Northampton County News

EASTVILLE -- Northampton County's Planning Commission on Wednesday heeded the comments of a large oppositional group and recommended the Board of Supervisors deny a permit allowing a wholesale and retail ...

The Eastern Shore has more than its share of volunteers and business and civic leaders who work behind the scenes to improve the quality of life for everyone here, but too often the efforts do not receive wide ...

EXMORE -- The town's central wastewater treatment system has encountered problems that could hold up municipal plans to attract significant business and development to the burgeoning commercial area on U.S. ...

Virginia State Police have identified a man killed Wednesday in a motorcycle crash on the Eastern Shore as Charles Tilgham, 38, of Northampton County.

EXMORE and ONLEY - Two Northampton County men were fatally injured in separate U.S. Route 13 crashes Wednesday afternoon, police said.

NASSAWADOX -- A unique work of art now hanging at Shore Memorial Hospital will provide a lasting memorial to a nurse fatally injured in a tragic accident here last fall.

A Northampton County child was fatally injured late Saturday evening when he was thrown from a vehicle during a single-car accident, police said.

For the 31st consecutive year there will be a Brownsville to Nassawadox fun run on July 4. The Pete Rowe Memorial Fun Fun will take place on Independence Day.

The Northampton County Board of Supervisors conducted a public hearing at its regular session Tuesday night to receive views within the school district regarding the appointment of one District Two member of ...

EASTVILLE -- Northampton County officials last week detailed the whirlwind of budget problems that led to a proposed 13-cent real-estate tax increase for residents.

The Northampton County Board of Supervisors rejected a proposal for a large-scale tomato grower to house families of year round farm workers -- about two dozen people in all -- at the site of the former ...

Four years ago when Middleburg, Va., landowner Zohar Ben-Dov learned that his neighbors planned to sell their lush rolling land, he was concerned that a new owner might come in and spoil the pristine views ...

Individuals residing in Mathews, Gloucester and Middlesex counties will evacuate along Route 17 north.

Statement as of 7:37 PM EDT on May 31, 2008 ... A Severe Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for Northampton County... At 737 PM EDT... a severe thunderstorm was reported capable of ...

Northampton County is proposing a $24.7 million budget for Fiscal Year 2008-09 that includes a 13-cent increase on real-estate taxes and fully funds the School Board's budget request.

I am writing to thank in advance the Northampton County Board of Supervisors for fully funding the requested Northampton County School Board budget.

TEMPERANCEVILLE -- Benny Bedoya pulled his pickup truck onto the huge scales at Bowser's Salvage Yard here, paused long enough to get it weighed and then disappeared into the piles of crushed cars and recycled ...

Virginia may be a top state for doing business, but when it comes to rural areas, economic development can prove more challenging.

A letter published last week in the Eastern Shore News posed questions regarding imposing Bay Act regulations on the seaside of Accomack County.

EASTVILLE -- The Northampton County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday granted an irrigation pond permit to a farmer who said all his crops planted in a lower Northampton field burned in the ground during a hot, ...