Reflections on Cape Charles and the Eastern Shore
Northampton High alumni Finale Johnson Norton has entered the race for Delegate in House District 100. Johnson was born and raised in Exmore and spent much of her youth trying to help her family make ends meet financially. In high school, Finale cleaned clam buckets at 6 a.m. at Willis Wharf, graded tomatoes at Six […]
This week, the Cape Charles Wetlands and Dune Board investigated an alleged violation of the Chesapeake Bay Act at Bay Creek locations 104 & 111 Creekside Lane. The Wetlands board ruled that there were not any violations done on the wetland but, there were Resource Protection Area (RPA) violations that Katie Nunez, Interim Zoning Administrator/Planner, […]
The town will host a Coastal Resilience Master Plan community meeting at the Civic Center has been booked on Wednesday, October 13, 2021, from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. The Town was contacted by a representative working with the Commonwealth of Virginia to schedule a community meeting at the Cape Charles Civic Center to provide a […]
The Dune and Wetlands Board application from Bay Creek to construct a floating dock to be used as a kayak ramp was withdrawn before the board could review and make a recommendation. There is a group of active kayakers, and the ramp is being designed for their use. The actual property is owned by the […]
For the month of August 2021, the Cape Charles Police answered 99 calls in Cape Cape Charles and 8 outside of town–7 calls for Northampton County and 1 with the State Police. There were no Felony arrests this month, but 12 Misdemeanor arrests including assault and battery, a battery of a family member, DUI, Hit […]
FOIA Requests continue to usurp a large amount of time and town resources. It’s not just the clerk’s office. The number, type, and scope of FOIA requests being received are taking a toll on staff in the various departments. Town employees, which already have daily workloads, are having to drop what they are doing to […]
A new bus stop shelter has been installed on Mason Avenue near Rayfield’s Pharmacy. The shelter will provide protection from the weather for STAR Transit patrons waiting for a bus to arrive. This was a cooperative project among STAR Transit who furnished the shelter, Canonie Atlantic Company who provided the location, and the Town of […]
At 10:30 a.m. on both Friday, September 17th and Saturday, September 18th, Dr. David Scott will conduct the second lecture in his Genealogy Series, entitled, “Ancillary Sources for Researching Genealogy in Northampton County”. To accommodate the expected interest, NHPS is offering the same session on two consecutive days and will limit the number of participants […]
EXMORE: Free Shakespeare in the Park is set to return to the Exmore Town Park on Friday September 24 at 7:30 pm with a full-length professional production of “Much Ado About Nothing” presented in partnership with Boston’s Brown Box Theatre Project. This year’s presentation, the fourth for Exmore, is a fast-moving comedy filled with witty […]
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There’s still time to obtain flood insurance coverage before the season’s end. RICHMOND — As the nation begins to recover from the destruction left by Ida, Virginians are reminded to stay vigilant about the threat of floods from future storms. The Atlantic hurricane season continues through Nov. 30. Conditions still exist for an above-average hurricane […]
Don’t think you need an emergency kit? Think again, say families who needed one. Article by Ryan Rentschler of the Public Information Desk for the Jehovah’s Witnesses in the USA Jolted awake at 3 a.m. by a neighbor’s urgent knocking, Aaron and Jacqueline Pate were greeted by a horrifying sight — flames encroached on their neighborhood […]
Submitted and written by George Mapp for CBES Shoreline Growing up on the Eastern Shore, one of my most vivid memories of early spring is gulls laughing and swarming around tractors plowing a field. On a recent kayak trip out of Oyster, it was good to see and hear them once again. According to a […]
Submitted by Molly Mitchell, PhD, and Julie Herman, PhD, Virginia Institute of Marine Science from CBES Shoreline Newsletter The ProblemFlooding is an increasing problem in Virginia, especially in low-elevation areas such as on the Eastern Shore.Sea level is rising faster in Virginia than anywhere else on the Atlantic Coast, due to a unique combination of […]
The following was submitted by Scott William Taylor, a former Navy SEAL who served us as our United States Representative for Virginia’s 2nd congressional district from 2017 to 2019. 20 years – since my life changed since our nation changed since the world changed. The years in between would yield, among other things, the very […]
1157: Birth of Richard I (d.1199), son of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Henry II of England. His prowess in battle earned him the nickname of “Lionheart,” usually annotated Coeur de Lion due to his deep French roots. 1492: Italian navigator, Admiral of the Ocean Sea Christopher Columbus departs from La Gomera harbor in the Canary Islands, the last stop before sailing his little […]
9 September 1943 | 5,006 Jews deported by the Germans from Theresienstadt ghetto on 8 September were transferred to BIIb sector of Auschwitz II-Birkenau where a family camp was created for them. In 10 months some 17,000 people were imprisoned there. Around 1,200 survived. Birkenau was the largest of the more than 40 camps and […]
“Our patience is wearing thin,” Biden warns the unvaccinated. For all the morons that voted for this guy, Biden is every horrible thing that you imagined Trump to be, amirite? COVID was just the excuse all those Orwellian wannabes were waiting for. In July, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki told reporters that a (clearly unconstitutional) federal vaccine mandate […]
Special Opinion to the Mirror by Paul Plante By way of introduction to this thread, which is a rational and critical analysis based on science and fact, not hype, or hysteria or emotion, of the toxic and poisonous political speech Joe Biden made to the people of this nation concerning COVID on 9 September 2021, […]
The U.S. State Department is responsible for interfering with the departure of several planes holding American citizens and Afghan nationals at the Mazar-i-Sharif airport, BlazeTV host Glenn Beck reported on-air during his radio show Tuesday. The planes — which held at least 100 American citizens and 1,000 Afghan nationals — were chartered by Mercury One […]
The removal of the Confederate memorial from the Eastville Green, and now the Lee Statue from Richmond exposes how we as a society and culture have become nothing more than a group of ignorant, retrograde fascist thugs. We should not be afraid of history- LEARN from our exposure to its human frailties to create a […]
Follow the connections:1. Green New Deal–all-electric cars by 20302. Who is the biggest manufacturer of lithium-ion batteries–China3. the Biggest source of raw lithium–Afghanistan Why did Biden leave Afghanistan in such a rush? In an odd bit of serendipity, we came across this post from a Twitter account that has since been ‘suspended’: The Biden family […]
Timeline based on Evan Hill’s reporting. Some facts and videos are the NYTimes article. NYT: The drone strike that the military said took out a potential ISIS car bomber right before we departed Afghanistan likely hit a longtime worker for a U.S. aid group who was bringing people to and from work. We literally used […]
Guess the so-called vaccine isn’t so great after all. Seems like kids were fine until we all got jabbed with an untested ‘cure’. Also, it seems like everything was fine until all of you began drinking those seltzer beers. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report that children 17 and younger are being hospitalized with […]
Genocide never just happens. There is always a set of circumstances that occur or which are created to build the climate in which genocide can take place. Gregory H Stanton, President of Genocide Watch developed the 10 stages of genocide which explains the different stages which lead to genocide. The White House Chief of Staff retweeted a […]
Clown World. National news outlets and journalists who all swear they heard a baseball fan yelling the N-word at a packed stadium suddenly have nothing to say when a person in a gorilla mask throws an egg at a black candidate for governor. The Left: Putting on a gorilla mask to throw eggs at a […]
Before we begin, let’s get some things straight–75% of Americans are now vaccinated, and COVID cases are up 300% from this time last year when there was no vaccine. Boy Howdy! How the Hell do you Mandate Working Americans to get the vaccine but not the 95,000 Afghan refugees, not to mention the families you […]
We were going to put together a piece on just this, but Tucker Carlson summed it up so well, he made every point that needed to be made. Mainly, who is going to assume responsibility for the disaster that took place in Afghanistan? “The captain goes down with the ship” is a maritime tradition that […]
I just have to say it–the K-Coast Surf Shop in Cape Charles is hot, we love this store. For over 30 years Mark Pugh and Chris Shanahan brought true surfer culture to the East Coast with their K-Coast Surf Shop in Ocean City. Cape Charles is so lucky to have them down here on this end of […]
The Dune and Wetlands Board has received an application from Bay Creek to construct a floating dock to be used as a kayak ramp. There is a group of active kayakers, and the ramp is being designed for their use. The actual property is owned by the Bay Creek Resort, however, they have given permission […]
The Cape Charles Wetlands and Dune will investigate an alleged violation of the Chesapeake Bay Act at Bay Creek locations 104 & 111 Creekside Lane. The properties are owned by Anthony and Susan Cataldo, Robert and Cheryl Nelson. The complaint alleges the property owners violated the Wetlands Act and the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act by […]
This week, the Mirror was approached to find out if local workers, lawn service, and construction/demolition guys would have to apply for a Cape Charles Business license and submit their latest tax returns for perusal, or they will not be permitted to work in town. Treasurer Deborah Pocock told the Mirror that town code states […]
With the Summer of 2021 nearing a close, we return to our love for the ocean. It’s our favorite place in the world. As soon as we have the time get in the water, we go there. We feel a mysterious longing for the sea as some kind of secret to our own identity as […]
The Virginia Conservation Assistance Program (VCAP) is a cost-share program that provides financial incentives and technical and educational assistance to home and property owners installing eligible Best Management Practices in Virginia’s participating Soil and Water Conservation Districts. These practices can be installed in areas of your yard or property where problems like erosion, poor drainage, […]
The theme for the 2020 Eastern Shore Soil & Water Conservation District Poster Contest was “Healthy Forests, Healthy Communities.” Below are the posters chosen for this year:
The Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation‘s Virginia Resource Management Planning program provides a voluntary way to promote the use of conservation practices that improve farming operations and water quality. Resource management plans can help farm owners and operators take advantage of all the conservation measures at their disposal. The plans are designed to encourage […]
