Parksley News

ONANCOCK -- Certain events mark that summer is in full swing on the Eastern Shore.

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By Carol Vaughn Staff writer ONANCOCK - The Friends of Onancock School recently unveiled conceptual drawings of what it hopes the former Onancock High School, now a community and arts center, will look like after a renovation that will cost about $3.5 million.

PARKSLEY -- A first come, first served sale of 150 used laptop computers by the Accomack County Public Schools district last Friday attracted hundreds of hopeful buyers, some of whom showed up as early as 6 a.m. for the 9:30 a.m. sale held at Metompkin Elementary School.

Former county supervisor and retired school principal Margaret Taylor Miles of Parksley was appointed Thursday to the Accomack County School Board to fill the seat of Parker Johnson, who represented Election District 4 on the board for a quarter century.

Recently I sat down in a residence on Bagwell Creek and had a long conversation with a master builder, a private investigator, a collector of axes, a furniture worker and a vegetable gardener par excellence.

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PARKSLEY -- Accomack County supervisors Wednesday postponed a decision on a proposed hike in the land-use taxation program application fee from $25 to $200. The fee is charged for the initial application and also for reapplication every six year.

PARKSLEY --Sewer and water issues continued to dominate discussions at the Accomack County Board of Supervisors meeting Wednesday.

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.

TASLEY -- 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 town of Parksley has been awarded $100,000 by the Department of Housing and Community Develop-ment to create a business loan fund to encourage business expansion and job creation.

The United Way of Virginia's Eastern Shore held its annual Breakfast of Appreci-ation for the 2008 campaigns last Wednesday at the Eastern Shore Yacht and Country Club.

ACCOMAC -- A grand jury Monday indicted 27 people in Accomack Circuit Court, including two with a connnection to Chincoteague Island.

PARKSLEY - Accomack County officials met behind closed doors last month with several commercial developers whose investment in the central part of the county collectively could amount to $20 million.

Chelsea Hall of Parksley, a junior at Arcadia High School here, was presented with an engraved bronze medallion to signify her selection as a Distinguished Finalist in the 2009 Prudential Spirit of Community Awards program, which honors outstanding youth volunteers.

PARKSLEY -- Accomack officials Wednesday, for a second time, delayed voting on a proposed solid waste flow control ordinance.

PARKSLEY --Accomack County supervisors voted 4 to 3 to increase the maximum income and total financial worth for residents to qualify for real estate tax relief.

Sandra Frances Brisco, 43, of Birdsnest, pleaded guilty to felony child endangerment.

PARKSLEY -- A yard sale sponsored by the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life team will be held Saturday, May 2, from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the corner of County Road and Adelaide Street here.