Reflections on Cape Charles and the Eastern Shore
Reverse angle parking has been a thorn in the side of Cape Charles for a few years now, and most of us are still trying to understand what benefits if any it offers. The Town’s party line has been that the intent of reverse angle parking is to provide a safer method of parking by […]
The ANPDC, after acquiring grants to investigate this project, is lobbying both counties to consider building a household hazardous waste collection facility to be located in Painter. The new site would allow citizens to get rid of materials such as old paint and solvents. At Tuesday’s Regular Meeting , the Northampton Board of Supervisors was […]
Do you have talent? Have you ever wanted to share that talent on the Palace Theatre Stage? If so, now is your chance. GEAR is holding auditions for the February 9th talent show, I played the Palace, this Sunday at 3:00. Whether you sing, dance, act, read or play, please come and audition. All ages […]
This Thursday, 1/17/19, is Shore Christian Academy’s Winter Open House. It’s never too early to think about the 2019-2020 school year. We have great things to offer ~ affordable tuition, small student/teacher ratio (classrooms), strong curriculum, a dedicated teaching staff, and a loving, safe environment for children PRE K 3 through 8th grade. Call us […]
The long wet season from El Nino brought record rainfall, and washed more pollutants into the Chesapeake Bay. The bay’s health fell to a D+ in a biennial report card released Monday — a decline from its previous C- grade. The Chesapeake Bay Foundation called its assessment “a grim reality” that stresses the importance of […]
In an effort to wipe some of the egg off its face after the watch house incidents last year, the Northampton Board of Supervisors is looking to the Planning Commission to deal with definition of just what a shellfish watch house really is. At Tuesday’s meeting, Susan McGhee addressed the Board on the Planning Commission’s […]
John Bullard plays five-string banjo, which you might expect from a southerner. But there’s a gothic twist: he plays classical music. If you think about it, it’s actually the perfect southern art—a gentleman playing classical music on a banjo. One minute he’s bush-hogging a field on his John Deere tractor, the next he’s on his […]
The old general store in Craddockville has been a meeting place for Eastern Shore of Virginia residents for more than a century, but we all now know it as The Chair Place, an open jam session every Thursday night from 8 till 10:30. If you have trouble making it out on a Thursday, you are […]
Special Opinion, sent in anonymously by A Friend. From Aristotle’s Politics, (translated from the Greek by Spencer Klavan, (JUNE 22, 2018). https://pjmedia.com/andrewklavan/aristotle-build-the-wall/ “[A] peculiarly relevant passage about whether a city-state should build a “beautiful” wall to keep out invaders.” “Some people say city-states that are trying for virtue shouldn’t have walls, but those people’s beliefs are […]
The Eastern Shore of Virginia Habitat for Humanity would like to invite you to participate in the Annual “Freezin For A Reason.” The dip in the bay will be held Saturday, February 23, 2019, at the Cape Charles Beach. Join Celebrity Dipper Richard Davis, Virginia Farm Manager of Lipman Family Farms, in raising needed funds for […]
Science and Philosophy Seminar of the Eastern Shore of Virginia has scheduled its next seminar, “Single Malt Scotch Whisky.” The free 90-minute seminar will be at 12:30 p.m. on Friday, January 18 in the Lecture Hall of the Eastern Shore Community College, 29300 Lankford Hwy, Melfa, VA 23410. Terry Malarkey will describe the history, manufacture, […]
President Trump has signed the Modernizing Recreational Fisheries Management Act of 2018, better known as the Modern Fish Act. The act authorizes the use of management tools geared towards recreational fishing, and seeks out updated recreational harvest data. It will study mixed-use fishery allocation and provide recommendations on catch share management programs. The nation’s estimated […]
VA-Norfolk Law Enforcement Hiring Expo is holding an event for those looking for a career in law enforcement, or the support roles within law enforcement departments. There will be several law enforcement agencies all looking to hire. Sworn officers, office administration, accounting/finance, and IT are in very high demand, as are all others with experience […]
Full Moon Walk at The Nature Conservancy’s Brownsville Preserve Join the Conservancy’s MD Lower Shore Program Manager, Joe Fehrer for a guided moonlit stroll through this beautiful protected landscape and take a moment to tour historic Brownsville House (c. 1806) while you’re there. The event is scheduled for Monday, January 21 at 5:30 pm. This walk […]
In November, while reviewing staff reports, Councilwoman Cela Burge commented that, while the monthly report from the Cape Charles Police Department was helpful, it could also provide more details, besides just a rundown of the numbers. As an example, below is this month’s report: Calls for service in Cape Charles: 25 Calls for service outside […]
Local artist, singer and song writer Clelia Jane Sheppard has started a GoFundMe campaign to help finance the production of her new album. Sheppard has already written the majority of the work, the next phase is recording, engineering and production. An accomplished photographer, Clelia’s music is an emotionally honest mirror made possible by the consistent […]
The Cape Charles Town Council met Thursday to discuss a way forward for how to approach maintaining the town’s historic character. This work session was prompted by a decision by the Historic District Review Board denying an application to remove a small, non-functioning chimney. This decision, and the subsequent appeal shined an unflattering light on […]
Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel sees its first toll increase in five years: Peak season times will increase to $18, up from $16. E-ZPass customers can do a return trip within 24 hours for $2, which is actually a decrease from $3 Off-peak season times will increase to $14, up from $13. E-ZPass customers can do a […]
This story was sent to the Mirror by a reader, and was originally written by Lisa Prevost, and published by the New York Times on December 25th. It is presented here with permission by the NYTs. The sunken wreckage of the Cora F. Cressey, a wooden schooner that serves as a breakwater at the Bremen […]
This Opinion is special to the Mirror by Chas Cornweller. Lately, I’ve been watching the weather. I have been looking up towards the sky. I’ve caught animated weathermen hawking their brand on my big flat screen. I have been walking about, outside, feeling winter enclose me. All these things have become one large, automatic charge. […]
Scientists estimate that more than 8 million metric tons of plastic are entering our ocean every year. There could be more plastic than fish in the ocean by 2050. From tiny plankton to enormous whales, countless animals across marine ecosystems are affected by plastic pollution. It’s found in 59% of seabirds like albatros and pelicans, […]
We have a few empty seats at our Eastern Shore of Virginia Weston A. Price Foundation (WAPF) chapter Bone Broth Seminar on Saturday, January 12th at 1 PM in Cape Charles. The demonstration will take about 2 hours. Our plan is to make three kinds of broth: Pork, chicken, and beef. Unfortunately, you won’t be able […]
VIRGINIA BEACH — The Virginia Aquarium is in the process of creating a license plate that will help support the its ocean conservation efforts and it needs 450 applications to do it. The deadline for the 450 applications to be completed and paid for is Jan. 7, extended from the original deadline of Dec. 31, 2018, according […]
They tend to sprout up every spring, like poisonous mushrooms, as if orthopedic footwear-as-fashion-statement is somehow appropriate. We are of course talking about Birkenstock, which besides the Teva, are the ugliest sandals known to mankind. Visually, Birkenstocks create a feeling of fashion vertigo, or la nausée because they are irredeemably ugly, or too vivid a reminder of […]
Dutch inventor Boyan Slat founded The Ocean Cleanup at the age of 18 in his hometown of Delft, the Netherlands. The Ocean Cleanup is designing and developing the first feasible method to rid the world’s oceans of plastic. Every year, millions of tons of plastic enter the ocean. A significant percentage of this plastic drifts […]
69 A.D.: Roman Legions in Germania Superior (present-day Alsace region) refuse to swear allegiance to the Emperor Galba, instead casting their support for the accession of Vitellius, whose short reign (April-December of this year) made him the third in a uniquely turbulent period of Roman history known as The Year of Four Emperors, all of […]
M Last year, the General Assembly refused to vote on a measure that would have brought state regulations into compliance with new federal menhaden catch limits for the Chesapeake Bay. The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission could recommend a moratorium on all catches of the species if the state fails once again to take action. The small, […]
Gov. Ralph Northam has proposed providing $90 million in state funds to help farmers put in conservation practices that would prevent the runoff of nutrients and sediment from crop fields and feedlots. That’s more than triple what state lawmakers have made available in years past for pollution-controlling measures on Virginia’s 46,000 farms — and closer […]
A Maryland Department of Natural Resources stock assessment found in November that the number of market-size bivalves last season was half of what it had been 15 years earlier, and that the shellfish were being overfished in roughly half of the state’s waters. The assessment had been ordered by the General Assembly in 2017 after […]
The internet is getting faster. The technology news website Recode reported this month that “US internet speeds rose nearly 40 percent this year,” with broadband download velocity now averaging as much as 159 megabits per second in some cities. The United States currently ranks seventh worldwide in broadband internet speed. That’s up from 12th a year ago. Last year, […]
The is a controversial issue, with Pro-choice and Pro-Life folks dug in. While trying to stay neutral on that debate, we do try to explore how and why we should categorize the abortion process. A report analyzed research using data from the latest year for which all the pertinent information is available (2009) and found that induced […]
Auditions for upcoming spring performances will be held Monday Jan 7th at the Palace Theatre in Cape Charles, 4:45 to 7:00. This includes and introduction to class schedules, productions as well as workshops in auditioning and voice.
The bald eagle breeding population on the Eastern Shore of Virginia is has been on the upswing for several years now. The Center for Conservation Biology within the College of William and Mary and the Virginia Commonwealth University completed the first bald eagle survey of the Eastern Shore back in March of 2011. A record […]
Hansel and Gretel (German: Hänsel und Gretel) is an opera by nineteenth-century composer Engelbert Humperdinck, who described it as a Märchenoper (fairy-tale opera). The libretto was written by Humperdinck’s sister, Adelheid Wette, based on the Grimm brothers’ fairy tale “Hansel and Gretel”. It is much admired for its folk music-inspired themes, one of the most […]
The Cape Charles Community Enhancement Board (VA Main Street) contracted, via VA Main Street, the research firm of Arnett & Muldrow to conduct an economic and market research study and survey to capture real market data for Cape Charles. As the lonely winter streets tell the tale, half the homes in Cape Charles are either […]
The Cape Charles Community Enhancement Board (VA Main Street) contracted, via VA Main Street, the research firm of Arnett & Muldrow to conduct an economic and market research study and survey to capture real market data for Cape Charles. Customer Base Research found that 33% of the retail customers come from Cape Charles, 48% from […]
For anyone that has attended meetings of the Historic District Review Board, you leave many times scratching your head at the decisions that have been made. It seems they are more driven by whim rather than a consistent reading of the so-called historic guidelines. At the December 20th Regular Meeting, Town Council had to try […]
