Atlantic News

It is the season for children to write their Christmas wish list, and 31 Eastern Shore post offices are ready to get those letters to Santa.

Accomack County officials still have not decided whether to help pay a portion of $1 million for repairs to the railroad car float that links Virginia's Eastern Shore with the rest of the state -- and which some say could play a future role in developments at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport.

Rumors that Chincoteague plans to seek a boundary adjustment for parts of the mainland including Wallops Island resulted in a crowd of more than 70 attendees Monday at Accomack County Supervisor Ron Wolff's constituents' meeting, where the expansion of municipal limits was the announced topic.

Accomack County Supervisor Ron Wolff's 7 p.m. constituency meeting on Monday will focus on a possible boundary adjustment attempt by the Chincoteague Town Council.

If you are a dyed-in-the-wool conservative or a firebrand liberal, having Lynwood Lewis win a fourth term in the House of Delegates might not be good news.

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The truck crash last Wednesday at the T's Corner intersection prompted an eight-hour cleanup, rescue officials said.

A diverse group of politicians, professors and aerospace industry representatives is meeting today in Richmond to formulate a long-term vision for Wallops' space complex.

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The Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center and Virginia Wesleyan College christened a new research and education vessel.

A Virginia crabber has net an interesting catch: an all baby blue crab. On a recent crabbing run up the James River near Craney Island, a crab plopped out of a pot that caught Sally Epps' eye.

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State Sen. Creigh Deeds, the Democratic nominee for governor, sent a letter on Monday to the Accomack County Board of Supervisors to pledge his support for Orbital's Taurus II rocket project at Wallops Island.

Richmond, VA Virginia can breathe a sigh of relief for now, as none of the three named storms now in the Atlantic will have much impact here.

Andrew Chapel United Methodist Church, Cashville, has Sunday school at 10 a.m., followed by worship at 11 a.m. with Pastor Jon Woodburn.

The race for governor of Virginia moved into outer space this past week, with both candidates pledging support for the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at Wallops Island .

Dominique Miller, 21, of Atlantic, was found guilty of murder, use of a firearm in commission of a murder and use of a firearm by a convicted felon.

Dominique Miller, 21, of Atlantic, was found guilty of murder, use of a firearm in commission of a murder and use of a firearm by a convicted felon.

Formal charges, ages and addresses have been released for 19 people arrested in connection with a drug sweep earlier this month.

Forty years after astronaut Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, two busloads of Delmarva's movers and shakers got a peek this week at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, which supporters hope will be the next space venture to capture the public's imagination.