by James Ritch | May 6, 2022 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – More Northampton students are chronically absent from school now compared to the period before the COVID-19 pandemic, Northampton schools Superintendent Eddie Lawrence reported at the April 28 Northampton school board meeting. As of April 14, the...
by James Ritch | Apr 7, 2022 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – Accomack school board members were given food for thought when Supervisor of Food Services Brandyn Berkholder and consultant Lori Beckwith updated them on the school food service program, which has continued to serve students even through the...
by James Ritch | Mar 24, 2022 | Features
By Stefanie Jackson – When Katherine Walsh was a student at Boston College in Massachusetts, her volunteer experiences brought her to the Eastern Shore, where the people she met became like family. Now she’s returning the love to the Shore by fundraising for a...
by James Ritch | Mar 7, 2022 | Opinion
Dear Editor: You would think by now we would have learned the tragic consequences of politicizing the strategies to mitigate this horrific pandemic which has taken a MILLION American lives! The anti-vaccination, anti-masking, and anti-science pushback on the means to...
by James Ritch | Feb 23, 2022 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – After one local school district hit a snag last week, both Accomack and Northampton public schools have implemented mask-optional regulations for students and are in compliance with the new state law allowing parents to exempt their children from...
