Birdsnest News

It is the season for children to write their Christmas wish list, and 31 Eastern Shore post offices are ready to get those letters to Santa.

Joshua Lamar Smith, 19, of Cape Charles, was sentenced to 10 years for breaking and entering and 12 months for destruction of property, to run concurrently, with seven years suspended, restitution of $1,529 and supervised probation.

ATLANTIC -- Accomack County Supervisor Ron Wolff's 7 p.m. constituency meeting on Monday will focus on a possible boundary adjustment attempt by the Chincoteague Town Council.

From Bertha Burton to Norman Mitchell, Lot on Tazewell Avenue in Cape Charles for $227,500. From Schuyler Hurlbut to Berard Fedele, 2 parcels near Franktown for $29,000. From Angela Edmunds to Angelo Spagnuolo, Lot 64 block sea cottage addition Cape Charles for $450,000. From Dwayne Howard to Harold Howard, Lot in Birdsnest 1.51 acres for $35,000.

The Board of Supervisors last week received a Northampton County Community Housing Committee report, presented by Planning Director Sandra Benson, recommending communities to be considered for designation as revitalization areas that would be eligible for certain types of projects through the state housing authority -- usually involving low-income ...

Formal charges, ages and places of residence have been released for the men indicted by a Northampton County grand jury last week on drug crimes.

Kenneth Tyrone McCain, 42, of Salisbury, Md. was sentenced to eight years for forgery and eight years for uttering to run consecutively with six years suspended for a total of 10 years to serve.