by Ted Shockley | Mar 28, 2024 | Headlines
BY STEFANIE JACKSON, Eastern Shore Post — The trial of the Atlantic woman who was charged with involuntary manslaughter in the vehicular death of Erika Bailey, 27, of Parksley, began in Accomack County Circuit Court Thursday, March 28. Jessica Greenley Waterfield, 36,...
by Ted Shockley | Mar 26, 2024 | Headlines
An Accomack County woman was found dead on Sunday, March 24, on a shoreline off Revell Lane, in the Red Bank community near Melfa. The body of Gretchen P. Ayres, 95, of Onancock, was found near a private dock at a Revell Lane property, Sheriff Todd Wessells said....
by Ted Shockley | Mar 25, 2024 | Headlines
BY STEFANIE JACKSON, Eastern Shore Post —- The New Road Community Development Group, of Exmore, has been awarded three state grants totaling nearly $3.7 million toward the cost of its Legacy Project’s second phase, which will consist of an additional 47 affordable...
by Ted Shockley | Mar 25, 2024 | Headlines
BY TED SHOCKLEY, Eastern Shore Post — Accomack County will form a group — possibly with the Virginia Department of Transportation — to address its stopped-up ditches and drainage woes. Members of the Accomack Board of Supervisors during a meeting Wednesday, March 20,...
by Ted Shockley | Mar 25, 2024 | Headlines
BY STEFANIE JACKSON, Eastern Shore Post — Northampton County supervisors should supply at least $1 million more toward the cost of public education in the next fiscal year to comply with a state funding formula, according to the school superintendent. The formula “is...
by Ted Shockley | Mar 25, 2024 | Headlines
BY TED SHOCKLEY, Eastern Shore Post— The Accomack County Board of Supervisors is proposing to lower its real estate tax rate by 11 cents to equalize a 24% jump in real estate reassessments. “You will not be receiving a 24% increase in your taxes,” said Board Chairman...
