by James Ritch | Jan 15, 2022 | Court Postings
By Stefanie Jackson – Luis Alberto Aquino-Reyes, 42, of Catherine Street, Salisbury, Md., was indicted Jan. 10 on a felony charge of driving under the influence on Oct. 2, 2021, his third similar offense in 10 years. He was arrested the same day by Officer David...
by James Ritch | Jan 14, 2022 | Headlines
Note: This post has been updated with a National Weather Service briefing as of 9 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 15. The National Weather Service in Wakefield, Va., has issued a briefing about the potential winter weather Sunday, Jan. 16. Threats: Accumulating snow and light...
by James Ritch | Jan 14, 2022 | Sports
By Adolphus Ames – The Northampton Yellow Jackets varsity girls basketball team hosted its first game of 2022 Tuesday, Jan. 11. Coming off a 58-16 loss against West Point the previous night, the Yellow Jackets were looking to pick up their first win of the season...
by James Ritch | Jan 13, 2022 | Uncategorized
By David Martin – According to what came out of our internet tubes when we opened them for cleaning, this coming Monday — Jan. 17, the third Monday of the year — is the saddest day of the year. This Blue Monday was cooked up in 2005 by supposed experts who calculated...
by James Ritch | Jan 13, 2022 | Opinion
Dear Editor: The speeding on Pennsylvania Avenue in Onley during daytime hours is ongoing, serious, and a particular danger to walkers. We have lodged numerous complaints at Onley Town Council meetings, to no avail. Both our present and past chiefs of police...
by James Ritch | Jan 13, 2022 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — Accomack County planning commissioners will continue discussing two projects in the northern part of the county next month, after hearing concerns about both during public hearings at the planning commission’s Jan. 12 meeting. All four hearings — two...
by James Ritch | Jan 13, 2022 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – When Northampton supervisors approved short-term rentals in any zoning district by right nearly three years ago, none predicted that renting out homes to tourists would reduce the availability of affordable housing to residents, but that may now...
by James Ritch | Jan 13, 2022 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – Exmore has the opportunity to receive $5 million in additional grant funding from the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) for the town’s sewer project, which is included in Gov. Ralph Northam’s proposed outgoing state budget. Town...
by James Ritch | Jan 13, 2022 | Features
By Carol Vaughn — Gov. Ralph Northam joined dozens of other conservation advocates in an out-of-the-way forest glade near Greenbush Tuesday to dedicate an expansion of the Doe Creek Wildlife Management Area. The event was his final public appearance on the Eastern...
