by James Ritch | Jul 29, 2021 | Features
By Stefanie Jackson – Louise Oliver, who runs a catering business out of the historic Eastville Inn owned by Northampton County, was surprised when she learned that the county was considering offering the lease to someone else to run a different type of business. She...
by James Ritch | Jul 29, 2021 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – The Cape Charles Town Council voted 4-2 at its July 22 meeting to defer action for 30 days on two motions related to zoning that would potentially allow the local concrete plant, Coastal Precast Systems, to expand. Expecting council members to...
by James Ritch | Jul 29, 2021 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — The Eastern Shore for the past six weeks has been averaging around one case per day of COVID-19, according to a health department official. The health department is closely monitoring an increase in cases seen over the past four days, said Jon...
by James Ritch | Jul 29, 2021 | Features
By Adolphus Ames — The Eastern Shore Art League held an art enrichment day this past Saturday at the Historic Onancock School. The event was funded by United Way and divided into two sessions. One from 10 a.m. to noon for high school students ages 12 to 14 and another...
by James Ritch | Jul 29, 2021 | Features
By Carol Vaughn — Leaders of an Accomack County nonprofit group are working to improve the lives of community cats — and to reduce their numbers — by organizing trap-neuter-return events. After holding its first Neuter Scooter event in June, in which 31 cats were...
by James Ritch | Jul 29, 2021 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — An Eastern Shore family is thankful to have its dog back safe and sound, after a car theft in Onley Monday led to a harrowing couple of days. The Lewis family’s Subaru Outback was stolen from the Walmart parking lot in Onley, with their 8-year-old...
by James Ritch | Jul 29, 2021 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — The Accomack County Board of Supervisors voted to hold two public hearings to receive comment about adding county positions to make it possible to staff Greenbackville Volunteer Fire Department 24 hours a day and to add positions for backfill...
by James Ritch | Jul 28, 2021 | Obituaries
A gentle soul and free spirit, Ms. Athena Evangellia Anemogiannis, 30, died Tuesday, July 20, at her home in Atlanta. Athena was born Feb. 1, 1991, in Atlanta. Her affinity for nature and experiential learning was very much nurtured at Academe of the Oaks, the high...
by James Ritch | Jul 28, 2021 | Obituaries
Mr. Paulino Juarez-Gonzalez, 67, husband of Reyna Perez-Lopez and a resident of Parksley, passed away Tuesday, July 27, 2021, surrounded by his loving family. Born Sept. 1, 1953, in Guatemala, he was the son of the late Jose Juarez and Juana Gonzalez. Paulino was a...
by James Ritch | Jul 28, 2021 | Obituaries
Mr. Ronnie Preston Watkinson, 78, passed away July 13, 2021. Born in Accomac, he moved to Newport News and was employed in the pipe department at Newport News Shipbuilding. After several years, he began working for Independent Life Insurance Company (later American...
