by James Ritch | Feb 10, 2022 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — The Accomack-Northampton Transportation District Commission in January adopted a resolution creating the Eastern Shore Rail Trail Foundation, a nonprofit corporation charged with heading up planning and design for a trail along around 50 miles of...
by James Ritch | Feb 7, 2022 | Opinion
Dear Editor: On the theme of looking for solutions, rather than debating causes, there’s an action going on here on the Shore which merits mention. But first some history. Until about 1880, the Shore was functionally an island, and products coming on and going off...
by James Ritch | Oct 17, 2021 | Opinion
Dear Editor: I was pleased to see the article in last week’s Post about the pair trying to save the railroad. I hope these two men are successful in their effort. Three years ago when the supervisors wanted to abandon the rails, I went to all of the meetings. At the...
by James Ritch | Oct 10, 2021 | Headlines
By Jim Ritch — More than three years of legal wrangling over the fate of the former Bay Coast Railroad may enter its final phase on Oct. 18, when contractors begin north of Onancock tearing up track. But a former railroad manager and retired public defender say that...
by James Ritch | Oct 7, 2021 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – Exmore Town Council members encountered a huge obstacle to the progress of the town’s sewer project Monday night when they learned that its estimated cost had more than doubled within the last year. Town Manager Robert Duer told council members,...
