Eastville News

EASTVILLE - Edgar Sturgis recently resigned as mayor of Eastville, ending his decades-long run in a three-generation family legacy of leadership as the historic town's elected chief.

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. -- The Rev. James Wesley Ward, 70, died suddenly of natural causes at his home on Wednesday, June 24, 2009.

EASTVILLE - The Board of Supervisors reappointed Kristin Webb and Dick Drury to the county school board after interviewing the two applicants in closed session at their June 23 work session.

EASTVILLE -- Three of the delinquent tax properties cleared by the circuit court for the next auction include occupied residences, according to the county tax attorney.

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.

EASTVILLE -- Northampton County Public Schools have been tapped to receive more than $1.5 million in the first round of new allocations made available through the federal stimulus bill.

EASTVILLE -- The Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved the county's proposed budget, but increased the total from the advertised $23.08 million to $23.15 million in order to accommodate a request from the School Board.

EASTVILLE -- The Board of Supervisors held a public hearing Tuesday to receive views from residents of the county regarding appointments to three open school board seats, but no one from the public offered any comments.

EASTVILLE --Eastville resident Melody Scalley has announced she will challenge incumbent Delegate Lynwood Lewis as the Republican Party candidate in the Nov.

The Best Friends Fun Dog Show was held on May 24, after two rainouts, at the Randy Custis Memorial Park in Nassawadox.

EASTVILLE -- Following a recent survey effort involving several Northampton County communities, the County's Community Housing Committee will host a housing seminar on Monday at 7 p.m. at Union Baptist Church, 15183 Lankford Highway in Eastville.

EASTVILLE -- Seven new or expanded agricultural-forestal district applications will be reviewed by the Board of Supervisors Tuesday night.

The Board of Supervisors appointed a brand-new nine-member Planning Commission on Monday after conducting a closed session to review applications.

Tension was thick at Tuesday's Supervisors' budget hearing EASTVILLE -- Northampton County's administrator characterized the proposed county budget for the 2010 fiscal year as a "story about revenues," but for many speakers at Tuesday night's [May 26, 2009] public hearing, the story was about education and the health and well-being of their ...

The Northampton County Chapter of AARP will meet at the Social Services building in Eastville at 10:30 a.m. on June 1. The head of the Eastern Shore Regional Jail will be the speaker.

EASTVILLE -- Right in the heart of this uniquely historic town, across Courthouse Road from the village green, a bevy of ladies work three days a week behind a welcoming screen door, sorting and pricing garments for all shapes, sizes, genders and ages.

EASTVILLE -- The Northampton Board of Supervisors took up the painstaking process of reviewing additional suggested changes to the draft county zoning ordinance on Monday and was scheduled to continue the effort at another work session here yesterday.

EASTVILLE -- The Northampton Board of Supervisors will hold its annual budget public hearing on Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the former circuit courtroom, and the school system is encouraging parents to speak up in support of the proposed School Board budget.

EASTVILLE -- A Weirwood resident addr-essed the Northampton County Board of Superv-isors at its Tuesday regular session to ask for support in improving the community.

The North-ampton Board of Supervisors has agreed to award a contract for construction services and quality assurance for closing the county landfill to Draper Aden Associates.