by James Ritch | May 2, 2022 | Opinion
Dear Editor: In response to the coming cigarette tax, I would like to say, that in my 84 years I have never smoked a cigarette, but if I did, I would be smart enough to go to Accomack County to buy them. Northampton will not gain on taxes but will lose county merchant...
by James Ritch | May 2, 2022 | Opinion
Dear Editor: I do not have a bone in the cigarette tax fight. Not knowing how the law reads, does it mean other forms of nicotine delivery are exempt from the tax? As one said, some will spend $5 in fuel and time to save $0.50 on the product. This is my concern as the...
by James Ritch | Apr 18, 2022 | Opinion
Dear Editor: The Virginia Department of Transportation needs to get its priorities straight. I live in Keller and the condition of the roads here is deplorable. The roads are too narrow, in many cases, for two cars to pass each. So narrow that for a car to pass, one...
by James Ritch | Apr 18, 2022 | Opinion
Dear Editor: “Thanks for the Memories” was the 1930s song that was adopted by the Accomac High School Class of ‘38. They began school in the mid 1920s in three wooden buildings and a couple of outdoor toilets. Their new school opened in 1932 complete with indoor...
by James Ritch | Apr 18, 2022 | Opinion
Dear Editor: I am writing this letter to voice my concern about the proposed destruction of the old Accomac Primary School. It seems a tragedy to raze a building in Accomack County that has significant historic value to create a new structure that will not withstand...
