Parksley News

PARKSLEY -- Lynwood Lewis won a fourth term in the House of Delegates Tuesday, defeating challenger Melody Scalley by more than 3,800 votes in his first contested race since taking office in 2004.

ACCOMAC -- The Salvation Army Christmas Kettle Campaign will soon be in full swing.

PARKSLEY -- The Eastern Shore Chapter of the Hunters for the Hungry has begun collection of deer and financial support for processing.

PARKSLEY -- Del. Lynwood Lewis on Tuesday won a fourth term in the House of Delegates, defeating challenger Melody Scalley by more than 3,800 votes.

PARKSLEY -- The needs of impoverished children half a world away in India prompted a local high school student to develop a unique fundraiser to help them.

PARKSLEY - Accomack County was recognized by the National Weather Service as one of more than 1,500 storm-ready communities in the United States after meeting a rigorous set of criteria.

Police have identified the 59-year-old man killed in a crash after his truck veered off Route 13 Wednesday morning as Thomas Chandler Northam of Parksley.

Police here have identified the man who was fatally injured driving a truck on U.S. Route 13 here as 59-year-old Thomas Chandler Northam of Parksley.

PARKSLEY - Accomack County officials voted to set aside an additional $720,000 for the county's rainy day fund in an attempt to bring that reserve up to a recommended 8 percent of revenue by 2016, two years earlier than the previous target date.

PARKSLEY --Accomack County officials said they will re-examine what can be done about the dilapidated Whispering Pines Motel building in Tasley.

PARKSLEY - Accomack is the most overweight county in Virginia, a health professional told the Board of Supervisors on Wednesday night.

I've been promising you all now for a couple years that I was going to take steps to help those on the Shore who wanted to find love.

Delegate Lynwood Lewis remembers well the unsuccessful General Assembly efforts to take accumulated Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel funding and use it for Hampton Roads-area transportation improvements, calling one such attempt the most "stressful" time of his political career.

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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.

Dr. Paul L. Ewell, a professor at Virginia Wesleyan College in Norfolk, Virginia, and a native of Parksley, is requesting assistance in a research project involving the watermen of the Eastern Shore.

COLES I. I call in support of Alice Coles. What a great light she is locally and nationally.

A Virginia State Trooper from the Eastern Shore will receive national recognition in Sunday's Parade magazine, according to reports.

A new restaurant is bringing needed jobs to Parksley after its owners worked 15 months to renovate the building and open it.

ACCOMAC - A grand jury will hear charges against an Accomack County man who authorities say fired a fatal gunshot during an August fight at the Parksley Royal Farms convenience store, a judge decided in a hearing Monday.