Accomack County News

Chincoteague entered the 1900s in the midst of political turmoil. Its first try at incorporation had been approved by the General Assembly in 1900, and then repealed a year later with much disagreement and numerous allegations of forged petition signatures.

Accomack County Public Schools honored 11 retiring employees Thursday night at Nandua High School with a dinner and program featuring remarks by Virginia Education Association President Kitty Boitnott.

Margaret "Maggie" MacDade of Arcadia High School and Emily Rippon of Northampton High School have been named co-winners of the 2009 Eastern Shore News Leadership Award and presented a plaque and a $1,000 check at their respective graduations.

A planned subdivision on Chincoteague Bay that has generated controversy among residents of nearby Greenbackville will not be reviewed again by the Accomack County Planning Commission until at least August.

ACCOMACK I. I would like to know when the Board of Supervisors is going to look harder for revenues.

MELFA -- A Philadelphia man was fatally injured Sunday evening in a single-car crash on Route 13.

ONLEY -- DARE Day was held at Nandua High School on June 9. Since 1989, the event has been a popular celebration at the end of the Drug Abuse Resistance Education course taught in elementary schools.

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

It's hard to put art in the same category with high school wrestling, but it comes naturally to artist Kevin McBride.

ONLEY -- The Salvation Army's Accomack County Service Unit provides funds to families in emergency situations all year.

WALLOPS -- Last week's death of an African leader didn't nail the coffin on a financially ailing Accomack County airplane customizing plant, but it killed any chance for BaySys Technologies to simply collect a $10 million debt from Gabonese President Omar Bongo Ondimba.

Police say two people have been arrested and one man is wanted in connection with a robbery and abduction by gunpoint in Accomack County on Tuesday.

Two members of the Eastern Shore 911 Communications Center staff have been recognized for their duties of keeping locals safe during their time of need.

Accomack County officials Wednesday laid most of the blame for a recent financial crisis at the Star Transit bus service at the feet of the state agency charged with overseeing it.

The Eastern Shore of Virginia Housing Alliance on May 27 hosted the 2009 Housing Tour of existing and recently constructed, low-cost owner-occupied homes and rental units.

Accomack County officials Wednesday adopted a flow control ordinance that requires that all trash generated in the county be disposed of in its landfills.

The Accomack County Board of Supervisors Wednesday will discuss Star Transit's financial problems and consider ways to ensure they do not happen again.

Seldom does the public comment period of the Town Council's monthly meeting take center stage.

ACCOMAC - A grand jury Monday indicted 27 people in Accomack Circuit Court, including four who were indicted on charges related to a string of burglaries in the Parksley area last fall.

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.