by James Ritch | Oct 27, 2020 | Headlines
Staff Report — A Painter man died Monday, Oct. 26, when the moped he was riding crashed with a pickup truck in Belle Haven. State Police report that at approximately 4:58 p.m., a call was received to investigate a two-vehicle accident on Belle Haven Road. The driver...
by James Ritch | Oct 26, 2020 | Headlines
By Connie Morrison — Arcadia Middle School building is closed to staff and students from Oct. 27 through Nov. 9 “for proper sanitization procedures,” according to message posted to the school’s Facebook pagee. “All students should check their...
by James Ritch | Oct 23, 2020 | Headlines
By Connie Morrison — Longtime Nandua High School forsensics coach Carla Savage-Wells was this year’s Nandua 2020 Athletic/Academic Hall of Fame inductee. Forensics — public speaking and debate — in its competitive form is organized under the Virginia High School...
by James Ritch | Oct 20, 2020 | Headlines
Staff Report — The Northampton County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a Cheriton woman as a homicide. Northampton County Sheriff David L. Doughty Jr., reported that on Oct. 20 at approximately 3:50 a.m., his office received a call for a gunshot...
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...