Onley News

PARKSLEY -- Accomack should redistribute career staff in a countywide approach and redefine traditional EMS districts according to drive time, according to suggested guidelines presented by Director of Public Safety Jason Loftus to the Board of Supervisors and volunteer fire company representatives.

Wartime veterans of the Eastern Shore area have a new outlet through which to serve the community.

TOYS. I recently read in the Eastern Shore News about Accomack County Sheriff Larry Giddens collecting toys for needy children in the community.

Federal, state and local officials celebrated a milestone in funding for the new Onley Community Health Center on a rainy Monday in a damp but upbeat ceremony held inside the lobby of the under-construction facility on Badger Lane.

Several people have told me that the Forks Grill in Onancock served the best hamburgers they have ever eaten.

Experience a traditional holiday event at the 10th annual Onancock Christmas homes tour and visit homes decorated for the holidays featuring seasonal music performed by members of the Orchestra of the Eastern Shore.

ONLEY -- A funding ceremony will be held Monday with U.S. Rep. Glenn Nye, Delegate Lynwood Lewis and others for the new, state-of-the-art Onley Medical Center.

The Women's Club of Accomack County will hold their Thanksgiving Brunch at their clubhouse in Onley.

ONLEY --In 1976, a group of seven vocalists gathered to do what they most loved to do -- sing.

The Annual Women's Health & Cancer Awareness Banquet, hosted by First Baptist Church of Mappsville, will take place at Nandua Middle School in Onley.

ONLEY -- Weiss Builders, the Minneapolis, Minn., company building the new Wal-Mart Supercenter here, stepped up its efforts the last two weeks to include round-the-clock work at the site on U. S. Route 13 in an effort to keep up with a schedule that should result in the store's opening next summer.

ONLEY -- On Saturday Nov. 14, at 8 p.m., at Nandua High School, the Arts Council of the Eastern Shore presents the second performance of the 'Winterfest 29' season: Tidewater Guitar Orchestra.

The Salvation Army Christmas Kettle Campaign will soon be in full swing. It is asking for help to ring bells this year.

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New Exhibition Opens at Varley Art Gallery - The Automatiste Revolution: Montreal 1941-1960. Sixty works of art, photographs, books, documentation from across Canada.

PARKSLEY - Accomack County officials voted to set aside an additional $720,000 for the county's rainy day fund in an attempt to bring that reserve up to a recommended 8 percent of revenue by 2016, two years earlier than the previous target date.

ONLEY -- Two candidates for the 100th District House of Delegates seat spoke Thursday at a forum sponsored by the Woman's Club of Accomack County, while a third candidate who withdrew from the race earlier this month looked on from the rear of the room.

Accomack County and Onley officials broke ground Monday on the new Wal-Mart Supercenter on U.S. Route 13 in Onley.

ONLEY -- A high-speed chase through central Accomack County Wednesday afternoon resulted in the driver's arrest.

The Medical Society of Virginia Foundation has announced that Dr. Parker C. Dooley of Nassawadox will receive the foundation's 2009 Salute to Service Award for Outstanding Service on behalf of the uninsured and underserved.