by James Ritch | Sep 17, 2021 | Sports
Story and Photos by Adolphus Ames — The Northampton Yellow Jackets hosted their first home football game of the season Sept. 10. They defeated a Surry team coming off a 36-14 win over Bruton. The final score was 44-12. Quarterback Liam Flynn scored on a 6-yard run to...
by James Ritch | Sep 16, 2021 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – The Northampton school board on Sept. 9 was shown a comparison of English and math Standards of Learning (SOL) test results from 2019 and 2021 demonstrating that the COVID-19 pandemic had a far greater negative impact on student performance in...
by James Ritch | Sep 9, 2021 | Features
By Stefanie Jackson – Lisa Cypress, an Accawmacke Indian descendant who is suing for ancestral lands currently owned by PNC Bank in Eastville and the Northampton County Board of Supervisors, including Indiantown Park, has received responses to her lawsuit from both...
by James Ritch | Sep 2, 2021 | Features
By Stefanie Jackson – Roderick Bell, who is originally from Fairview and graduated from Northampton High School in 1991, was a silver winner in the 42nd annual Telly Awards for his documentary, “I Got a Story to Tell,” about the homeless population in Charlotte, N.C....
by James Ritch | Sep 2, 2021 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – Northampton County Public Schools has released the results of its annual school survey, which suggests that the school environment for its students and teachers is on par with other Virginia school divisions, with a few exceptions such as student...
