Greenbackville News

PARKSLEY -- Accomack County officials Tuesday agreed to set a date for a public hearing on two new zoning districts proposed to direct most future residential development toward areas near existing towns and villages.

The Oyster & Maritime Museum will be holding a book signing on Saturday. Local authors, Linda S. Hartsock and Martha A. Burns will be at the museum from 3-5 p.m. to sign copies of their book, 'Voices of the Chincoteague: Memo-ries of Greenbackville and Franklin City.' This book captures the memories of locals who lived and worked on the ...

For the Selbys of Greenbackville, the date March 16, 2009, will not easily be forgotten.

For the Selbys of Greenbackville, the date March 16, 2009, will not easily be forgotten.

MELFA -- The Woman's Club of Accomack County held its annual meeting at the Eastern Shore Yacht and Country Club on June 11.

The Accomack Planning Commission granted preliminary approval Wednesday night for a 10-lot subdivision with an off-site mass drainfield that residents say is near 33 of Greenbackville's 118 households.

As summer begins to wind down, Onancock's Second Friday and Art Walk on Aug. 14 again provides an enjoyable evening of art, shopping, wine tasting, food and entertainment.

MELFA -- The Woman's Club of Accomack County held its annual meeting at the Eastern Shore Yacht and Country Club on June 11.

GREENBACKVILLE -- We as residents within the historic village of Greenbackville are greatly alarmed by the recently proposed development plans for the Baywitch subdivision to be located in the town's harbor and the subdivision's mass sewage disposal facility and drainage field on a 'remote site.' This 'remote site' is within the heart of ...

A planned subdivision on Chincoteague Bay that has generated controversy among residents of nearby Greenbackville will not be reviewed again by the Accomack County Planning Commission until at least August.

ACCOMAC -- Delegate Lynwood Lewis operates in the political arena according to what he calls 'the Eastern Shore tradition of representation in Richmond' -- an approach that places value on consensus-building and finding common ground even across party lines in order to accomplish goals.

Dozens of Greenbackville residents met Tuesday [May 26, 2009] to air concerns about a developer's proposal to build a subdivision in a wetlands area along Chincoteague Bay, saying it will change the community.

GREENBACKVILLE -- Dozens of Greenbackville residents met Tuesday to air concerns about a developer's proposal to build a subdivision in a wetlands area along Chincoteague Bay, saying it will change the community.

The pit bull that attacked and killed a small dog being walked on a leash by his owner in downtown Onancock earlier this year was euthanized on Tuesday.

The pit bull that mauled and killed a family's pet dachshund on an Onancock sidewalk remains held at a regional pound, awaiting a court decision as to whether it will live or die.

ONLEY -- There will be a plant sale outside BB&T Bank in Onley from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday, April 25.