Reflections on Cape Charles and the Eastern Shore
The Bakery on Mason is the new storefront home of The Bakery at Riverside Farm, which has been making artisanal sourdough breads and pastries for local farmers’ markets for more than 8 years. CAPE CHARLES, VA (May 18, 2019). The aroma of freshly baked boules will be wafting over Strawberry Plaza with the Memorial Day […]
A dryer located at the Cape Charles Hotel caught on fire Friday, sending units from Cape Charles and Cheriton onto Mason Avenue. Units responded and had the fire under control within minutes. As of 2:00 p.m. Saturday, operations returned to normal. Sources tell the Mirror that damage relatively minor, however, Chuckletown experienced major smoke damage.
LocalScoop.com–The Insider’s Guide to the Heart and Soul of any Destination Sara Baldwin founder of New Ravenna, at one time the largest mosaic studio in North America, has a new entrepreneurial adventure. After selling New Ravenna in September of 2017, she began developing Local Scoop as an attempt to give back, solve a travelers’ dilemma, […]
Planning Commission representative to the Historic District Review Board (HDRB) Sandra Salopek tendered her resignation in April. Commissioner Diane D’Amico expressed her interest in serving as the Planning Commission representative to the HDRB. The Planning Commission discussed the vacancy at their May 7, 2019 meeting and voted to nominate Ms. D’Amico to be appointed as […]
Champ hasn’t lost his love for humans even though we would completely understand if he did. This little guy is truly amazing and would love to meet you. Stop by Eastern Shore SPCA (10am-3pm) and meet Champ and his adoptable friends! ES SPCA – 26528 Lankford Hwy. PO Box 164 Onley, Virginia Call (757) 787-7385 […]
BLACK DRUM fishing seaside on the Eastern Shore Jim Baugh Outdoors. Captains Sam and Jean Sellard and mate Joe take Jim out for one of biggest prizes of the season. Special bonuses include The Blessings of the Fleet from Cape Charles and a great Drum Recipe. JBOTV Home base port, The Oyster Farm at Kings […]
Celebrate Shore Livin’ & CBES 31st Year Share a fun, low cost, authentically Shore good time with CBES 2nd Annual PICNIC @the BARN, Sunday, June 2, 4-7PM. Kickback with friends and make new ones at the historic waterfront Cherry Grove Farm near Eastville, a special spot not normally open to the public. Tickets must be […]
The CCPD answered 52 calls in town this month. There were two misdemeanor arrests, including a DUI and a wanted person call. Five traffic summons were issued along with 12 warnings. The force assisted Northampton Sheriff’s Department 22 times; State Police were assisted twice outside of town. 23 foot patrol hours were logged in town, […]
In April, Cape Charles Code Enforcement issued 35 permits with fees totaling $46,480.16. The fee totals for the fiscal year are in at close to $203k. Total construction in town for April accounted for $1,633,935–fiscal year total is now $8,262,222. Code also completed 108 inspections, and accepted 7 applications for new homes.
The battle lines have been clearly drawn for years now as Dixon Leatherbury has announced his candidacy for District 4, taking on Wellington Neck’s Roberta Kellam. Leatherbury is the owner of Seaside Hops, grower of hops for the microbrewery industry and manufacturer of specialty hops machinery including hops harvesters. The embarrassing fiasco that is now […]
Cape Charles Christian School is hiring. Positions are available for a certified Pre-K teacher, as well as a licensed Middle School teacher. Please refer to all of the information below:
This summer Cape Charles will help the state of Virginia celebrate the 50 year birthday of “Virginia is for Lovers”. So get ready for the Summer of Love Cape Charles style! Monday May 20th at 6 p.m. a the Cape Charles Civic Center:. Cape Charles Main Street is leading the effort and there will be […]
The Town’s contractor will be spraying for mosquitoes on Wednesday, May 22, 2019, starting at 7:00 p.m. in preparation for the Memorial Day holiday weekend. Following is the approximate times and order of spraying: 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. = Palmer and Nicklaus golf courses 8:00 – 9:30 p.m. = Bay Creek Villages starting with Bay […]
STRESSED BRAINS CAN’T LEARN: PAPER TIGERS a documentary film on Trauma-Informed Education will be shown at the Roseland Theatre in Onancock Thursday, May 23rd at 7:00pm with a discussion to follow. Eastern Shore Healthy Communities is sponsoring this event in cooperation with the Roseland Cinema and Entertainment Center (RCEC) and the Roseland Theatre. There is […]
NOAA Fisheries announces final 2019 and projected 2020-2021 specifications for the spiny dogfish fishery (Table 1). All other management measures, including the 6,000-lb federal trip limit, remain unchanged. Changes to the trip limit may be pursued in a future, separate rulemaking action. When state and Federal trip limits differ, the more restrictive measures apply to all […]
Onancock, Va – The dedicated volunteers of the Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital (RSMH) Auxiliary are focused on making a difference for patients at RSMH, and most recently in the lives of Shore babies. Auxilians made a $3,000.00 donation to Smart Beginnings Eastern Shore (SBES) for their Go and Grow diaper bags. The bags are filled with […]
577AD: Death of Saint Brendan the Navigator, the Irish monk whose legendary travels in a leather currach helped establish the idea of a lush and inhabited island across the sea from Europe. “St. Brendan’s Island” often shows up on early maps; one school of thought believes it indicates that Brendan was actually the first European to make landfall in […]
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, supported by funding from NOAA, released multiple reports and an online mapping tool focused on assessing resilience along the coastline of the contiguous United States. The reports and tool summarize available data to help understand areas where habitat conservation could provide protection to human communities and infrastructure vulnerable to coastal storms, […]
NOAA Fisheries released nine implementation plans that identify priority actions and milestones for Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management nationally and regionally for the next five years. Each plan identifies milestones for a specified geographic area. These milestones will help the agency meet sustainable fisheries goals under multiple mandates by more holistically considering social, economic and biological trade-offs across fisheries. […]
New research from the University of Delaware suggests there is a ghost crab pot problem in the state’s Inland Bays, with almost 3.5 abandoned crab pots per acre just along the Bay Cove section of Rehoboth Bay near Dewey Beach. The lost or abandoned pots can cause injury to swimmers, damage boat propellers and have […]
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Elaine Luria (VA-02) announced she will serve as Vice Chair and co-founder of the Servicewomen and Women Veterans Congressional Caucus (SWWV). Following the record-setting arrival of four women veterans in the House – the largest number ever – the formation of the caucus is intended to foster collaboration among House members and address […]
My first Town Hall session was held on Wednesday, May 1, 2019, at the Cape Charles Civic Center. There were about 10 citizens in attendance for the first session. The main topic of discussion was the Fiscal Year 2020 budget which was finalized at the April 25, 2019 Town Council work session. If you were […]
Years ago, I worked at an office in Washington DC, and one morning, while drinking my coffee, I noticed there was a yellow duck in the painting that was hung outside my office. I had been working there for a few years and had never noticed the duck. Apparently, the same thing happened with members […]
WATER SYSTEM FLUSH Monday, May 13, 2019, through Wednesday, May 15, 2019, beginning at 10:00 PM and continuing until midnight each night, the Town of Cape Charles Utility Department will be conducting a system flush of the water system in all districts of the Town. You are cautioned not to use water at that time. […]
The 2019 bay-wide blue crab winter dredge survey brought good news for crabbers and crab-lovers as overall abundance jumped to the eighth-highest level in 30 years. The Virginia Marine Resources Commission announced Monday that stock numbers in the Chesapeake Bay hit 594 million — up from last year’s 371 million. The population improved in all […]
The Cape Charles Board of Zoning Appeals will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, May 21, 2019 at 10:00 am in the Cape Charles Civic Center, located at 500 Tazewell Avenue, to receive public comment on an application for a variance from fence height requirements for a proposed addition at 402 Randolph Ave (tax map# […]
An afternoon writing class on creative memoir is being offered beginning May 16, and then every Thursday through June 20. The classes will be held at the Civic Center. The class is facilitated by Mary Barrow, award-winning author of Small Moments: A Child’s Memories of the Civil Rights Movement. While building the structure of your […]
This opinion is special to the Mirror by Paul Ewell Interesting story in the Eastern Shore Post written as an attempt to mislead the general population about the facts concerning the Menhaden Industry. I’ve tried to steer clear of politics and controversial issues on here as much as possible but I refuse to keep quiet […]
Last fall, a Hampton Roads seafood processor pleaded guilty to mislabeling millions of dollars of foreign crab meat as Chesapeake Blue Crab. The federal investigation found James Casey falsely labeled and sold almost 400,000 pounds of crab meat after mixing local crab with crab from Asia, Central America, and South America. According to Oceana, seafood fraud is […]
May 17, 2019 – 2 PM at Eastern Shore Pottery 27085 Lankford Highway Cape Charles, Va. We’re just one week away from the Southern Tip Bike & Hike Trail dedication ceremony. You’re invited to join in celebrating completed construction of phase II of the trail next Friday, May 17. Events kick off at 2 PM at […]
VIRGINIA BEACH — A discussion with leading Chesapeake Bay science and restoration experts comes as Virginia completes its final update to the Clean Water Blueprint, which creates a roadmap to a restored Bay. Finishing the Job in Virginia is the next installment in the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s free Brock Environmental Center Learning Series. “Right now is […]
Below is the response by DEQ to a FOIA requesting information about poultry farms and water drawn from the aquifer. PROVIDE A COMPARISON BETWEEN THE ORIGINAL ESTIMATED WITHDRAWAL OF GROUNDWATER FOR THE 54 POULTRY FACILITIES WITH THE CURRENT ESTIMATED AMOUNT (1.179 MGD) FOR THE SAME. The preliminary estimate for withdrawal of groundwater, provided at the […]
Science and Philosophy Seminar of the Eastern Shore of Virginia has scheduled its next seminar, “Venezuela: Two Presidents and US Policy.” The free 90-minute seminar will be at 12:30 p.m. Friday, May 17 in the Lecture Hall of the Eastern Shore Community College, 29300 Lankford Hwy, Melfa, VA 23410. Leonard Gianessi will talk about how […]
ONANCOCK, Va. – Since 1949, May has been recognized as Mental Health Month in the United States. In addition, May is celebrated as Older Americans Month. Riverside’s Senior Perspectives program honors both May designations by offering free depression and memory screenings for the public. The free and confidential screenings are offered on Wednesday, May 29th from […]
1502: Admiral of the Ocean Sea, Christopher Columbus, departs Spain on his fourth and final voyage to the New World. 1664: Louis XIV, France’s “Sun King,” opens the Palais du Versailles, originally the site of a small royal hunting lodge about 20 km outside of Paris. May 7th was the first day of a week-long fete (i.e., a massive party) that doubled […]
Accomac, VA – This week the Eastern Shore Health District would like to recognize all of the men and women from Accomack and Northampton Counties who serve our public as federal, state, county and local government employees. Public Service is career that anyone should be proud of. The public servants at the Accomack and Northampton […]
WASHINGTON – Yesterday evening, Congresswoman Elaine Luria (VA-02) voted to pass H.R. 986, the Protecting Americans with Pre-Existing Conditions Act of 2019, to safeguard current protections for Americans with pre-existing conditions. The bill passed 230 to 183, with four Republicans joining Democrats in clearing the House. “All Americans deserve access to affordable health care, and that most […]
