by James Ritch | May 26, 2022 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — The Eastern Shore has just over 29,000 housing units, according to the 2020 U.S. Census. Accomack has around 4,500 renter-occupied homes and Northampton has around 1,800, according to the recently released Eastern Shore Housing Study. The study’s...
by James Ritch | May 12, 2022 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – Congresswoman Elaine Luria on Monday hosted a bus tour of Eastern Shore places and communities that need affordable and workforce housing and are ready for redevelopment, with her guests including local concerned citizens, real estate and...
by James Ritch | Apr 13, 2022 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – Northampton supervisors have taken a major step toward imposing a county cigarette tax at the maximum rate allowed by state law. Supervisor John Coker made a motion Tuesday night that Northampton supervisors “work on adopting a resolution to...
by James Ritch | Apr 13, 2022 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – The Eastern Shore of Virginia Chamber of Commerce, which has recently merged with the Northampton County Chamber of Commerce, hosted the spring Eggs & Issues breakfast and political forum at the Club Car Cafe in Parksley April 7, emphasizing...
by James Ritch | Jan 20, 2022 | Features
By Stefanie Jackson – The New Road Community Development Group held a groundbreaking Tuesday morning in Exmore for the first phase of its Legacy Project, so named because the construction of six new houses in the New Road community will honor the legacy of the group’s...
