Janet Bernosky

An in-home childcare provider in Suffolk that was supported by the Minus 9 to 5 program. The program is expanding to Accomack County to support more childcare options.

Accomack will expand childcare offerings with support from ODU program

Janet Bernosky

Old Dominion University’s Minus 9 to 5 program will help six home-based childcare centers in the Eastern Shore community.

Local Government

Chincoteague rejects restrictions on short-term rentals

Janet Bernosky

Town officials plan to complete a housing study to look at short-term rentals and other housing issues on the island.

A Chincoteague garden off of North Main Street. Individuals' gardens are the focus of the Village Neighbor Chincoteague's fundraiser.

Arts & Culture

Chincoteague nonprofit benefitting aging residents will hold first garden tour fundraiser

Janet Bernosky

Village Neighbors Chincoteague connects volunteers and older residents to provide assistance with everyday tasks. A garden tour this weekend will support the local chapter.

About 3,000 people attend Chincoteague's annual seafood festival. It's in its 56th year.

Arts & Culture

Gallons of clams, oysters and more are moving into place for Chincoteague’s annual seafood festival

Janet Bernosky

It takes months of preparation and dedicated staff and volunteers to present the Chincoteague Seafood Festival.

Eddie Somers, the Maryland ice-breaking vessel that helped Tangier Island receive supplies during a winter freeze.

Local Government

Virginia is considering using Maryland's icebreaking services to help Tangier during cold winters

Janet Bernosky

Twice this past winter, a Maryland-stationed icebreaking vessel had to break through thick ice to get necessities to Tangier Island when other delivery methods failed.

Chris Kutyla tends more than 200,000 bees on his Accomack County property.

Environment & Sea Level Rise

Accomack County man honors Earth Day with his bee-friendly property

Janet Bernosky

Chris Kutyla and his wife plan to expand the plantings on their 5-acre property for other wildlife, too.

Inside a WHRO Public Media television control room. The Eastern Shore uses an aging translator TV system to keep WHRO and other local news stations on air, but may cut the program because of budget constraints.

Local Government

Accomack passes a budget, saving TV service with unused school funds

Janet Bernosky

Accomack County officials proposed getting rid of Translator Television Service to save money on upkeep.

Students enter Nandua High School on the first day of the 2025 school year. The school needs asbestos abatement, a project that could go unfunded if the county has to redirect school funding to emergency services.

Local Government

Accomack superintendent warns using school money for EMS will delay capital projects

Janet Bernosky

Accomack County schools has a list of projects - including asbestos abatement and new sidewalks at elementary schools - that could be cut if the county redirects money to the emergency services department.

Local Government

Accomack’s proposed budget would cut the Eastern Shore’s access to local television news stations

Janet Bernosky

Virginia's Eastern Shore has relied on an aging Translator Television service to get residents WHRO and other local TV stations. County leaders say they may stop the service in 2027.

Accomack County's EMS department began adding more staff in 2022 without a tax increase. With other cost increases in the department, the county has to find ways to fund it.

Local Government

Accomack may use extra school money to balance emergency services budget

Janet Bernosky

Accomack County leaders are considering a property tax increase, but it won’t cover a projected shortfall for emergency services in the next two years.