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June 24, 2026

The voice of Accomack and Northampton counties on Virginia’s Eastern Shore

Wetlands Restoration on Target

Wetlands Restoration on Target

By Linda Cicoira — Benjamin Mathai, the first person to be given jail time and a fine for clear-cutting protected wetlands and soil disturbance without a permit in Northampton County, was congratulated by Judge W. Revell Lewis III of the county circuit court...
Brothers Bag 59 Birds Too Many

Brothers Bag 59 Birds Too Many

By Linda Cicoira — Two brothers were cited earlier this month in U.S. District Court in Salisbury, Md., for charges related to “grossly” exceeding their daily bag limit of clapper rail birds near Chincoteague. The incidents occurred in September 2018. The...