by James Ritch | Dec 17, 2020 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – Accomack and Northampton County Public Schools both will observe a two-week winter break this year, from Dec. 19 to Jan. 3, 2021. Northampton parents received a letter earlier this month from Superintendent Eddie Lawrence sharing guidance from...
by James Ritch | Dec 10, 2020 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – Northampton County Planning Commission Chairman Glen Anders updated Northampton supervisors on the new draft of the county’s comprehensive plan Dec. 8, noting that the two groups had not met since May. The section on “livable communities” is one...
by James Ritch | Dec 2, 2020 | Features
By Stefanie Jackson – Northampton middle and high school students met Eastern Shore Rural Health administrators Nov. 30 to give them a check for more than $500 to help pay Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel tolls for cancer patients who must travel to get medical care....
by James Ritch | Nov 19, 2020 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – Since Northampton schools Superintendent Eddie Lawrence announced last month that he expects all K-12 students to be back in the classroom four days a week by Christmas – despite the COVID-19 pandemic – he’s been getting questions about how he...
by James Ritch | Nov 12, 2020 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – Gov. Ralph Northam returned to his hometown of Onancock on Thursday for the announcement a $20 million investment in broadband internet on the Eastern Shore by Spectrum, a Charter Communications company. Spectrum will provide services to more...
