Parksley News

PARKSLEY -- The Accomack County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a new rural residential zoning district recommended by the Planning Commission.

PARKSLEY -- Rumors that Chincoteague plans to seek a boundary adjustment for parts of the mainland including Wallops Island resulted in a crowd of more than 70 attendees Monday at Accomack County Supervisor Ron Wolff's constituents' meeting, where the expansion of municipal limits was the announced topic.

A couple of weeks ago, I told you about an event that I was planning here on the Shore, the first ever Eastern Shore Speed Date event --ShoreDate. The response for this event has been very good, but before I start sending out profiles for folks to fill out, I wanted to once more put out a call for participants.

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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.