Reflections on Cape Charles and the Eastern Shore
The Virginia General Assembly mandated moving the Town elections to the November general election date.The Town opted to move the election, where the next would be in November 2022. The terms for the mayor and current council members would be extended by six months. The town adopted Ordinance 20210506 providing for the Election of Mayor […]
Proposals from Aqua Virginia and Virginia American Water have been received to acquire Cape Charles water and wastewater utilities under the Public-Private Education Facilities and Infrastructure Act (PPEA). Town Council approved a motion to move the proposals onto the next stage, which is to have an independent evaluation of each proposal. The Town may charge […]
The Community Relations office had meetings with the Mayor and Town Manager in regards to helping to bring back the ClamSlam/Shuck and Suck event. The Town is prepared to support the event in any way that they can and has offered to give direction on how to make it happen. The town has also met […]
The month of April was busy for the CCPD. There were 97 calls for service in town limits, and 13 calls outside of town. They assisted the Northampton County Sheriffs 12 times and State Police once. There was 1 Felony arrest and 9 misdemeanor arrests. 36 traffic tickets were issued, along with 12 parking tickets. […]
Due to Covid delays and work on the town’s new strategic planning process, as well as newbudgeting policies adopted last fall, the town is way behind schedule with the fiscal year budgeting process. A budget work session is scheduled for May 13, with a follow-up work session May 25 if more work is needed. These […]
Yoga classes offered at INDIGO Studio in Nassawadox Classes are aimed at teaching all levels of fitness and experience. Indigo does not require vaccinations but it is suggested for safety measures. The studio provides a large space that can easily accommodate 10 students with social distancing recommendations. Please visit FeelFree2FeelFree.com to learn more and to view the Class Schedule. “The […]
Hi, I’m Daniel and I’m a 2-year-old Walker hound male. I’m a pretty big boy weighing 50 lbs. I am very energetic and would be too much for small children just with my happy jumping. I seem to love people, as most hounds do, and definitely need some training to learn my manners; I get […]
The Eastern Shore Tourism Commission is hosting a Meet and Greet for its new Executive Director Robert Sabbatini. The event is scheduled for May 25th at the Cape Charles Brewing Company Hors d’oeuvres will be served / Cash BarPlease RSVP by May 18th.
All Eastern Shore residents and visitors to the area are invited to celebrate the historic Juneteenth National Freedom Day on Saturday, June 19th, 2021 at Exmore Town Park. This year marks the 22nd annual Juneteenth Celebration on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, organized by the Juneteenth Coalition. The Eastern Shore’s Juneteenth celebrates African-American freedom and […]
Boston, MA … Brown Box Theatre Project, Boston’s premiere outdoor Shakespeare touring company, announces its 10th year of free Shakespeare with the troupe’s largest tour to date! After a 2020 postponement, Brown Box returns in 2021 with an extended U.S. tour featuring the comedy Much Ado About Nothing. Under the direction of Executive Artistic Director and Co-Founder Kyler Taustin, Brown Box […]
How do you pay for college? “It all begins with the FAFSA.” That’s what Eastern Shore Community College financial aid coordinator Carole Read says is the answer to the question in the title. You want to go to college, learn a new skill, or get re-trained—you want to say YES! to your future—but you don’t […]
1415: At the Council of Constance, called to resolve the schism of the Western Church (i.e., competing popes: Rome versus Avignon), the council also takes care of some heresy, condemning the already dead English reformer and Bible translator John Wycliffe, ordering his bones exhumed, burned, and scattered in the River Swift, running through his hometown of Lutterworth. They also […]
Original article by Ashley Miller, USDA Public Affairs Specialist. May is American Wetlands Month, and this year we want to celebrate all the work private landowners have done to help wetlands thrive. Private landowners have worked with the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to enroll over 2.8 million acres in wetland conservation easements. These wetlands […]
VIMS Marine Science Day May 15th, 10:00 – 3:00 This free, family-friendly, virtual event will provide opportunities to interact with VIMS scientists and learn about their research. There will be something for everyone; from seafood cooking demonstrations and marine life drawing lessons to presentations, and panel discussions. A marine life costume contest for people and […]
A rising number of conflicts between the growing oyster aquaculture industry, riparian property owners, and submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) habitat led to this new tool. CCRM and the VIMS Molluscan Ecology program created an interactive platform about oyster aquaculture in Virginia. Results from a study of oyster productivity and management boundaries helped determine if there […]
NOAA FISHERIES – This year, the spring rockfish season will be a bit diminished in the Chesapeake with a later start, and fewer days, that has been the case in the past. Changes implemented by Maryland and Virginia in 2019 will continue in 2021. This is part of a broader effort to help the striped […]
VIMS Center for Coastal Resources Management offers and new to tool to help with local road flooding. Frequent road flooding affects daily commuting, evacuation routes, emergency vehicles, school buses, and package delivery routes. Making transportation networks more resilient requires knowing where frequent road flooding is already happening and how many people are left stranded by […]
Special to the Mirror by Paul Plante Every day, it seems, we hear about this group or that group, or this “community,” or that “community” screeching and hollering about “police reform,” without ever really saying what “police reform” is, or what it would look like once enacted or implemented, and in his speech to the […]
‘We need a Battle Force 2025 before we can talk about Battle Force 2045’ WASHINGTON, D.C.— Today, House Armed Services Committee (HASC) Vice Chair Elaine Luria pressed members of the Naval Sea Systems Command on the maintenance delays that are significantly impacting operational availability. Her questions came during a (HASC) Readiness Subcommittee hearing on Ship […]
Russia has stationed nearly 80,000 troops on its border with Ukraine, and in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, Russian-backed separatists have recently intensified their attacks. The buildup of troops is a message to Biden. Russia has already annexed Crimea from Ukraine, after a 2014 invasion. The 80,000 Russian troops is an attempt to strengthen […]
Reader submitted material. Between 2006 and 2016, 547,821 inpatient hospitalizations in the U.S. were for a firearm injury, according to a new database from the Rand Corp., a healthcare policy think tank. The database, released this year, provides a state-level look at inpatient hospitalizations for firearm injury using several data sources. One of the rankings in Rand Corp.’s […]
The Who legend Roger Daltrey says the ‘woke’ generation is creating a miserable world that serves to stifle the kind of creative freedom he enjoyed in the 60s. Daltry made the comments during a recent appearance on Zane Lowe’s Apple Music 1 podcast. “I don’t know, we might get somewhere because it’s becoming so absurd […]
Reader submitted comment. Original article by Other audits are likely in Georgia, New Hampshire, and Wisconsin. But is there something else that has been overlooked in the frenzy to investigate or suppress (depending on one’s political persuasions) claims of “election irregularities” during the 2020 election? Retired senior DoD analyst Ray Blehar has examined an underreported election story pertaining […]
Today marks the beginning of the Biden Economy. Welcome back to economic mediocrity. But at least his Tweets aren’t mean, right? The New Jobs Report Is the Worst Miss in History as Biden Administration Failures Mount. An absolutely pathetic showing for Joe’s “build back better” strategy. They told us there would be a hiring boom. […]
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Last Saturday, a rented golf cart was involved in a marginal incident. The cart sideswiped a car and then left the scene. The accident involved the usual suspects: alcohol, a wild, drunken-ass person, a golf cart, and a car (or truck). The cart driver, Michael Belton of Richmond was arrested for DUI and refusing to […]
This session, the General Assembly voted to move all May local elections to November. Town Council will discuss the implications at a special meeting on May 6th. Many cities and counties already hold local elections in November, and all localities currently have the option to switch from May to November. But 16 cities and roughly […]
The Town of Cape Charles has hired a new permanent full time town planner. Ben Sullivan has accepted the offer and will begin sometime in early May. Katie Nunez has been helping out in that capacity on a part-time basis and has been doing great work. Katie Nunez will continue in her role and work […]
Jim Baugh has captured a new time lapsed Nightscape: “Neptune Supermoon” at the Virginia Beach Oceanfront. From Jim, “This was a bit of a bear to Shadowpaint, but got her done. Really great to see all the folks out there and lots of photographers. Great night. Had been planning this shoot for a while, and […]
The wastewater plant has been averaging 160,000 gallons treated wastewater a day. These numbers are from the week of April 23. The most logged was 189,900 gallons on 4/18/21. The water plant manager reports that crews performed routine maintenance processes including filter backwashing and softener regenerations, daily water quality testing and analysis. • 936,815 gallons […]
Arts Enter is still accepting enrollment for its intensive Dance Film Workshop. Class size is limited to eight students. Please take advantage of early enrollment. To register, call (757) 331-4327 or email team@lemontree.gallery The workshop is from 10 am until 3 pm. Monday through Friday, and is designed for young artists to develop their camera […]
Special to the Mirror, reader submitted verse. We almost never get to delve into the world of poetry, enjoy: You came here from there because you didn’t like it there, and now you want to change here to be like there. We are not racist, phobic or anti whatever-you-are, we simply like here the way […]
This little one was found on Fisher Rd. in Parksley. If you know this dog please call the joint county animal facility to find out how to reclaim your dog 757-787-709.
We have highlighted them before, but here are Tulip and Piper taking a power nap after playtime. They are two wonderful beagles still looking for a forever home. If interested in adopting, email shorespca@gmail.com to request an application as we are not open for viewing due to COVID-19. We schedule visits after going over applications.
To protect the health of patients, team members and the community, Riverside on the Eastern Shore is updating its visitation restrictions for inpatients. Effective May 3, 2021, hospital inpatients who are confirmed to be free of COVID-19 may have two visitors each day, but not at the same time. If a second visitor arrives while […]
Op-Ed by Paul Plante When I and Joe Biden both were young, assuming Joe Biden ever actually really was, young, I mean, which is not at all a given, Joe being who Joe is, a distinctly God-like being separate and apart from us mere mortals who may well have been born looking just the way […]
The following letter was sent Riverside Board Chairman for National Nurses Week. To the Editor—Every day, Riverside’s nurses are on the front line of health care, delivering high-quality patient care and saving lives.For more than a year, our nurses have been bravely providing care and comfort to all patients under the added pressure of the […]
