Parksley News

PARKSLEY - Launch hazard and aircraft accident potential zones as well as aircraft noise near the NASA Wallops Flight Facility need to be considered when Accomack County officials make decisions about where to allow future development, a NASA official told the Board of Supervisors and Planning Commission Wednesday.

PARKSLEY -- 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.

Two Eastern Shore of Virginia entries won awards Tuesday night in the annual Pocomoke Christmas Parade, one of Delmarva's largest nighttime holiday parades.

PARKSLEY -- Accomack County supervisors unanimously approved the sale of more than three acres of county property in the Wallops Research Park to developers who plan to build an educational facility there.

Onancock officials are in the process of reviewing an analysis of the town's water and sewer rates that they commissioned in July from Salisbury, Md.

Once again the artisans and winemakers of the Eastern Shore will open their studios, vineyards, galleries, workshops and wineries for a three-day holiday shopping weekend celebration -- a great way to kick off the holiday season.

The 18th annual Santa Train, sponsored by the Bay Coast Railroad, Greater Parksley Association and the Delmarva Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society, will operate on Saturday, Dec.

PARKSLEY -- The Accomack County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a new rural residential zoning district recommended by the Planning Commission.

PARKSLEY -- 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.

A couple of weeks ago, I told you about an event that I was planning here on the Shore, the first ever Eastern Shore Speed Date event --ShoreDate. The response for this event has been very good, but before I start sending out profiles for folks to fill out, I wanted to once more put out a call for participants.

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PARKSLEY -- Lynwood Lewis won a fourth term in the House of Delegates Tuesday, defeating challenger Melody Scalley by more than 3,800 votes in his first contested race since taking office in 2004.

ACCOMAC -- The Salvation Army Christmas Kettle Campaign will soon be in full swing.

PARKSLEY -- The Eastern Shore Chapter of the Hunters for the Hungry has begun collection of deer and financial support for processing.

PARKSLEY -- Del. Lynwood Lewis on Tuesday won a fourth term in the House of Delegates, defeating challenger Melody Scalley by more than 3,800 votes.

PARKSLEY -- The needs of impoverished children half a world away in India prompted a local high school student to develop a unique fundraiser to help them.

PARKSLEY - Accomack County was recognized by the National Weather Service as one of more than 1,500 storm-ready communities in the United States after meeting a rigorous set of criteria.

Police have identified the 59-year-old man killed in a crash after his truck veered off Route 13 Wednesday morning as Thomas Chandler Northam of Parksley.

Police here have identified the man who was fatally injured driving a truck on U.S. Route 13 here as 59-year-old Thomas Chandler Northam of Parksley.

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.