by James Ritch | Feb 25, 2021 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – Northampton is the number one county in Virginia for the total persons per 100,000 who have received the COVID-19 vaccine, Eastern Shore Health District Chief Operating Officer Jon Richardson announced Feb. 23. The number of COVID-19 vaccines...
by James Ritch | Feb 25, 2021 | Features
By Stefanie Jackson – Northampton County Education Foundation (NCEF) donations totaling more than $50,000 supported students and classrooms in Northampton County Public Schools last year during the COVID-19 pandemic. “It is heartwarming to see how the community...
by James Ritch | Feb 8, 2021 | Obituaries
Mr. Dennis James Taylor, 66, of Elkin, N.C., passed away at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C., on Friday morning, Jan. 29, 2021. He was born in Northampton County, Va., on July 30, 1954, a son to the late James Taylor and the late Agnes Hall Taylor. Mr....
by James Ritch | Feb 4, 2021 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – A tomato farm complex near Exmore is applying to the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) for a groundwater withdrawal permit that will allow the facility to withdraw nearly 1.65 billion gallons of water over a 15-year period,...
by James Ritch | Feb 4, 2021 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – Northampton supervisors are working with the county administrator to write a policy for naming county-owned property, including buildings, landscaping features such as trees or flower beds, interior spaces, furniture such as benches or chairs, or...
