by James Ritch | Jun 17, 2021 | Features
By Carol Vaughn — Accomack County Voter Registrar Patricia White is retiring June 30 after working in the voter registration office 33 years. The registrar is the only constitutional officer in Virginia localities who is appointed, not elected. This is to ensure fair...
by James Ritch | Jun 10, 2021 | Features
By Carol Vaughn — The owners of the Village General Store in Pungoteague will retire in July, after owning and operating the store nearly 25 years. Billy Huffman, who owns and operates the business with his wife, Evelyn, bought the general store from the previous...
by James Ritch | Jun 3, 2021 | Features
By Jim Ritch – When Matthew Fincen, a heretofore confirmed bachelor from Onancock, walked down the aisle Saturday with bride Brenda Parker, of Melfa, some of the guests cheered from behind glass. The guest of honor, however, his mother, 93-year-old Marilyn Fincen,...
by James Ritch | Jun 3, 2021 | Features
By Stefanie Jackson – Accomack County Public Schools celebrated 26 retirees and their years of service at an event May 27 at Sawmill Park in Accomac. Eight teachers and school staff members attended and received commemorative plaques in person. Marlene Harmon, an...
by James Ritch | Jun 3, 2021 | Features
By Stefanie Jackson – Smart Beginnings Eastern Shore, an organization that advocates for the health and well-being of all children to age 18, hosted the third online session of the 2021 Kids Count forum May 26, emphasizing that when mothers take care of their own...
by James Ritch | Jun 3, 2021 | Features
By Stefanie Jackson – The wife of a U.S. Navy veteran made it her life’s mission to restore a historic cemetery near Cheriton when she learned that the nearly abandoned, overgrown site was the final resting place of five African American Civil War soldiers who had...
