by James Ritch | Jan 20, 2022 | Opinion
Dear Editor: I don’t see the daily stats about COVID-19 online locally for omicron. I think they should be out there along with a huge push for mask mandates in stores and elsewhere. I, for one, would be much more likely to shop where everyone was masked. I don’t get...
by James Ritch | Jan 20, 2022 | Opinion
Dear Editor: “Village development” is new terminology for Eastern Shore planning areas, but the term is not new to urban development. The characteristics of village development include mixed uses, but not all mixed-use areas are a village. There are more...
by James Ritch | Jan 13, 2022 | Opinion
Dear Editor: The speeding on Pennsylvania Avenue in Onley during daytime hours is ongoing, serious, and a particular danger to walkers. We have lodged numerous complaints at Onley Town Council meetings, to no avail. Both our present and past chiefs of police...
by James Ritch | Jan 10, 2022 | Opinion
Dear Editor: We have all heard the refrain that the Eastern Shore of Virginia is often “50 years behind the times,” which is an overstatement but not necessarily all that bad in the opinion of many who call the ESVA home. Indeed, lagging behind the over-populated,...
by James Ritch | Jan 10, 2022 | Opinion
Dear Editor: The Onley Town Council met Dec. 27 to hold a public hearing on the proposed changes to the town charter. I checked the Onley town website to get a copy of the proposed changes and found that copies were only available at the town office. The Onley town...
