by Ted Shockley | May 19, 2025 | Headlines
BY STEFANIE BOWMANN, Eastern Shore Post — Northampton County officials are proposing a two-cent real-estate tax hike to make up for revenues that have dropped or are stagnating. “It’s the last thing I want to recommend, but … I know that people want services that we...
by Sarah Barban | May 16, 2025 | Headlines
Walter David Brunk, 33, of Fiddler Lane, Jamesville, was indicted May 9 on 21 felony charges: eight counts of grand larceny, eight counts of stealing property with the intent to sell, and five counts of unarmed breaking and entering with the intent to commit assault...
by Ryan Webb | May 15, 2025 | Headlines
by Ted Shockley | May 13, 2025 | Headlines
An Accomack County school bus was involved in a crash that happened on Chincoteague Road near Wattsville on Monday, May 12. State police spokeswoman Michelle Anaya said none of the 30 students on board the Accomack County School Bus were injured. The crash, reported...
by Ted Shockley | May 12, 2025 | Headlines
BY STEFANIE BOWMANN, Eastern Shore Post — The town of Chincoteague is pursuing an alternative method of funding its well relocation project. Town Manager Mike Tolbert reported that on May 2, Chincoteague submitted an application to the Virginia Department of Health...
by Ted Shockley | May 12, 2025 | Headlines
BY TED SHOCKLEY, Eastern Shore Post — Accomack County’s new superintendent has a diverse background — she holds an associate degree in farm and ranch management, has been a principal or assistant principal in elementary, middle, and high schools, and has led two...