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An Accomack County woman was found dead on Sunday, March 24, on a shoreline off Revell Lane, in the Red Bank community near Melfa. The body of Gretchen P. Ayres, 95, of Onancock, was found near a private dock at a Revell Lane property, Sheriff Todd Wessells said. Wessells said...
BY STEFANIE JACKSON, Eastern Shore Post —- The New Road Community Development Group, of Exmore, has been awarded three state grants totaling nearly $3.7 million toward the cost of its Legacy Project’s second phase, which will consist of an additional 47 affordable housing units in the New Road community. “We’re doing...
BY TED SHOCKLEY, Eastern Shore Post — Accomack County will form a group — possibly with the Virginia Department of Transportation — to address its stopped-up ditches and drainage woes. Members of the Accomack Board of Supervisors during a meeting Wednesday, March 20, said constituents have expressed concern with flooding in...
BY STEFANIE JACKSON, Eastern Shore Post — Northampton County supervisors should supply at least $1 million more toward the cost of public education in the next fiscal year to comply with a state funding formula, according to the school superintendent. The formula “is probably the most significant … factor that determines...
BY TED SHOCKLEY, Eastern Shore Post— The Accomack County Board of Supervisors is proposing to lower its real estate tax rate by 11 cents to equalize a 24% jump in real estate reassessments. “You will not be receiving a 24% increase in your taxes,” said Board Chairman Robert Crockett...
BY STEFANIE JACKSON, Eastern Shore Post — A groundbreaking ceremony for Northampton County’s middle and high school complex was held Wednesday, March 6, in the Northampton High School gym, in Eastville. “Today’s groundbreaking is not just about laying bricks or mortar, it’s about building dreams and opportunities for generations to come,”...