by James Ritch | May 27, 2021 | Features
Submitted Article and Photo – Virginia State Parks recently announced Sean Dixon as Kiptopeke State Park’s newest park manager. Dixon has been at Kiptopeke serving as the assistant manager since January and filling in as interim park manager since the retirement of...
by James Ritch | Feb 25, 2021 | Features
By Stefanie Jackson – Smart Beginnings Eastern Shore (SBES), an organization that advocates for the health, well-being, and education of children, hosted the first virtual session of its annual Kids Count forum Feb. 23, coordinated by Barbara O’Hare and titled “It’s...
by James Ritch | Jan 11, 2021 | Headlines
Staff Report — Northampton County Public Schools announced this evening (Monday, Jan. 11) that the return to in-person instruction would be delayed at least until Jan. 24. It was originally scheduled to resume Jan. 19. Information about instructional materials and...
by James Ritch | Jan 10, 2021 | Headlines
By Connie Morrison — Households with students in Accomack County Public Schools, as well as teachers, will have to shift gears quickly because beginning tomorrow, Monday, Jan. 11, all students will be moved to virtual or remote learning. Parents began reporting the...
by James Ritch | Oct 18, 2020 | Opinion
By William P. O’Hare — A few years ago, I wrote a report for the yearly KIDS COUNT on the Eastern Shore Forum in which I compared the well-being of children in Northampton County to the well-being of children in other counties and independent cities in Virginia. The...
