Oak Hall News

Police say two people have been arrested and one man is wanted in connection with a robbery and abduction by gunpoint in Accomack County on Tuesday.

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

NORFOLK -- The Virginia Community Healthcare Association announced that it has honored four individuals and one team for their contributions to providing access to high-quality health care services to residents of medically underserved communities.

OAK HALL - Officials have released the name of a Kegotank Elementary School student who was killed instantly in a two-vehicle accident on U. S. Route 13 about 10 p.m. Friday.

TEMPERANCEVILLE - Two men were shot Thursday afternoon during an altercation at Makemie Monument Park, a public area near here dedicated to the founder of Presbyterianism in the United States.

Police say they are investigating a shooting that sent two people to the hospital in Accomack County, Va.

OAK HALL -- JoAnn Mears Hickman, 79, of Oak Hall died Wednesday, May 20, 2009, at Sutton's Place of Care in Temperanceville.

ATLANTIC -- Accomack County Supervisor Ron Wolff will hold a constituency meeting on May 18, featuring Gary White of the Chincoteague YMCA.

CHINCOTEAGUE -- The town will be holding a 5 p.m. dedication ceremony on Thursday for the park located on Main Street across from the Chincoteague Combined School.

May 5, 2009 Oak Hall Cap & Gown introduces "GreenWeaver" robes While most textile industries are heading overseas, one business in Salem is thriving with old fashioned know-how and new ideas.

PRAYER I. I hope the Accomack County Board of Supervisors makes a good faith effort to get ministers from all religions to give the invocation at their meetings, including Jews, Mormons and Seventh-Day Adventists.

OAK HALL -- Two thirds of the speakers at a Wednesday public hearing about the proposed Accomack County Public Service Authority were against the entity, which would coordinate and oversee water and wastewater projects.

OAK HALL - Accomack County residents can comment on a proposed public service authority Wednesday at a public hearing beginning at 7:30 p.m. at Arcadia Middle School.

Published: Thursday, April 16, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, April 17, 2009 at 12:05 a.m. Who: Frannie Seader School: Oak Hall Sport: Softball Position: Pitcher College chosen: Appalachian State Other schools considered: UNLV, Presbyterian, Palm Beach Atlantic, Wisconsin Quotable: 'When I went up there I clicked with that place.

Acco-mack County's new Makemie Park Convenience Center is scheduled to be opened on or about May 1, officials said.

Let me start by extending my sincere gratitude to the following: Atlantic Volunteer Fire Co., Oak Hall Rescue service, the Virginia State Police, and Barnes Towing Service.

CHINCOTEAGUE -- From Feb. 15-22, Christ United Methodist Church, Chincoteague, sent its ninth mission team to aid in the recovery of the Mississippi Gulf Coast resulting From Hurricane Katrina.

The Eastern Shore of Virginia Chamber of Commerce announces that tickets for the 2009 Seafood Festival are in outlets now.

Twenty-two hardy swimmers Saturday took a dip in the Chesapeake Bay to raise funds for Camp Occohannock on the Bay in an inaugural event dubbed the Polar Duck Dip.

The Accomack County Board of Supervisors Wednesday continued its push to form a public service authority and to specify which parts of the county should be targeted for municipal water and sewer service.