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July 8, 2026

The voice of Accomack and Northampton counties on Virginia’s Eastern Shore

Belle Haven man pleads guilty to 2019 murder

Belle Haven man pleads guilty to 2019 murder

By Nancy Drury Duncan — A Belle Haven man charged with first-degree murder in connection with a drug deal has reached a plea agreement with prosecutors in Accomack Circuit Court. Nyxavier Riekiem Snead, 20, pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of second-degree murder...
Closing the books on a career among them

Closing the books on a career among them

By Carol Vaughn Cara Burton, the bridge-building, ever-smiling leader of the Eastern Shore’s regional library system, is closing the book on her career. The director of the Eastern Shore Public Library and the Shore’s regional library system since January 2016, she...