making plans for a new town hall. Dawn Dize, who has served on the town council for about 20 years, was unanimously elected by the rest of the panel on Sept. 19 to fill the unexpired term of Mayor Jack Pierson, who died...
by James Ritch | Oct 4, 2018 | Uncategorized
By Linda Cicoira Nearly 25 years after Congress authorized the study of a jetty aimed at protecting Tangier Island, the project appears to be closer to a reality. This week, Gov. Ralph Northam announced an agreement made between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and...
by James Ritch | Oct 4, 2018 | Uncategorized
Photos by Connie Morrison The Eastern Shore’s first LGBT Pride celebration was held last weekend at the Jackspot restaurant in Kiptopeke. The event included a Friday night dance, Saturday golf cart parade, and Sunday “Drag Me to Brunch” drag show and brunch. Top left:...
by James Ritch | Sep 26, 2018 | Uncategorized
By Stefanie Jackson- Metompkin Elementary School “dream makers” Principal Belinda Rippon and Assistant Principal SuCora Owens-Robinson presented their school improvement plan to the Accomack school board Tuesday night. (Assistant Principal Katie Farrell was absent.)...
by James Ritch | Sep 26, 2018 | Uncategorized
By Connie Morrison- Some mayors seek out legacy projects by which to be remembered, but Onley Mayor Jack Pierson, who died Sept. 10, made his legacy with consistent acts of kindness and caring for his employees and constituents. “He was always working things out; he...
by James Ritch | Sep 26, 2018 | Uncategorized
By Bill Sterling- As a boy growing up in Wattsville in northern Accomack County, Marshall Cropper would have thought it outrageously absurd to think he one day would be a member of the Eastern Shore Golf Hall of Fame. “There was no golf being played on the...
