Northumberland Echo

23/03/2025

ATTENTION SCHOOLS!
The Northern Neck News, Westmoreland News, and Northumberland Echo are putting together our annual graduation tabloid. We're seeking the senior pictures and graduates' names for this section. Schools that want to participate in this section should contact the Production Manager, Melody Hasselvander, via email at [email protected]
Anyone interested in advertising in the Grad Tab should contact Wes Derrickson at [email protected]
Thanks so much, and BEST OF LUCK to the CLASS OF 2025!

21/03/2025

https://www.newsontheneck.com/news/lengthy-rehab-project-to-start-on-norris-bridge-this-month/article_2d7b43db-aa72-4d04-9823-e883db46bb87.html

Starting in late March, VDOT and its contractor will begin a lengthy rehabilitation project on the Robert O. Norris Jr. Bridge that will involve lane closures overnight that are expected

20/03/2025

https://www.newsontheneck.com/news/bald-eagle-injured-in-heathsville-healed-released/article_0476ca0f-8735-4e24-ac34-00c0a46f9c20.html

An adult bald eagle injured in Heathsville was successfully treated and released back into the wild last week.

19/03/2025

https://www.newsontheneck.com/living/education/lancaster-schools-hosts-career-job-fair/article_794640d5-bb71-4e98-8093-f74a625121a0.html

This month Lancaster County Public Schools hosted a Career & Job Fair for not only the high school students but also those in the 5th through 7th grade. The event

19/03/2025

https://www.newsontheneck.com/news/northumberland-likely-to-pay-a-hefty-price-for-ncps-special-education-spending/article_3a7a07c9-2195-45d0-aba4-6ba980d405a4.html

Northumberland County Schools’ underinvestment in special education could be a costly misstep for county taxpayers.

19/03/2025

14/03/2025

https://www.newsontheneck.com/news/brookvale-high-school-marker-on-agenda-for-upcoming-board-of-historic-resources-meeting/article_e6e591a2-00da-11f0-a232-e73cb7624128.html

On March 20, the Board of Historic Resources will consider approving the text for a historical highway marker for Brookvale High School.

13/03/2025

https://www.newsontheneck.com/news/northern-neck-middlesex-free-clinic-receives-100k-dental-grant/article_524df92a-0013-11f0-a810-cfc8989e5e21.html

This month, the Delta Dental of Virginia Foundation announced its largest grant distribution ever–$950,000. That funding was divided between 14 recipients, including a $100,000 grant to Northern Neck Middlesex Free

13/03/2025

https://www.newsontheneck.com/news/fisher-learns-the-limits-on-regulating-shipping-containers/article_f9997d74-0010-11f0-b68f-1f557fb3bf7f.html

Supervisor A.C. Fisher has discovered Northumberland’s latest measure to regulate shipping containers won’t empower the county to tackle the problem he was aiming to address retroactively.

12/03/2025

https://www.newsontheneck.com/news/retroactive-payments-monthly-increases-coming-for-some-social-security-pensioners/article_1a487858-ff40-11ef-92f8-b7e4ff1527c8.html

On February 25, the Social Security Administration (SSA) stated it was beginning to issue retroactive benefits made possible by the Social Security Fairness Act. Some Social Security recipients are also

12/03/2025

https://www.newsontheneck.com/living/y-day-of-giving-raises-awareness/article_67efa2ec-ff3c-11ef-8324-8bc9f953e952.html

The local YMCAs in Heathsville, Warsaw, and Kilmarnock participated in the nationwide YMCA Day of Giving on Tuesday, March 4, to raise money and awareness for programs that improve the

06/03/2025

https://www.newsontheneck.com/living/education/northern-neck-automotive-technology-students-shine-at-skillsusa/article_41fde780-f9e5-11ef-8808-9f436cab9c28.html

Saturday, Automotive Technology students from the Northern Neck Technical Center competed in the SkillsUSA District Competition at Huber Motors-Volvo in Fredericksburg.

06/03/2025

https://www.newsontheneck.com/living/ambulance-added-to-serve-upper-lancaster/article_5685d15a-fa98-11ef-bcf5-172c34629628.html

Lancaster County Emergency Services announced Ambulance 86 was placed into service last Tuesday, Feb 25.

06/03/2025

https://www.newsontheneck.com/news/agencies-sounding-alarm-about-risky-fire-conditions/article_b334873a-f9e3-11ef-86fe-77bdc38f0353.html

On Saturday, Essex County Emergency Services and Tappahannock Essex Volunteer Fire Department responded to a call involving a resident who reported the smell of smoke. Upon arrival, firefighters found “a

05/03/2025

https://www.newsontheneck.com/sports/red-devils-varsity-boys-basketball-claim-regional-title/article_89005fc4-f9e4-11ef-b0c2-17a94ae9f715.html

The Red Devils Varsity Boys Basketball team won the Class 1 Region A Boys Basketball Championship last Friday 66 to 46 against Northumberland.

05/03/2025

https://www.newsontheneck.com/news/northumberland-investigating-ballot-question-on-electing-vs-appointing-school-board/article_2d96f484-f9dc-11ef-9bac-bf650cab1d0b.html

A discussion that began with Supervisor A.C. Fisher Jr. suggesting that if the superintendent for Northumberland Schools couldn’t make the Board of Supervisors meetings, then the assistant superintendent should come

05/03/2025

NORTHUMBERLAND ECHO PRINT READERS:
Please note that a printing error occurred with the March 5, 2025 edition.
Despite the suggestion made by the title "Proposal for Northumberland School Board on Ballot" there IS NOT a proposal on any ballot regarding Northumberland School Board at this time. The article outlines a discussion around a proposal for a ballot measure.
The article printed was an unedited draft, not the final copy.
The finalized version is available at NewsOnTheNeck.com (link below).
Print readers who do not have access to the online version can email [email protected] and simply put "School Board Article" in the subject line and a copy will be sent via email.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
https://www.newsontheneck.com/news/northumberland-investigating-ballot-question-on-electing-vs-appointing-school-board/article_2d96f484-f9dc-11ef-9bac-bf650cab1d0b.html