Reflections on Cape Charles and the Eastern Shore
During the summer months, one of the Shore’s biggest towns is not really a town. It’s Cherrystone Family Camping Resort. However, Cherrystone is no more. As part of a new branding effort, the campground will be changing its name to Sun Outdoors Cape Charles. A letter was sent out to many of the former guests […]
The Cape Charles Volunteer Fire Company will be hosting this year’s Tool Mania Event on December 11th from 3:00 to 8:00 at the Cape Charles Station House. Tickets are $25, kids 3 and under are free. There will be free food and beverages, and beer will be on sale. Doors open at 2:30 for viewing […]
The Cape Charles Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, December 7, 2021, at 6:00 pm in the Cape Charles Civic Center, 500 Tazewell Avenue, to receive comment on the following requests: A Conditional Use Permit application from Claudine Pierce, Peacock Cottage LLC, with consent from the property owners Steve and Kate Keeler […]
Hungars Church is hosting an American Red Cross Blood Drive in the Parish House located on Bayside Road in Bridgetown Thursday, December 9th 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. You can schedule an appointment online at RedCrossBlood.org or you can call Sue Thatcher at (757) 678-6947 to make an appointment for you. You can save time by completing […]
Meet Pea Wee! Nope, that’s not a typo; it’s really spelled with an “a.” Guess whoever named him thought, “Oh, you’re such a little sweetie! If you were a girl, I’d call you Sweet Pea, but that’s not a boy’s name, so…u-m-m-m… maybe Pea Wee will work for you.”However his name came about, there’s no […]
Rural America is getting older, and smaller. The median age is 43, 35 for urban areas. Its productivity, defined as output per worker, is lower than urban America’s. Its families have lower incomes. And its share of the population is shrinking. Rural areas have lost some 3 million people in the last quarter-century. Over the […]
The following is information changes to the Virginia Agriculture Tax Credit program from the Eastern Shore Soil and Water District. Agricultural Best Management Practices (BMP) Tax Credits: Producers may take a credit against state income tax for actual out-of-pocket expenses for agricultural BMPs. An enhanced rate is also available for producers implementing a Resource Management […]
799: King of the Franks (King of the Lombards from 774, and Emperor of the Romans from 800), Charlemagne, grandson of the great Charles Martel, holds an audience in the north-central German city of Paderborn with the embattled Pope Leo III, who fled Rome under persecution by the nobility of that city. Leo requested the protection of the […]
Fully vaxxed Dana White Contracts COVID-19, loses his sense of taste and smell then calls Joe Rogan for treatment protocol….and says ‘Feeling Like a Million Bucks’ in LESS THAN 24 HOURS. – Resist The Mainstream. Here comes the MEV – the Midterm Election Variant! They NEED a reason to push unsolicited nationwide mail-in ballots. Democrats […]
Maryland officials have closed a section of the Potomac River to shellfish harvesting, after a second sewage spill in the area in recent weeks. Earlier this month, 34 people were sickened after eating oysters apparently contaminated by sewage Maryland state officials did close the fishery for more than two weeks after a sewage spill. The current […]
The Chesapeake Bay’s “dead zones” — oxygen-depleted areas unsuitable for underwater life — were a little worse in 2021 due to warmer temperatures in late summer, environmental groups said Tuesday. It comes a year after the bay’s dead zone was the second smallest since the 1980s. That was a significant step for aquatic life rebounding […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Elaine Luria today urged House leadership to prioritize defense spending and avoid a year-long Continuing Resolution, which would have disastrous consequences for Coastal Virginia’s economy and America’s national security. In a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Congresswoman Luria said failing to pass appropriations legislation for Fiscal Year 2022 jeopardizes a pay […]
NOAA – North Atlantic right whales are one of the world’s most endangered large whale species. With their population numbering only around 400 animals, the population is in decline. Vessel collisions (strikes) are one of the major threats that these animals face. That’s why we’re announcing Right Whale Slow Zones—we’re asking vessel operators to get involved in […]
Right Whale Slow Zones can occur in waters from Maine through Virginia where right whales are sighted or detected. They will last for 15 days after the detection occurs. Notifications of these zones will be sent through multiple channels. Large vessels will receive notifications through the current right whale notification process— notification emails and U.S.Coast Guard […]
Skyrocketing oil and gasoline policies are not a failure of the oil industry. They are the total failure of *anti-oil politicians*, who have artificially restricted the *supply* of oil with massive restrictions and threats to oil production and transport. Elizabeth Warren says gasoline prices are rising “because giant oil companies like Chevron and ExxonMobil enjoy […]
“Even before the World Health Organization labeled the Omicron coronavirus strain a new ‘variant of concern’ Friday, school closures were continuing to increase across the country,” wrote Asher Lehrer-Small for The 74. “Last week, 621 schools across 58 districts announced new closures for a variety of reasons including teacher burnout, staffing shortages and virus outbreaks, according […]
The new Omicron variant of the coronavirus is upending markets and mobility, despite reports from one of the first South African doctors to identify the variant that cases have been “very mild.” Still, government officials in several countries, including the US, are once again imposing travel bans, mask mandates, and enhanced testing requirements. How is […]
Two full two years after Wuhan hosted the 2019 Military World Games, determined by House Foreign Affairs Republicans to be one of the planet’s first superspreader events of the novel coronavirus pandemic, a top official at the National Institutes of Health has conceded that contrary to the repeated assertions of Dr. Anthony Fauci, the NIH […]
Considering what a dumpster fire the Biden Presidency is, imagine if the voters had been given a chance to see the real Biden before the 2020 election? Miranda Devine details how Twitter and Facebook colluded to protect the crimes of Joe Biden. It’s been more than a year since Alexander Hamilton’s The NY Post published […]
Town Manager reports that VDOT has rejected the town’s request to replace back-in angle parking with front, head-in parking. The VDOT response cited that it considers front-in a less safe parking configuration than back-in angle parking. The town is required to address the safety issue in detail and make several changes and clarifications before VDOT […]
The holiday season has begun in Cape Charles, with Festive Fridays kicking off on a cold and blustery November 26th. December 4th is a big night, with the Lighted Golf Cart parade beginning at 4:45 PM at the LOVE sign, the Grand Illumination in Central Park at 5:30, followed by the Lighted Boat Parades at […]
It’s that time of year again when we often stop and take a moment to consider the many things in our lives for which we’re thankful. I hope that list is very long for each of you, and that you count among those blessings your connection to Cape Charles. This is a special little town, […]
Below is a quick and dirty rundown of upcoming meetings and events for December 2021: • Thursday, December 2, 2021: Town Council Executive Session, 6:30 PM. AGENDA• Tuesday, December 7, 2021: Planning Commission Public Hearing & Regular Meeting, 6:00 PM.• Wednesday, December 8, 2021: Library Board Meeting, 5:00 PM, at the Cape Charles Memorial Library• […]
The wastewater plant treated an average of 128,099 gallons as of November 19th, using the most,153,271 gallons a day on 11/12/2021. The Utility Staff continued to do normal maintenance on the Plant and collection system. According to staff reports, the plant and lift Stations are all running well currently The utility staff performed routine maintenance […]
Once again the Orchestra of the Eastern Shore will be participating in the December 11 Cokesbury Music Festival at Historic Cokesbury Church in Onancock. To herald in the festivities the orchestra’s wind players will provide a brief outdoors concert from 1:30 – 1:45 at the Onancock Town Park adjacent to the church. Selections include Christmas […]
The stratosphere, the layer of the atmosphere at heights between 10-50 km, is an important source of variability for the weather and climate at the Earth’s surface on timescales of weeks to decades. Since the stratospheric circulation evolves more slowly than that of the troposphere below, it can contribute to predictability at the surface. With a […]
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Written by Kerry McDonald. Back when the Cape Charles Christian School (CCCS) was first being proposed, it seemed like perfect timing for several teachers and administrators that were frustrated and burned out by the public school system, and it appealed to parents that wanted to find a smaller, more individualistic learning environment for their children. […]
On the afternoon of November 24, D.B. Cooper hijacks a Boeing 727 and parachutes out over southwestern Washington with $200,000 ($1,278,000 in 2021) and is never heard from again. On Thanksgiving eve, November 24, 1971, a middle-aged man carrying a black attaché case approached the flight counter of Northwest Orient Airlines at Portland International Airport. […]
Just when you start going back to “normal”, they will add a new variant…As we enter the holiday season, it’s important to remember that much of what they wept, shook, and hyperventilated about over the last five years was all made up. Also, Racist Biden bans blacks from traveling to the U.S. on Black Friday […]
1343: An underwater earthquake in the Tyrrhenian Sea initiates a tsunami that devastates Naples and much of the low-lying Amalfi coast. 1491: Opening guns in the Siege of Granada, where the combined forces of Aragon and Castile begin their final push against the stronghold of the Emirate of Granada, last remaining vestige of the 780 years of the Moslem […]
The Biden administration on Friday laid out plans to make fossil fuel companies pay more to drill on federal lands and waters. Notable that the White House waits until the day after Thanksgiving – when they think most Americans aren’t paying attention – to announce yet another policy proposal that could raise the price of […]
Reader-submitted Commentary, originally written by John Kass. The following was received over the transom via email, published with permission. A jury has loudly issued “not guilty” verdicts in the malignant political prosecution of Illinois teenager Kyle Rittenhouse. And now, what next? What happens to corporate media—and its phony social justice warrior pundits–who savaged Rittenhouse and […]
In a House hearing on Thursday, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) questioned AG Merrick Garland about a mysterious man, Ray Epps, instructing protesters to enter the US Capitol building on January 5, and who later shepherded crowds towards the Capitol on January 6. Revolver Magazine exposes the Ray Epps story, and confirms that there were Federal […]
For many that have had and struggled with Covid-19, they can vouch for the high-quality gain-of-function research when this thing hits your body–those Wuhan scientists put a lot of effort into it. It seems odd that the Biden Admin is canceling an investigation into the origins of the virus, which was conducted by the State […]
The following letter is by Charles Brewer. In it, he accurately describes why many democrats are fleeing the party. Dear Democratic Party, You have abandoned me, and millions of others like me. The things I thought we mutually valued, like freedom of speech, human rights, and individual liberty, you have thrown out the window. For […]
Supply chains are a mess and truckers are a huge issue in that mess, so definitely the solution there is a vaccine mandate on the working class laborers who already hate you. This, of course only applies to people legally entering the country. Illegal immigrants are free to come without having the vaccine. WASHINGTON (AP) […]
