Accomac News

By Clara H. Vaughn Staff writer ACCOMAC - An Atlantic man who police say fatally shot a friend in an alcohol -and drug-fueled disagreement over a gun pleaded guilty on Thursday to second-degree murder, a move that will cap his prison sentence.

ACCOMAC - It appears competition between Accomack County in Virginia and its northern neighbor, Worcester County, Md., is heating up in an effort to attract business associated with Orbital Science's Taurus II rocket program and other growth at Wallops Island.

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Carnivals, fireworks, town celebrations, band concerts --there are a number of ways to celebrate the Independence Day holiday this year.

The test launch of the Max Launch Abort System that was scheduled for Thursday, June 25, has been postponed for a third time.

ACCOMAC - Hallwood resident John W. Smith Jr., who entered the 100th District House of Delegates campaign after alleging he had been "selectively prosecuted" by the town, was cleared Monday of a stalking charge.

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ACCOMAC - Scott Harvard, who joined Shore Bank as president in 1985 when it was a savings and loan using an old blacksmith shop in Accomac with $19 million in assets, resigned Wednesday as president and CEO of Shore Bank.

ACCOMAC -- 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.

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

Elsie W. Davis, 81, a resident of Atlantic, died Wednesday, June 10, 2009, at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital, Roanoke, Va.

ACCOMAC -- Delegate Lynwood Lewis operates in the political arena according to what he calls 'the Eastern Shore tradition of representation in Richmond' -- an approach that places value on consensus-building and finding common ground, even across party lines, to accomplish goals.

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.

CHINCOTEAGUE -- All Chincoteague Town Council meetings will now begin at 6 p.m. unless posted otherwise.

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.

ACCOMAC -- 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.

ACCOMAC -- 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.

ACCOMAC -- Virginia has mapped out its future in connectivity, literally. Gov. Tim Kaine has unveiled the state's first broadband availability map.

CHINCOTEAGUE -- The great-granddaughter of Accomack County Supervisor Wanda Thornton was attacked by a pit bull as the 6-year-old child emerged from a vehicle on Thornton's property.

ACCOMAC -- A grand jury Monday indicted 27 people in Accomack Circuit Court, including two with a connnection to Chincoteague Island.