Mears News

More than seven decades ago a small camp for boys existed on a farm in Northampton County.

ONANCOCK -- Entering her senior year of high school, Dyshekia Gillespie had plenty to put on her college resume.

ONANCOCK -- Entering her senior year of high school, Dyshekia Gillespie had plenty to put on her college resume.

For many young people, summer is viewed as a break from school and responsibilities.

KELLER , Va.- Authorities say two more suspects are now in custody in connection with an Accomack County, Va.

According to Sheriff Larry Giddens, on Thursday, Sept. 3, at approximately 4:03 p.m., the Accomack County Sheriff's Office received a report regarding shots fired in the area of the Robinson Trailer Park in Keller.

The Hospital Ball committee has named The Garden Club of the Eastern Shore the honorary collective chair of the 2009 Hospital Ball, which will be held Sept.

Formal charges, ages and addresses have been released for 19 people arrested in connection with a drug sweep earlier this month.

Accomack County Public Schools honored 11 retiring employees Thursday night at Nandua High School with a dinner and program featuring remarks by Virginia Education Association President Kitty Boitnott.

Students with ties to the Eastern Shore were among the 216 men who graduated on Sunday, May 10, at commencement exercises marking the end of the 234th academic year at Hampden-Sydney College.

OAK HALL -- JoAnn Mears Hickman, 79, of Oak Hall died Wednesday, May 20, 2009, at Sutton's Place of Care in Temperanceville.

ACCOMAC -- Accomack County taxpayers will pay 7 cents more tax per $100 value on their real estate next year and 45 cents more per $100 for personal property taxes.

Holly Brook will be the setting for the Northampton Branch, Preservation Virginia, Spring gathering on Sunday, May 3, at 5 p.m. A tour of the house and grounds as well as a catered buffet supper featuring Eastern Shore wines is planned.

Five members of the Accomack County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday turned back an attempt to cut local funding to public schools by an additional $450,000 next year.

PARKSLEY - The Accomack County Board of Supervisors' meeting Wednesday felt more like a tent revival as scores of residents outraged at the board's decision to ban meeting invocations in Jesus' name and wearing purple ribbons in protest filled the meeting room.