Nassawadox News

David Terrill of Pittsburgh won the Pete Rowe Memorial Fun Run Saturday. Taking advantage of near-perfect running conditions, Terrill, 53, posted a time of 14:24 over the 2.5-mile course that runs from Brownsville to Nassawadox.

HARE VALLEY -- Ruby Beckett has been living in a tiny substandard house with no indoor plumbing for more than 20 years.

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.

For the 32nd consecutive year there will be a Brownsville to Nassawadox fun run on July 4. The Pete Rowe Memorial Fun Run will take place on Independence Day.

Elsie W. Davis, 81, a resident of Atlantic, died Wednesday, June 10, 2009, at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital, Roanoke, Va.

James H. Beckett, 84, husband of the late Thelma Beckett and a resident of Marionville, died Friday, June 12, 2009, at Shore LifeCare at Parksley.

Three of the delinquent tax properties cleared by the circuit court for the next auction include occupied residences, according to the county tax attorney.

Three high school seniors from Virginia's Eastern Shore have each earned $1,000 college scholarships awarded by the Educational Scholarship Foundation of the Virginia, Maryland & Delaware Association of Electric Cooperatives.

The Best Friends Fun Dog Show was held on May 24, after two rainouts, at the Randy Custis Memorial Park in Nassawadox.

EASTVILLE -- The Northampton County Chapter of AARP will meet at the Social Services building in Eastville at 10:30 a.m. on June 1. The head of the Eastern Shore Regional Jail will be the speaker.

EXMORE -- The Friends of the Railroad is sponsoring a Garden Tour on Saturday in conjunction with the town's 125th anniversary.

Etta Marie Brady, 20, of Machipongo, was indicted on two counts of breaking and entering, grand larceny and petty larceny.

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Norman Mapp retired from the Philadelphia public school system 21 years ago and returned to his home on the Shore.

From Eastern Shore of Virginia Habitat for Humanity to Patricia Upshur, two parcels near Treherneville for $77,500 From Ray Newman to William Sparrow, lot at Smith beach, Savages Neck for $7,500 From Christopher Barcroft to Edward Sayers Jr., lot 17 at Nassawadox for $35,000 From Ken Kuttler to Alta Gleiser, lot near Exmore for $50,500 From ...

EASTVILLE -- The Northampton Board of Supervisors has voted unanimously to dissolve the current joint local planning commission and create a new entity.

NASSAWADOX --A jewel of a quilt is just one of the unique auction items up for bidding at this year's Shore Fest.

The Northampton Board of Supervisors agreed to notify participating towns that the county is considering withdrawing from the joint local planning commission.

The Northampton Board of Supervisors on Tuesday rejected an unsolicited proposal from a group of private investors seeking to bring central water and wastewater treatment service to the county and its ...

The inaugural amateur Kids Idol competition will be held in April at Little Italy Restaurant and offers two $1,000 scholarships.