 |
| Vacation Rental | |
| Our Main Pages | |
| Site Visitors | |
 Members
 Latest Steven
Today0
Yesterday0
Overall127
 Visitors
Guests11
Members0
Total11
You are Anonymous user. You can register for free by clicking here | |
| Virginia Lottery | |
| |
 | County approves $9M taxiway for Baysys in 5-4 vote |
 ACCOMAC — A $9 million project to build a taxiway and other improvements
at Wallops Research Park got the green light this week after a divided
Accomack County Board of Supervisors authorized issuing bonds to pay for
it.
|
|
|
Posted by tkevans on Tuesday, August 03 @ 14:45:02 MDT (51 reads)
(Read More... | 610 bytes more | 1 comment | Score: 0)
|
|
|
| Md., Va. Chamber members tour Spaceport |
|
WALLOPS -- Chamber members from Salisbury, Md., and the Eastern Shore of
Virginia toured the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport recently to view
the progress of a $90 million construction project in preparation for
the 2011 launch of Orbital Sciences' Taurus II rocket.
|
|
|
Posted by tkevans on Thursday, July 29 @ 06:29:13 MDT (51 reads)
(Read More... | 810 bytes more | comments? | Score: 0)
|
|
|
| Phone company to bring 3G network to the Shore |
|
ACCOMAC -- AT&T has announced the availability of its third
generation, 3G, mobile broadband network in the Eastern Shore of
Virginia.
|
|
|
Posted by tkevans on Sunday, July 25 @ 08:39:44 MDT (54 reads)
(Read More... | 481 bytes more | comments? | Score: 0)
|
|
|
| Walmart opens in Onley |
|
ONLEY -- It was like Black Friday, only the shoppers were wearing shorts. The long-awaited Walmart Supercenter in Onley opened to customers at 8
a.m. Wednesday [July 21, 2010] after a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by what appeared
to be a fair percentage of the Eastern Shore of Virginia's population.
|
|
|
Posted by tkevans on Saturday, July 24 @ 06:00:07 MDT (70 reads)
(Read More... | 614 bytes more | comments? | Score: 0)
|
|
|
| Walmart stocks its shelves in preparation for July 21 opening |
|
ONLEY — The interior of the new Walmart Supercenter on U. S. Route 13 in
Onley this week was a beehive of activity as over 300 workers — garbed
in the retailer’s trademark khaki pants and navy shirts — stocked
shelves and put on other finishing touches in preparation for the
store’s opening July 21 [2010].
|
|
|
Posted by tkevans on Tuesday, July 13 @ 07:53:30 MDT (57 reads)
(Read More... | 758 bytes more | comments? | Score: 0)
|
|
|
| Warner tours Wallops, pledges support |
|
MELFA -- U.S. Sen. Mark Warner said he sees "huge potential" for the
Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at Wallops and wants to be a champion
for the facility, citing his membership on the Senate Commerce Committee
and on the science and space subcommittee.
|
|
|
Posted by tkevans on Saturday, July 10 @ 06:15:35 MDT (41 reads)
(Read More... | 624 bytes more | comments? | Score: 0)
|
|
|
| Officials vote to adopt PSA changes |
|
MACHIPONGO -- The Northampton Board of Supervisors and the councils of
four participating towns voted June 28 [2010] to adopt changes to the structure
of the county Public Service Authority, expanding its membership while
removing supervisors from direct involvement.
|
|
|
Posted by tkevans on Monday, July 05 @ 09:23:09 MDT (63 reads)
(Read More... | 652 bytes more | comments? | Score: 0)
|
|
|
| Walmart opening set for July 21, 2010 |
|
ONLEY -- The long-awaited opening of the new Walmart Supercenter on U.S.
Route 13 in Onley is scheduled for the morning of Wednesday, July 21, [2010]
according to a public relations firm representing the retail giant.
|
|
|
Posted by tkevans on Saturday, July 03 @ 08:14:11 MDT (63 reads)
(Read More... | 518 bytes more | comments? | Score: 0)
|
|
|
| Captain's Cove seeks temporary rate increase |
|
GREENBACKVILLE -- Financially troubled Captain's Cove Utility Company
will file a request with the State Corporation Commission by June 30 [2010] to
temporarily increase the rates it charges for water and sewer service
and in turn will agree to continue providing service to its residents.
|
|
|
Posted by tkevans on Wednesday, June 30 @ 14:38:59 MDT (63 reads)
(Read More... | 713 bytes more | comments? | Score: 0)
|
|
|
| Chronic sewage overflow complaint investigated by state |
|
GREENBACKVILLE — State officials are investigating a Captain’s Cove
resident’s complaint that there is a chronic sewage overflow problem in
the community.
|
|
|
Posted by tkevans on Thursday, June 17 @ 08:12:41 MDT (72 reads)
(Read More... | 658 bytes more | comments? | Score: 0)
|
|
|
| Supervisors considers AFD additions, reviews |
|
MACHIPONGO -- The Northampton County Board of Supervisors held four
public hearings on agricultural-forestal districts at its regular
session here Tuesday [June 9, 2010], but postponed action for legal reasons.
|
|
|
Posted by tkevans on Wednesday, June 16 @ 03:54:59 MDT (72 reads)
(Read More... | 578 bytes more | comments? | Score: 0)
|
|
|
| County will update study on U.S. Navy's financial impact here |
|
WALLOPS ISLAND — Accomack County will spend $8,000 to update a 2005
study that valued the U.S. Navy’s annual economic impact on the county
and Chincoteague at $81 million and its total impact on the region at
more than $100 million a year.
|
|
|
Posted by tkevans on Wednesday, May 26 @ 10:30:28 MDT (96 reads)
(Read More... | 772 bytes more | 2 comments | Score: 0)
|
|
|
| Supervisors keep land-use planner position alive |
|
ACCOMAC -- The Accomack County Board of Supervisors on Wednesday [May 19, 2010] voted
to save one job cut in the recent budget vote but postponed another
similar request.
|
|
|
Posted by tkevans on Monday, May 24 @ 07:07:28 MDT (111 reads)
(Read More... | 535 bytes more | comments? | Score: 0)
|
|
|
| Wallops runway issue at meeting |
|
ACCOMAC -- Accomack County officials will discuss whether the county
should invest $3 to $5 million to build a taxiway connecting Wallops
Research Park with NASA's runway today. Attempts to secure federal
funding so far have failed.
|
|
|
Posted by tkevans on Thursday, May 20 @ 10:14:24 MDT (94 reads)
(Read More... | 613 bytes more | comments? | Score: 0)
|
|
|
| After 5 months of tussle, zoning change OK'd |
|
CHINCOTEAGUE -- After five months of back and forth wrangling with the
Planning Commission, the Chincoteague Town Council finally gave the
rezoning answer Phillip Ettinger wanted.
|
|
|
Posted by tkevans on Thursday, May 06 @ 05:34:14 MDT (80 reads)
(Read More... | 689 bytes more | comments? | Score: 0)
|
|
| |
| Login | |
|
Don't have an account yet? You can create one. As a registered user you have some advantages like theme manager, comments configuration and post comments with your name. | |
| Today's Big Story | |
|
There isn't a Biggest Story for Today, yet. | |
| Old Stories | |
| Monday, May 03 | | · | Water, sewer needs discussion restarted |
| Saturday, May 01 | | · | Massive Wattsville project draws the curious, concerned |
| Friday, April 30 | | · | Accomack supervisors divided over economic development |
| Wednesday, April 28 | | · | Almost 600 apply for jobs at new Wal-Mart in Onley |
| Friday, April 23 | | · | Open house set for project |
| Saturday, March 27 | | · | Culls could be improved with housing grant |
| Wednesday, March 24 | | · | Project's developer seeks area's suggestions |
| Friday, March 19 | | · | Tankard against Cape Charles expansion plan |
| Wednesday, March 17 | | · | Town center proposal near Wallops detailed |
| Monday, March 15 | | · | Planning board protests cutbacks |
| Sunday, March 14 | | · | Planned unit development proposed |
| Friday, March 12 | | · | Supervisors lukewarm on railroad carfloat help |
| Sunday, February 28 | | · | County probes water board |
| Wednesday, February 24 | | · | Record discrepancies delays zone changes |
| Friday, February 19 | | · | Taxes are focus in EZ discussion |
| Sunday, February 14 | | · | Hampton Inn approved for lower county area |
| Tuesday, February 09 | | · | Proposed NASA budget good news for Wallops |
| Saturday, January 30 | | · | Delinquent Bayview lots sold at auction |
| Saturday, January 23 | | · | Board of Supervisors clarify zoning language |
| Saturday, January 16 | | · | Accomack OKs planned unit development district |
| Wednesday, January 06 | | · | Consortium's expansion well under way |
| Saturday, December 26 | | · | Wal-Mart to begin hiring in early spring |
| Monday, December 21 | | · | Small business is focus of event |
| Thursday, December 10 | | · | NASA officials wary of homes near launch site |
| Wednesday, December 09 | | · | Broadband project gets extra $1 million |
| Monday, December 07 | | · | Accomack approves sale of Wallops park property |
| Wednesday, December 02 | | · | Shore Broadband Authority awards bid to Lucas Underground |
| Wednesday, November 25 | | · | Supervisors approve new rural zoning district plan |
| Sunday, November 22 | | · | Broadband takes shape |
| Sunday, November 15 | | · | Wastewater investors sue town |
Older Articles
| |
|
|
