Reflections on Cape Charles and the Eastern Shore
Cela Burge has officially announced her candidacy for the vacant town council set left by Dora Sullivan. In an official statement, Burge said, “As many of you already know, I am currently serving on Cape Charles Town Council until the November special election for the unexpired term of Dora Sullivan. On Monday afternoon, I filed candidacy […]
According to statistics compiled by the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission, each year, about 13,000 golf cart-related accidents require emergency room visits, and that number is rising as the economical, fun-to-drive carts become more popular on city streets . Of those accidents, about 40 percent involve children younger than 16. At Thursday’s Town Council meeting, […]
While town councils may come and go, the stability and productiveness of our town falls on our full-time staff and employees. As has been noted by interim Town Manager Larry DiRe, we are blessed with group of dedicated folks whose efforts continue to allow the town function smoothly. The Cape Charles Town Council recognized town […]
Councilman Chris Bannon is on the warpath. In a fiery speech at Thursday’s town council meeting, Bannon railed against the town for continuing to allow the noxious smell of raw sewage to permeate the Cape Charles Library. “This has been going on for five years!” Bannon said. The awful smell is something the town has […]
No organization on the Shore does more to help victims of domestic violence than Eastern Shore Coalition Against Domestic Violence. But they need help too. The following article is by Melanie Parker of the group ESVA Freedom Starters. This group works to collect needed hygiene items for folks seeking refuge in our local domestic violence shelter. In […]
More than 85 sailboats registered for the 15th annual event, which carries cruisers and racers alike from Norfolk to Cape Charles and back during the two-day race. Festivities begin Friday before the race with a skippers’ meeting complete with a barbecue dinner, beer and live music at Bay Point Marina, in Norfolk. On Saturday, rolling […]
“The Annexation Order entered by the Circuit Court of Northampton County on November 26, 1991 and recorded among the land records of Northampton County on December 9, 1991 in Deed Book 252 at page 649, obligates Brown & Root I, Inc. to “construct or have constructed a new two-lane access road into its development to […]
This letter was read into the record at last Thursday’s Town Council Meeting by Nancy Vest. I appreciate all that each of you and our wonderful town employees does to make Cape Charles such a special place. I am very grateful for the concern you have for our town and for the time you spend in […]
A newly hired teacher with the Northampton Public Schools at the Occohannock Elementary School is looking for a rental property. But, it’s a big family- himself, wife, and eight children. So far, they have been having difficulty finding a rental house that will accommodate their family. Please message them if you are able to help […]
The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality has sent a letter to Northampton County Planning Department Director Susan McGhee, questioning whether the installation of “Shellfish Watch Houses” should be approved by right, rather than by conditional use permitting. While state code from 1974 allows growers to erect watch houses, DEQ notes that building watch houses in […]
ACCOMAC, Virginia — An alleged comment by the Eastern Shore of Virginia Tourism Commission executive director Kerry Allison led the Accomack County Board of Supervisors to mull over whether or not to withdraw from the regional tourism commission. A written comment allegedly mentioned outlawing poultry operations on the Eastern Shore. According to chairman Robert Crockett, Allison’s name was […]
DARLINGTON, Md. WBOC – WBOC reports that Rain and flooding decimated neighborhoods and towns in Northern Pennsylvania earlier this week. Now, all that water flowing down the Susquehanna River has reached the Conowingo Dam, rising fast and forcing engineers to open up six dam gates on Wednesday. Exelon, the dam’s owner, expects to open more […]
America has an excellent higher education system, from great community colleges to incredible State four-year universities. Yet primary and secondary school, not so much. Students have long performed poorly on tests compared with students from many industrialized countries. The usual response to this deficiency is to throw money at the problem, but that rarely if ever works, […]
778: Death of Roland, the historic Frankish captain and governor of the Breton March (under Emperor Charlemagne) at the Battle of Roncevaux Pass in the Pyrenees. The battle occurred after Charlemagne defeated the Saxons in a long-running campaign through Frankish lands into the Iberian Peninsula. It began during the return march, when the Frankish army […]
Elfwick, who is famous for satirizing leftists has been banned from Twitter. This is not the first time. In July 2017, he was banned for “violating the Twitter rules” regarding “targeted abuse.” At the time, James Delingpole lamented Elfwick’s ban: It is a truth universally acknowledged by anyone who has spent more than a moment glancing at […]
Why is ANTIFA so white? They seem to have a diversity problem…but then again, Hitler’s Brown Shirts, and Mussolini’s Black Shirts were all-white too. The whole Anifa thing seems like a grotesque mixed metaphor–they dress like fascists, they wear masks like fascists, they act and attempt to intimidate like fascists, but, they are anti-fascists? So, they’re against […]
On the same day of the Supreme Court decision, Masterpiece Cakeshop owner Jack Phillips received a call from an attorney asking him to make a cake that fades from blue to pink to celebrate the customer’s gender transition. Phillips again refused. He has also been harassed by the same attorney with multiple requests for cakes celebrating […]
Last Sunday’s pathetic turn-out in Washington D.C. shined a bright light on the big lie: America doesn’t have a white supremacy problem. But the elevation of racists like the New York Times’s Sarah Jeong, who thinks white people smell bad and who compares them to goblins…well, that’s probably ok. Fewer than fifty people, less than […]
An 11-year-old successfully hacked a replica website for the Florida Secretary of State and changed election results in less than 10 minutes during a hacking convention in Las Vegas, according to event organizers. The Vote Hacking Village, one of the most packed-out locations at this year’s DEF CON hacking conference in Las Vegas, saw many […]
This is a special Opinion to the Mirror by Charles Landis. The most satisfying reward in studying our history is that it helps us to better understand our past and how this relates to current events; especially in these times when the nation is as divided as when resolution was the Civil War. Then, as […]
NOAA Press Release – Lost and discarded fishing gear is hazardous, and can be a difficult marine debris problem to address. Once lost, nets, lines, and traps can entangle wildlife, create major hazards to navigation, and damage sensitive and important habitats. Because gear can have few identifying characteristics, it can be difficult to track its […]
On August 17th 1974, 33,043 people paid a total of $280,000 to hear David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Graham Nash and Neil Young play 31 tunes for four hours at Old Dominion University’s Foreman Field. Some numbers: 67,000 Coca-Colas were sold that day. Temperatures reached a balmy 88 degrees. There were five doctors, three medical students, […]
This article is special to the Mirror by Giancarlo Sopo. It appeared in Quillette Magazine, and is republished with permission from Mr. Sopo and Quillette. When I attended a rally with my family in Little Havana for then-Senator Barack Obama in 2007, our old neighborhood greeted both us and the future 44th president as if […]
The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s (ASMFC) Menhaden Management Board postponed a decision on Virginia’s compliance with the latest menhaden harvest cap on the Chesapeake Bay reduction fishery until its February meeting. Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) Senior Regional Ecosystem Scientist Chris Moore released the following statement. “Omega Protein continues to undertake a risky gamble with the health […]
Lee Smith of Real Clear Investigations reports that the June 2016 Trump Tower meeting between high-ranking members of the Republican presidential campaign staff and a Russian lawyer with Kremlin ties remains the cornerstone of claims that Donald Trump colluded with Russia to steal the election. A growing body of evidence, however, indicates that the meeting […]
China is aggressively moving away from carbon based power, and is moving to leverage more nuclear power. If it achieves the targets outlined in its Energy Development Strategy Plan, it will become the world’s nuclear energy leader. If Chinese President Xi Jinping and his administration decide to press on, China will be solidly on track to […]
Shuck and Suck 2018 Jim Baugh Outdoors Highlight Feature! Shucking and eating contest, skiff races, bands, Shriners Parade, and the totally awesome must see O’Connor Cape Charles Boat Docking Contest! All based at the Oyster Farm at Kings Creek Cape Charles Virginia on the Eastern Shore. What fun!
Across the Bay in Virginia Beach, Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) hired 590 new teachers to fill its open positions, but still has openings in technology, education, Spanish immersion, math, and special education. Even in a top performing school district, teacher retention, and filling open positions is still a challenge. VBCPS lost 188 teachers […]
The Washington Post reported Thursday that Tribune Media would withdraw from its $3.9 billion merger with Sinclair Broadcast Group, adding it would sue Sinclair for “breach of contract” over its failed negotiations with regulators over the deal. Sinclair Broadcast Group is the owner of Bay Creek South, LLC. The breakdown of the deal began last month after […]
With Tribune Media withdrawing from its $3.9 billion merger with Sinclair Broadcast Group ( the owner of Bay Creek South, L.L.C. ), it may be useful to review how Sinclair, through its controlled entity Keyser-Sinclair, has not been either a good, reasonable nor responsible business or corporate person with the Town of Cape Charles. Under the […]
Can a council or board member be considered “present” if she is not physically at the meeting? Governing boards of public entities increasingly face these questions as technology provides an ever-increasing array of options for electronic communication. The Cape Charles Town Council took up this question on Thursday. In the past, there have been occasions where a council […]
Cape Charles – The Cape Charles Wetlands and Coastal Dune Board will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, August 28, 2018, at 6:00 p.m. at the Cape Charles Civic Center, located at 500 Tazewell Avenue, Cape Charles to receive comment on an application for the waterside construction of a proposed yacht provisioning center on a 6.6 acre-property at […]
This letter was sent by Kenneth Dufty of Wardtown to the Northampton County Planning Commission as commentary on the 2018 proposed re-write of the Comprehensive Plan. Introduction As you well know, from 2004-2009 Northampton County residents, local elected leaders, business owners, and investors participated in the drafting of a new Comprehensive Plan. The process has been called […]
After almost six years of working and reworking the language, Cape Charles is inching closer to having an ordinance on the books that will allow for the conditional use for accessory dwelling units. Town Council met Thursday for a work session that attempted to nail down the last strands of the ordinance. Cela Burge noted […]
With oyster aquaculture production one of our regions top industries, more and more people that visit the area may find themselves in the presence of oyster bars, or having them on the menu. Even here, you can find a variety of different types of oysters. We found this press release from NOAA Fisheries to be […]
70AD: Culminating their Siege of Jerusalem, the Roman army under the command of Titus (later to be Titus Ceasar) loots, burns, and completely demolishes the Temple that had been the center of Jewish worship for a thousand years. The destruction is mourned annually as the fast of Tisha B’Av.Note: in the name of accuracy, the […]
Greek mathematician and philosopher Pythagoras made the case against eating animals on grounds of their having souls like humans. Plato, in Book 2 of the “The Republic,” thought of meat as a luxury that would lead to an unsustainable society, filled with strife and inequality, requiring more land and wars to acquire it. In 1789, […]
