by James Ritch | Oct 25, 2021 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — Eastern Shore Community College celebrated its 50th anniversary Friday, Oct. 22, with a homecoming event and a ribbon-cutting ceremony to formally open the college’s new $22 million academic and administration building. Virginia Community College...
by James Ritch | Sep 30, 2021 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — A group of around two dozen NASA Wallops Flight Facility employees and their supporters demonstrated outside the facility’s main gate Wednesday morning to protest a mandate saying federal employees and contractors must be vaccinated against COVID-19....
by James Ritch | Aug 26, 2021 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — Rocket Lab announced Wednesday it completed a merger with Vector Acquisition Corporation to take the company public. The combined company will be called Rocket Lab USA Inc. It started trading on Nasdaq Wednesday, with stock trading under the...
by James Ritch | Jul 22, 2021 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — The Accomack County Board of Supervisors after public hearings Wednesday unanimously approved rezoning 28 acres on Wallops Island Road from agricultural to industrial use, as well as two conditional use permits required for a planned rocket...
by James Ritch | Jun 10, 2021 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — Gov. Ralph Northam in a press conference Thursday announced retired U.S. Air Force Major General Roosevelt “Ted” Mercer will be the next chief executive officer and executive director of the Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority, also called...
