by Carol Vaughn | Aug 29, 2022 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — The Accomack County Board of Supervisors will give the Eastern Shore Coalition Against Domestic Violence past president money from the American Rescue Plan Act. Peaches Dodge, the coalition’s past president, spoke about progress on renovations to the...
by Carol Vaughn | Aug 29, 2022 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — Onancock officials approved the first step towards making an extension of Marshall Street a thoroughfare that one day will meet highway department standards. The town council voted Monday to pursue getting quotes from contractors to add a crushed...
by Carol Vaughn | Aug 29, 2022 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — Thousands of dollars Accomack is receiving from settlements in cases involving opioid manufacturers and distributors likely will go to improve drug treatment access for Tangier Island residents. Accomack is slated to receive between $126,361 and...
by Carol Vaughn | Aug 25, 2022 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — The owner of a well-known Ocean City, Md., restaurant and bar plans to open a business on Chincoteague. Seacrets Restaurant and Bar owner Leighton Moore announced land where the business will be located, on the southwest end of Chincoteague, was...
by Carol Vaughn | Aug 25, 2022 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — More than 8,500 acres on the Eastern Shore are being acquired by the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources for conservation and wildlife management. All but two small parcels near Jamesville are in Accomack County, with large amounts of acreage...
by James Ritch | Aug 25, 2022 | Obituaries
Mr. John David “Butch” Matthews Jr., 83, husband of Penny Hawkins Matthews and a resident of Cashville, formerly of Virginia Beach, went home to be with his Lord and Savior Sunday, Aug. 21, 2022. Born Feb. 19, 1939, in Norfolk, he was the son of John D. Matthews Sr....
by James Ritch | Aug 25, 2022 | Obituaries
Pastor Freddie Edward Ward, 88, of Guilford, was promoted to Heaven to receive his reward on Aug. 16, 2022. He was born March 3, 1934, to parents Henry and Mary Davis Ward. As a young man out riding one day he saw a young lady walking along the road that would later...
by James Ritch | Aug 25, 2022 | Obituaries
Mr. James Kulp Gehman, 81, husband of Sandra Lee (Blessing) Gehman and a resident of Wallops Island, passed away Friday, Aug. 19, 2022, at Riverside Regional Medical Center in Newport News. A native of Barto, Pa., he was born July 15, 1941, a son to the late Abraham...
by James Ritch | Aug 25, 2022 | Obituaries
Mr. William David Bradshaw, 62, husband of Stephanie Hotvedt Bradshaw and a resident of Exmore, passed away Friday, Aug. 19, 2022, at Riverside Regional Medical Center, Newport News. A native of Belle Haven, he was the son of the late Kinley Bradshaw and the late...
by James Ritch | Aug 25, 2022 | Obituaries
Ms. Carrie Rae Locy, 45, of Washington, Pa., formerly of Jacksonville, Fla., died Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022. She was born in Washington on June 5, 1977, a daughter of Edward Kenneth Locy and the late Susan Marie Crawford Locy. Carrie attended Northampton High School in...
