by James Ritch | Feb 10, 2022 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — The Accomack-Northampton Transportation District Commission in January adopted a resolution creating the Eastern Shore Rail Trail Foundation, a nonprofit corporation charged with heading up planning and design for a trail along around 50 miles of...
by James Ritch | Nov 22, 2021 | Opinion
Dear Editor: The commissioners of the Accomack Northampton Transportation District Commission (ANTDC) owe the public an apology for the wasteful and misleading ad run in this paper last week under the name of Canonie Atlantic Co. This ad was run by ANTDC, not just...
by James Ritch | Oct 10, 2021 | Headlines
By Jim Ritch — More than three years of legal wrangling over the fate of the former Bay Coast Railroad may enter its final phase on Oct. 18, when contractors begin north of Onancock tearing up track. But a former railroad manager and retired public defender say that...
by James Ritch | Jan 29, 2021 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — Rail to Trail Update Spencer Murray, director and senior vice president of Canonie Atlantic Corporation, which manages the railroad on the Eastern Shore, summarized findings of a highway department study about a proposed rail to trail project at the...
by James Ritch | Sep 4, 2019 | Headlines
By Linda Cicoira — A Pennsylvania expert thinks it will cost nearly $539,000 to repair the railroad tracks between Parksley, where massive Associated Grain silos sit beside the defunct line, to Hallwood, for a seven-mile hike. That’s about six times less than...
