by James Ritch | Dec 19, 2018 | Uncategorized
By Linda CicoiraVolunteer firefighters in Accomack County saved two houses from destruction after fires broke out in Schooner Bay and Lee Mont on Thanksgiving Day. No injuries were reported in either incident.“It was just a busy evening,” said Chief Adam James of...
by James Ritch | Dec 19, 2018 | Uncategorized
By Linda CicoiraPocomoke City, Md., police officers were called Monday to the Walmart store parking lot on Old Snow Hill Road where they found the victim of a gunshot wound.The victim, who was shot in the leg and not identified, was taken to Peninsula Regional Medical...
by James Ritch | Dec 19, 2018 | Uncategorized
By Stefanie JacksonThe truck driver who died after his tractor-trailer went over the side of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel nearly four months ago had alcohol and drugs in his system at the time of the crash, an autopsy report recently revealed.Jervone Hall, 33, of...
by James Ritch | Dec 16, 2018 | Uncategorized
By Linda CicoiraNorthrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft arrived on schedule Monday at the International Space Station carrying about 7,400 pounds of cargo that was launched from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at the NASA Wallops Flight Facility late last week.The...
by James Ritch | Dec 16, 2018 | Uncategorized
By Linda Cicoira There is no longer a resident of the Eastern Shore on the State Water Control Board.Gov. Ralph Northam appointed Paula Hill Jasinski, of Richmond, president of Chesapeake Environmental Communications and Green Fin Studio, and James Lofton, of Greene...
by James Ritch | Dec 16, 2018 | Uncategorized
Story and Photo by Connie MorrisonThe Eastern Shore Watermen’s Museum and Research Center in Onancock is about ready to reopen after being closed for almost a year. The museum opened in 2013, and even then museum director Paul Ewell knew he had more exhibits than...