Reflections on Cape Charles and the Eastern Shore
The town continues work on the potential sale of water and wastewater utilities to Virginia American Water. The town manager worked with attorneys developing required documentation needed for negotiating the sale. The town has scheduled two public townhall style meetings on this potential sale and associated documents the first week of October. The meetings are […]
The Cape Charles Wastewater Plant received another Notice of Violation in mid-September. The town manager is working a response for DEQ. In his weekly report, town Manager Hozey places most of the blame on town staff: Town does not now, nor have we ever, possessed the engineering and regulatory oversightrequired to properly run our very […]
Mayor Dize, Town Council, and Town Staff invite you to this year’s Second Annual Ice CreamSocial on September 28th.This year’s social will be in Strawberry Street Plaza from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. and is open to all Town residents.The town invites you to come meet your elected officials and enjoy the tasty treats from Cowlick’s […]
A joint work session with the Cape Charles Town Council, Planning Commission, and the Historic District Review Board is scheduled for September 29th at 6:30. The groups will be discussing the latest updates to the Historic District Guidelines as well as reviewing public comments on the changes. A draft of the new Guidelines can be […]
The week of September 16th, the Cape Charles wastewater plant averaged of 148,328.3 gallons a day. September 11 posted the highest usage, 163,161 gallons per day. The Wastewater staff met with both DEQ personnel and Virginia American Water staff concerning theplant’s on-going issues, and attended a meeting for the Virginia 811 system. Meeting talked aboutpossible […]
UPCOMING MEETINGS & NOTICES–• Thursday, September 29, 2022: Town Council, Planning Commission & Historic District Review Board Joint Work Session, 6:30 PM.• Tuesday, October 4, 2022: Planning Commission Regular Meeting, 6:00 PM.• Wednesday, October 5, 2022: Town Hall Meeting re: Potential Sale of Utility System, 6:30 PM.• Thursday, October 6, 2022: Public Forum re: Comprehensive […]
Did you ever want to learn the art of beekeeping? Now is your chance. The Beekeepers Guild of the Eastern Shore is holding a two day class is to provide training, and educate anyone who would like to become a beekeeper. The classes will be held on two Saturdays, November 5th and 12th from 8:30 […]
For the last decade, we have watched the slow, methodical gentrification of Cape Charles. Like an anaconda, the muscle of rich, northern money has been used to strangle and suffocate the last remaining bits of the town’s authenticity. The whole historic thing is laughable. Bird is not the word, tourism is. The industrial and rail […]
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Hi, I’m Becky. I am a one year old Australian Shepherd mix, small in stature, weighing in at only around 30 pounds. I’m full grown so I shouldn’t get much bigger than I am now. I am full of energy (a sign of the Aussie breed I’m mixed with) and love to play with my […]
1187: The great Saracen general Saladin invests Jerusalem in a bid to break the nearly 100 year reign of Christian kings over the city. 1519: Portuguese explorer and navigator Ferdinand Magellan, on commission Spanish King Carlos I (later Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire), departs on a voyage of circumnavigation in order to confirm a westward connection between Spain […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Thursday, Rep. Elaine Luria’s (D-VA) bipartisan Veterans’ Compensation Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) Act of 2022 passed the Senate and will now go to the president’s desk for his signature to become law. With the Senate passage, this is the fourth straight year that Rep. Luria has introduced this bipartisan legislation and […]
Camp Fragile Hearts is a camp for children and teens that have experienced the loss of a loved one. The grief or loss can be:Death of a loved oneIncarceration of a parent/ loved oneFoster PlacementMilitary Deployment of a loved oneDivorce. This is a free, one day event that will take place on October 8th from […]
Onancock, VA – As part of its commitment to building a healthier community, Riverside will administer free flu shots for ages nine and up, and/or free COVID-19 shots for ages 12 and up and up at two walk-in clinic opportunities in October. No appointments are necessary on Wednesday, October 5 from 9 a.m. until noon […]
The Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) is an emergency stockpile of petroleum maintained by the United States Department of Energy (DOE). It is the largest publicly known emergency supply in the world, with underground tanks in Louisiana and Texas. Strategic petroleum reserves are emergency crude stockpiles stored to support economic activity in the event of a […]
When the CDC Director brags that her 5th vaccine shot in 2 years is going to work great, maybe it’s not a vaccine. The unvaccinated went from the vilified to the validated real quick. Printing money caused inflation. It’s that simple. A child can understand the principle of dilution. But now, to combat inflation, the […]
The following Op-Ed was written and submitted via email by G. William Waisewater. That giant flushing sound that you hear? …… The Cape Charles town government at work, wasting all of your tax dollars.The so-called high-end public restrooms, the horse trailer with a toilet has remained locked with power attached and still on since the […]
During fiscal year 2022, there were extreme supply chain issues, leading to part and service shortages, and delays. Some of these parts and services have been delivered, and the town needs a budget amendment to pay for these projects. Below is the list of expenditures being requested:
The town is ready to conclude negotiations Virginia American Water (VAW) to sell off the water and wastewater utilities. The town needs their consultant NewGen to prepare a comprehensive agreement for Council’s consideration. This will include the required filings with the State Corporation Commission to approve the sale and establish initial service rates. Town Council […]
Planning and Zoning has approved a new Bay Creek subdivision Village L or Muirfield. The subdivision has reached the stage of completion–water and sewer lines and roads are complete. Bay Creek has requested that the Town to accept the water and sewer components into the Town system. After working through the approval, Zoning Administrator Katy […]
The newly formed Cape Charles Historic District Civic League held their Candidates’ Night this Thursday. The event included Adam Charney and Tim McLatchy competing for Mayor, and for Town Council Kenneth Butta, Paul Grossman, Tammy Holloway, and Ellen O’Brien. This writer remembers years ago talking with then County Supervisor Spencer Murray after the 2015 zoning fight […]
Town Council approved the first extension of the Waste Collection and Disposal Services contractwith P.W. Davis Disposal from November 1, 2022 through October 31, 2023. The cost for year two of the contract will be $18.93 per month per receptacle which is an increase ofabout $15,000 over the amount budgeted for FY 2023. Town Council […]
A Traditional Fall Festival makes its debut in Cape Charles: The First Annual St. Charles Catholic Church Oktoberfest Saturday, October 1st In a town as charming and historic as Cape Charles, it seems there’s an interesting story or historic building on nearly every corner. St. Charles Catholic Church can be counted as both. The historic church was […]
Eastern Shore Public Library’s (ESPL) staff and trustees are preparing for the transition to the new regional library in Parksley, Virginia. In order to minimize the total contiguous closing days during the move, library staff have chosen to close once a week for moving preparation spread out over the coming weeks. The goal is to […]
From September 1 to September 30, the Eastern Shore Public library will join Beanstack and participate in the “NASA’s Artemis Project: To the Moon, Mars, and Beyond!” reading challenge sponsored by the Space Science Institute. We challenge our patrons to read at least 500 minutes and keep track of their reading during the challenge on our Beanstack site at espl.beanstack.org. Hundreds […]
Hi, I am Brando. I am a 5 month old male lab mix. I currently weigh in at around 25 pounds. I am here with my two sibling (sisters) and I have been proven to be the shyest of the trio. I really am afraid of indoor settings and am learning to enjoy it, but […]
490BC: Athenian Hoplite warriors, using a highly developed phalanx formation, defeat the Persian army at the Battle of Marathon. The battle decisively halted the hitherto-inexorable advance of Darius I and his Persian army into the Doric peninsula, and brought an exceptional measure of confidence to the nascent city-state of Athens, which had long been under the shadow of the […]
Reader submitted content. A community in Pennsylvania has stopped the privatisation of its public water and sewer system, scuppering a corporate takeover that residents feared would have led to higher bills. A $1.1bn bid by Aqua for the Bucks County Water and Sewer Authority (BCWSA) system would have been the largest sewer privatisation deal in […]
Reader Submitted content. Steamboat Springs is part of a wave of vacation towns across the country facing a housing crisis and grappling with how to regulate the industry they point to as a culprit: Short-term rentals such as those booked through Airbnb and Vrbo that have squeezed small towns’ limited housing supply and sent rents […]
Special to the Mirror, written and submitted by Jack Wright All people, through every age and within every culture, face the same fundamental challenges as they attempt to build a life of meaning, prosperity and personal fulfillment. Not all people are free to advance their ambitions toward that end as some political systems, religious laws, […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Elaine Luria’s (D-VA) bipartisan Veterans’ Compensation Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) Act of 2022 overwhelmingly passed the House of Representatives on Wednesday for the fourth straight year. The COLA Act of 2022 increases compensation and benefits for disabled veterans and their families. In May, Rep. Luria introduced the Veterans’ COLA Act of 2022 with […]
NOAA has awarded 13 new projects roughly $1.4 million in Fiscal Year 2022 funding as part of the Chesapeake Bay-Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) program. The new projects are based in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, and New York. Students and teachers around the Chesapeake Bay watershed will benefit from these outstanding programs. This year’s new […]
Across the commonwealth, Virginia State Parks will join the celebration of National Public Lands Day on Saturday, Sept. 24, with free parking, special programs and volunteer events. This year’s theme for National Public Lands Day is Giving Back Together. On this single-day volunteer event for public lands, opportunities at nearly all Virginia State Parks allow the […]
Special Opinion to the Mirror by Paul Plante Never in my life as an American citizen have I heard such a spew of the highly toxic hate-filled and absolute false garbage such as pours forth today from the mouth of the illegitimate president of the Democrats Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr, who is president of the […]
CPI reports confirms that the US has a serious inflation problem. Core inflation is higher this month than for the quarter, higher this quarter than last quarter, higher this half of the year than the previous one, and higher last year than the previous one. BIDEN: The Inflation Reduction Act “helped reduce inflation at the […]
Oasis has been in talks with the town for several years. The firm has given presentations before town council, highlighting its products in the marina service industry. It was announced this week that Oasis would begin operations in Cape Charles. ANNAPOLIS, MD., September 6, 2022 – Oasis Marinas has begun operational management at Cape Charles Yacht Center, […]
Two Candidate Forums have been scheduled at the Cape Charles Civic Center. The newly formed Cape Charles Historic District Civic League will be sponsoring their Candidates’ Night on September 14, 2022, from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM. The Cape Charles Rotary Club will again be sponsoring their Candidates’ Forum on October 19, 2022. Both events […]
