Accomac News

ACCOMAC -- The two employees in the Accomack County Voter Registrar's Office are hustling to keep up with increased activity leading up to the Nov.

ACCOMAC -- A 62-year-old disabled man was distraught enough to make his case vociferously to the local press Tuesday afternoon after he was left waiting over four hours for a bus ride home because he was $1 ...

ACCOMAC -- Three armed men broke into a Drummondtown Road home here Wednesday night and robbed the owners of an undisclosed amount of money.

ACCOMAC - In anticipation of an approaching nor'easter, Accomack County Emergency Management officials are advising all residents to prepare for the onset of high winds.

ACCOMAC -- In a week that saw one venerable Wall Street investment bank fail and other institutions scramble to remain solvent, finances were on the mind of Accomack County's Board of Supervisors Wednesday.

Virginia Tech forestry professor and 4-H extension specialist Jeff Kirwan will speak about his four-year search for Virginia's most remarkable trees next month at local libraries.

SHIRLEY ALLEN, 56, of Philadelphia died Friday, Sept. 5, 2008, at Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia.

ACCOMAC -- Emergency Management personnel from Chincoteague and Northampton and Accomack counties are monitoring the storm and have been participating in conference calls with the state Department of Emergency ...

ACCOMAC -- Accomack County officials activated its emergency operations center Friday afternoon as the remnants of Tropical Storm Hanna were expected in the area Saturday.

ACCOMAC -- Accomack County Public Schools met the federal Adequate Yearly Progress, or AYP, objective as a division this year -- something only 41 percent of Virginia school divisions did.

William E. Fears, a quotable Democrat who represented the Eastern Shore in the state senate for 24 years, has died.

ACCOMAC - Accomack's 14 independent volunteer fire companies and one rescue squad are struggling to find common ground among themselves and with the county Department of Public Safety, a report issued last week ...

Area Forester Robbie Lewis of the Virginia Department of Forestry reported at last week's Northampton Board of Supervisors' meeting his staff continues the agency's work locally in assisting volunteer companies ...

ONLEY -- David Michell was only 17 years old and had not yet finished high school in 1971 when he signed up with the U.S. Army during the height of the Vietnam War.

ACCOMAC -- One of five men appointed by Accomack County supervisors last month to a new committee created to further study the county's wastewater needs has resigned.

ACCOMAC - The Accomack County Board of Supervisors at its meeting today will face a decision on how to address deep reductions in the amount of state aid given to localities to help pay for crucial services, ...

ACCOMAC -- An Accomack County man was indicted by a grand jury on Monday in connection with an April 21 bomb threat at Arcadia High School that cancelled classes there.

ACCOMAC -- An appeal of the Accomack County 2009 real estate tax levy order will be in court again beginning at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday.

ACCOMAC - Accomack County is within its legal rights to pay for a top-shelf health insurance benefit for members of its Board of Supervisors and two county employees, according to an opinion issued by ...

ACCOMAC -- It usually happened like this: The nine members of the Accomack County Board of Supervisors would begin discussing and debating an issue, making motions and withdrawing them, accepting some ...