by James Ritch | Mar 24, 2022 | Sports
By Whitney Metz – The Lady Warriors hosted the Northampton Lady Yellow Jackets on March 22. Nandua started strong on offense scoring one in the first inning. They continued to pound the ball in the second inning adding another three runs, two of which were driven in...
by James Ritch | Mar 24, 2022 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — Four women who excel in different arenas were honored Tuesday in the inaugural Eastern Shore Trailblazers event, held virtually in celebration of Women’s History Month. The event, sponsored by the NAACP Northampton County branch and Citizens for a...
by James Ritch | Mar 24, 2022 | Headlines
By Nancy Drury Duncan – “The inmates in cellblock E in the Accomack County Jail had organized their lives in jail,” said Northampton County Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Jack Thornton. “They had a civil order,” he said. He told the court the inmates had a system...
by James Ritch | Mar 24, 2022 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — A request for a pump-and-haul agreement for a farm market business was approved by the Chincoteague Town Council in a 5-1 vote March 17 , after the council had rejected the request in a 3-2 vote in February. The agreement adds the business to the...
by James Ritch | Mar 24, 2022 | Uncategorized
By David Martin – When we opened our internet tubes this week, something came out that made us think, “Wow.” Inspired by Carl Sagan, a noted astronomer who appeared frequently on television and who died in 1996, the cosmic calendar compresses the entire...
by James Ritch | Mar 24, 2022 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — Rocket Lab will celebrate the start of construction on the company’s production complex and launch site for its Neutron rocket with a groundbreaking ceremony Monday, April 11. The production facility will be built on Wallops Island Road, just across...
by James Ritch | Mar 24, 2022 | Features
By Jim Ritch – A $2.5 million face-lift will breathe new life into half of the two former Watson’s Hardware buildings. Todd Bricken, a career restaurateur in Westminster, Md., plans to develop first-floor commercial space and upstairs apartments in what once held...
by James Ritch | Mar 24, 2022 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – Andrea Jo Black, 53, of Leesburg, Fla., was indicted March 14 on two felony charges of possession of Schedule I or II drugs, cocaine and crystal methamphetamine, on Nov. 1, 2021. She was arrested the same day by Deputy J.W. Foisey, Northampton...
by James Ritch | Mar 24, 2022 | Features
By Stefanie Jackson – When Katherine Walsh was a student at Boston College in Massachusetts, her volunteer experiences brought her to the Eastern Shore, where the people she met became like family. Now she’s returning the love to the Shore by fundraising for a...
by James Ritch | Mar 24, 2022 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – Northampton supervisors voted 4-1 Tuesday night to allow contractors to bid on the Northampton middle and high school building project in spite of its new estimated cost of nearly $61.5 million, about 13% or $7 million more than the estimate...
