Willis Wharf News

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The broadband project to provide high-speed Internet access on the Eastern Shore has received an additional $1 million in federal stimulus funds, Gov.

Gov. Timothy M. Kaine announced Thursday that Northampton County has qualified for $1 million worth of federal stimulus cash to upgrade broadband access along Virginia's Eastern Shore.

ONLEY --In 1976, a group of seven vocalists gathered to do what they most loved to do -- sing.

You never know what you'll find at the Craddockville greenbox site. It always frustrates me when there are discarded items strewn around the grounds.

WILLIS WHARF -- Gov. Timothy M. Kaine has announced a new regulation to reduce shellfish condemnations on the Eastern Shore by protecting clam and oyster production in seaside waters.

Gov. Timothy M. Kaine and First Lady Anne Holton will attend several events on the Eastern Shore today.

EASTVILLE -- The Northampton Board of Supervisors will hold its monthly work session Tuesday at 5 p.m. in the former circuit courtroom here.

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.

WACHAPREAGUE - Larry Hamblin will never forget a particularly special double-date with his late wife at the Wachapreague Volunteer Fire Co.

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.

EASTVILLE - The Board of Supervisors reappointed Kristin Webb and Dick Drury to the county school board after interviewing the two applicants in closed session at their June 23 work session.

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The waters of the Eastern Shore seaside were once lousy with "oyster pirates," a term still in use today for those who ransack beds, making off with market-sized oysters planted and tended by others.

EASTVILLE -- The Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a special-use permit to operate a private packing shed for aquaculture products on a 43-acre parcel located at the northeast corner of Ballard Drive and Seaside Road near Willis Wharf.

The Board of Supervisors held a public hearing Tuesday to receive views from residents of the county regarding appointments to three open school board seats, but no one from the public offered any comments.