Council Needs Makeover

The Parksley Town Council voted Monday to have the town attorney proceed with legal measures that ultimately could lead to condemnation of seven buildings determined to be blighted if the owners do not rectify problems with the properties. Council member Dan Matthews noted having a blight ordinance was a condition...

The Parksley Town Council will hold a public hearing in September about regulations and fees for short-term rental, or homestay, businesses. The website airbnb.com as of this week lists one such business in Parksley, but the town at present does not have an ordinance governing them. “There are no legitimate...

Mr. Rebecca Jane Starr, of Onancock, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022, at Commonwealth Senior Living at the Eastern Shore. Jane was born to Harry E. Shelley and Margaret E. (Siemon) and was one of six children. She grew up on Corbett Road in Monkton, Md., on a farm. Jane...

By Stefanie Jackson – Northampton County was left with the stench of yet another commercial protein spill last weekend, but this time it wasn’t dead fish washing up on the beach, it was chicken and chicken byproducts that had spilled out of the back of a truck onto U.S. Route 13.

By Stefanie Jackson – Heather Coburn Marsh recently found her old gymnastics uniform in a closet at Northampton High School. It was a reminder of its new principal’s long history with Northampton County Public Schools, reaching back to her time as an assistant principal, teacher, and student. She...

Mr. Roger A. Ripperton, 44, of New Church, passed away Aug. 8, 2022, at Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital in Onancock. He was born in Nassawadox on Nov. 11, 1977, to Roger Ripperton Sr. and Sharon (Jester) Marshall. Roger worked in the masonry trade for many years. His last employment was with Bradco Services. He was a kind-hearted person who loved to be around people and enjoyed the simple things in life. He was an avid Washington Redskins fan.

Recent reports indicate that cobia and spadefish are beginning the early stages of their late summer and early autumn migration from the Chesapeake Bay into the Atlantic Ocean. Cobia schools have been seen traveling south in the waters of the lower bay, and there has been an increasing presence of cobia and spadefish observed around several of the inshore ocean buoys.

Submitted Story – Chincoteague’s Emma Jackson and Nandua’s Reghan Hintz recently went to Westfield, Ind., to play in the Alliance Fastpitch Championships. Jackson played with the 18u Williamsburg Starz Gold squad and Hintz played with 16u Delaware Tribe team. The two former high school rivals got a...