Eastville News

A massive fire early Tuesday morning destroyed the Captain's Deck, a popular restaurant here owned by Shellie and Nuri Onal.

Eastern Shore fire crews were busy battling a massive fire at the Captain's Deck & Restaurant, located at 7120 Lankford Hwy.

EASTVILLE - Two sisters and their mother have been found guilty of the August assault and battery of Bayview resident Alice Coles and her daughter, Nikita, and will serve time in jail.

NORTHAMPTON I. The Northampton County elections on Tuesday was the best news I have heard in years.

CAPE CHARLES -- Former town councilman and longtime police officer Sgt. Charles 'Sambo' Brown has been named the new chief of police by Town Council.

EASTVILLE -- The Northampton County Planning Commission is scheduled to hear a presentation at its Wednesday meeting from representatives of an Illinois-based company hoping to locate a solar farm near Cheriton.

EASTVILLE -- The Northampton Planning Commission will hold public hearings on an additional 122 applications to the Agricultural Forestal District at a 7 p.m. meeting Wednesday in the former circuit courtroom here.

David Eder has been appointed police sergeant in this small-town historic county seat - the first time in decades the town has had its own police presence.

More than seven decades ago a small camp for boys existed on a farm in Northampton County.

EASTVILLE -- A financial advisor, a land surveyor and a farmer all are in the running for the open Northampton Board of Supervisors' seat in District 1, the county's southernmost, in Tuesday's upcoming election.

NORTHAMPTON I. The difference in the District 2 race is the difference between businesses in town or businesses on the highway.

EASTVILLE -- The Northampton Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a new business license fee at its regular October session.

KIPTOPEKE - The brick-framed gravesite of Robert Trower Jr. has remained quiet and largely unchanged since his death on April 9, 1804, and it's easy to imagine that the surrounding area also has changed little.

EASTVILLE -- Apparently the state of affairs in Northampton County is dire enough to compel at least six citizens to run for office.

EASTVILLE -- Officials from Northampton County and its Chamber of Commerce held a 10 a.m. press conference last Friday to discuss the potential of solar energy generation facilities locating in the county.

The director of the Northampton branch of Preservation VA and Eastville Mayor Jim Sturgis will greet the Antique Automobile Club of America on the Courthouse Green complex, followed by a docent-guided tour of the Old Courthouse, Clerk's Office, and Prison.

CAT. To the hero who sped through Modest Town last Saturday night and killed a large yellow cat, you have the burden of knowing you made an old man cry.

Acts the Apostolic Church, Temperanceville, has a free meal of soup and sandwiches served every second Saturday from 110 a.m. to 1 p.m. Eat-in or carryout is available.

Citizens for a Better Eastern Shore will host a "Meet the Candidates" forum for candidates for the Northampton County Board of Supervisors in Districts 1, 2 and 3 on Thursday.

Delegate Lynwood Lewis and two challengers in the Nov. 3 election, Republican Melody Scalley and independent John Smith, will participate Tuesday in a forum sponsored by Citizens for a Better Eastern Shore and held at Eastern Shore Community College.