by James Ritch | Mar 3, 2022 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — The Accomack County Board of Supervisors Monday finalized the fiscal year 2023 county budget to be advertised for public hearing. The budget does not include funding for 31 new Department of Public Safety positions requested to provide 24-7 coverage...
by James Ritch | Feb 24, 2022 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — Accomack’s Board of Supervisors will continue discussing the 2023 budget Monday, Feb. 28, at 5 p.m., in Accomac, after hearing from 15 people at a town hall meeting Wednesday. There will be no public comment at Monday’s session. The town hall was to...
by James Ritch | Feb 23, 2022 | Obituaries
Mr. John Miles Porter, known as Johnny to family and friends, died Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022, at the age of 70. Born Jan. 18, 1952, in Nassawadox and raised in Saxis, he was the son of the late John Porter and the late Juanita Miles Porter. Following high school, Johnny...
by James Ritch | Feb 17, 2022 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — Accomack officials deferred deliberations on the 2023 budget until after they hear from the public at a Feb. 23 town hall meeting. The meeting starts at 6 p.m. at Metompkin Elementary School. The subject is whether the county should hire 31 employees...
by James Ritch | Feb 1, 2022 | Obituaries
Mrs. Patsy Ruth Linton Ellis, 95, wife of the late Robert Lee Ellis Jr. and a resident of Temperanceville, passed away at her home Friday, Jan. 28, 2022. Born July 25, 1926, in Saxis, where she was raised with her family, she was a daughter of the late Claude Swanson...
