by James Ritch | Sep 26, 2020 | Opinion
Dear Editor: This letter is in response to Ms. McGuire’s letter of Aug. 28 (“Trump Hasn’t Evolved”). Black Lives Matter started after the totally justified Ferguson police killing during the Obama administration. And with Antifa, which grew dramatically during that...
by James Ritch | Sep 26, 2020 | Opinion
Dear Editor: In his letter of Aug. 28, Mr. John Woolaver makes a valid point with regard to the confusion surrounding absentee voting and voting by mail. Between misleading statements by our president and mailings from groups like the Center for Voter Information,...
by James Ritch | Feb 18, 2020 | Opinion
Dear Editor: Unquestionably, the proposed G3 (Get Skilled, Get a Job, Give Back) program’s affordable path to higher wage, high demand jobs will satisfy a major need in Northampton County and is a step in the right direction for the Eastern Shore. The program levels...
by James Ritch | Feb 11, 2020 | Opinion
Dear Editor: This is a response to the lengthy article in the Jan.24 issue on the recent pro-Second Amendment rally in Richmond (“Thousands Descend on Richmond to Protest Proposed Gun Laws”), and the reports from the legislature by Sen. Linwood Lewis and Del. Robert...
by James Ritch | Feb 11, 2020 | Opinion
Dear Editor: I read with dismay about the widening of T’s Corner into a four-lane divided highway (“Supervisors Ask VDOT for Improvements to Chincoteague Road,” Jan. 24). I have two concerns: 1. Widening to a four-lane highway from T’s Corner to Atlantic will only...