by James Ritch | Aug 19, 2022 | Court Postings, Headlines
By Nancy Drury Duncan — An Onancock man who was charged with several felony firearms violations after a roadway shooting pleaded guilty to four misdemeanor charges of reckless handling of a firearm in a deal with prosecutors. Joshua Ryan Bale, 23, had been charged...
by James Ritch | Aug 19, 2022 | Opinion
To the editor: I write in response to the letter that questioned whether a certain legislative outcome would have differed, had senators prayed on the matter before voting. I wonder, did the authors consider the possibility that exactly such is what happened? Tom...
by James Ritch | Aug 19, 2022 | Opinion
Dear Editor: Jim and Donna Belote should not be surprised by the lack of prayer in Congress (“Senators should pray before they vote,” letters, Aug. 12). On June 28, 1787, at the Philadelphia Constitutional Convention, after almost five weeks of disagreement and little...
by James Ritch | Aug 19, 2022 | Headlines
Staff Report — The Northampton County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an Aug. 11 incident in which two people were shot and received injuries that were not life-threatening. At 10:44 p.m., the sheriff’s office received a report of shots fired on Bayside Road in Hare...
by Carol Vaughn | Aug 18, 2022 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — Captain’s Cove Golf & Yacht Club, Inc. (CCGYC), and CCG Note LLC have responded to a lawsuit filed against them in Accomack County Circuit Court by seven Captains Cove residents. The residents filed the civil lawsuit in June against the company...
by James Ritch | Aug 18, 2022 | Legal Ads
by Carol Vaughn | Aug 18, 2022 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn Del. Rob Bloxom faces a challenge for the Republican nomination in the next election, after redistricting resulted in a second incumbent in the newly redrawn 100th district. Bloxom, 59, has represented the district in the House of Delegates since 2014,...
