Reflections on Cape Charles and the Eastern Shore
Candidates for Cape Charles Mayor and Town Council gathered at the Palace Theatre for the 2018 candidates forum. This season’s election boasts a series of fresh faces, as well as a slate of highly qualified candidates. The forum was hosted by the Northampton Rotary Club. The candidates bring solid, yet varied work and life experiences […]
On March 13, 2018, at approximately 12:30 am Mr. Eric Perdue was walking back to his boat, which was docked in the Cape Charles Harbor when he fell overboard. Due to the air temperature, water temperature, and alcohol, this proved to be fatal for Mr. Perdue. Cape Charles Police recovered Mr. Perdue from the rip […]
Thanks to Dannielle Romeo an informal candidates forum has been set up on Sunday, April 29th at the American Legion Hall from Noon to 3 pm. This is an unmoderated, friendly meet-n-greet event. All candidates are encouraged to join to meet and discuss their ideas with our community. Two very basic rules are in place: […]
The Northampton High School Soccer team is finally getting its groove. After tying its first two matches, the Blue Jackets have gone undefeated and unscored on in the last four games. They currently sit at 4-0-2. Thursday, Northampton shut down a fast and talented Arcadia club 2 nill. Early on, the game was marked by […]
Come enjoy a day of family fun at our 4th Annual Country Fair at Campbell Air Field, 9114 Bayford Road in Franktown on April 28 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. All are welcome! FREE admission! Enjoy games and fun activities for children and adults of all ages! A dunking booth, great live music, lots […]
The Cape Charles New Roots Youth Garden (NRYG) is gearing up for another great garden season! Our mission is to connect our young people with fresh produce – from seed to table – through outdoor experiential learning and fun. Each week youth participate in hands-on gardening, experiential learning, and get fit activities. If you have […]
The Cape Charles Farmers Market Reopens on May 1st. The Cape Charles Farmers Market will again run every Tuesday afternoon at the Cape Charles Museum and Welcome Center, 814 Randolph Avenue. The market will be weekly through August 28, and then every two weeks from September 11 through October 30. Many returning vendors and some […]
Virginia Department of Environmental Quality regulators have approved stormwater permits for three Accomack County poultry houses. The State Water Control Board voted 5-0 on Thursday. The poultry farms are located in Atlantic, Withams, and New Church. View the permits on the Eastern Shorekeeper web site here. According to Virginia Department of Environmental Quality spokeswoman Ann Regn, “The […]
Special to the Mirror. This philosophical piece is written by Michael Jordan of Cape Charles. I was happy and comfortable in my religious faith before being subjected to the study of philosophy; God was in heaven and I was certain of the disposition of my soul at death. This, dear teacher, is no longer the […]
CAPE CHARLES, VA – The Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel (“CBBT”) and its partners on the Parallel Thimble Shoal Tunnel Project are excited to announce the winning name for the tunnel boring machine: CHESSIE! The winning entry was submitted by Grace Bentley of Nandua Middle School, located in Onley, VA. According to the video entry, “Chessie” was […]
Onancock, Va –Nurses throughout the Shore community are invited to celebrate National Nurses Week at a candlelight ‘blessing of the hands’ celebration at Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital. The celebration will be held Monday, May 7th open-house style from 11am – 1pm. The event will also include the presentation of Riverside’s Florence Nightingale Awards for Excellence […]
1446: Death of Filippo Brunelleschi, designer and chief engineer of the dome topping the Florence cathedral. The span and weight of the dome were orders of magnitude larger than ever previously attempted. Brunelleschi’s was on hand for most of the construction. 1452: Birth of Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo is regarded as the prime exemplar of […]
Public health officials are now telling consumers to avoid all types of romaine lettuce because of an E. coli outbreak linked to the vegetable that has spread to at least 16 states and sickened at least 60 people, including eight inmates at an Alaska prison. Based on new information, CDC is expanding its warning to […]
Facebook’s theft of personal data may not be the worst scenario. For several years, left-leaning Silicon Valley-DC Beltway entities have been purloining the personal information and browsing habits of millions of American schoolchildren. Facebook, along with other tech elites have been partnering with the U.S. Department of Education and schools nationwide in pursuit of student […]
Rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere have affected one of the global ocean’s major circulation systems, slowing the redistribution of heat in the North Atlantic Ocean. The resulting changes have been felt along the Northeast U.S. Shelf and in the Gulf of Maine, which has warmed 99 percent faster than the global ocean […]
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Humans can take credit for the comeback of grasses growing at the bottom of the Chesapeake Bay. That’s the conclusion of a study released recently in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The Virginian-Pilot reported Friday that the study found the bay to be “one of the few places […]
Since 2015, the U.S. Government received information from multiple sources—including private and public sector cybersecurity research organizations and allies—that cyber actors are exploiting large numbers of enterprise-class and SOHO/residential routers and switches worldwide. The U.S. Government assesses that cyber actors supported by the Russian government carried out this worldwide campaign. These operations enable espionage and […]
In 2012, Sasha Issenberg wrote of how the Obama campaign had “‘targeted sharing’ protocols and mined an Obama backer’s Facebook network in search of friends the campaign wanted to register, mobilize, or persuade.” No scandal ensued — rather, the Obama team was hailed as geniuses who changed campaigning forever. But in 2018, Facebook and Zuckerberg may […]
Special Opinion to the Mirror by Paul Plante Those who don’t know history are fools and those who make them their leaders and then follow them are even bigger fools, and we are privileged to be living in a time when that story is playing out all around us on the world stage, where the […]
Taschen Publishing has released a book of photography by Dennis Hopper (1936-2010) the acclaimed artist, actor, screenwriter, and director who first impressed audiences with his performances in Rebel Without A Cause (1955) and Giant (1956). He changed the face of American cinema with Easy Rider (1969), which he co-wrote, directed, and starred in. Hopper went […]
The Cape Charles Historical Society will hold its traditional Low Country Shrimp Boil on Garden Day, 2018 at the Cape Charles Museum from 5 – 9 p.m. The menu features the famous Alabama shrimp boil recipe — shrimp cooked with red potatoes, special “Old Timer” smoked sausage shipped in from Alabama, corn on the cob, […]
Calling all plumbers, carpenters, electricians, welders, auto-technicians, and anyone getting trained for skilled jobs that are in demand!For the fifth year in a row, the Work Ethic Scholarship Program will give away a free pile of money to those who demonstrate strong work ethic and a thirst for skilled training. The program launches on Monday, April […]
My name is Tammy Holloway and I live at 403 Tazewell Ave with my husband Jim. We are native Virginians, owners of the Bay Haven Inn of Cape Charles and are proud to call Cape Charles home. To many friends, colleagues and B&B guests I am often referred to as the “unofficial” Ambassador of Cape […]
Grit and Grace, A Day of Personal and Community Healing for All Women Is Coming to the Eastern Shore on June 9, 2018 at Nandua High School in Onley, Va. Second Act Communities, a national nonprofit community development corporation brings its mission of “partnering with neighbors to develop and revitalize communities where people can live […]
ES RC&D and the Eastern Shore Watersheds Roundtable Present 3rd Annual Earth Day Celebration at Exmore Park on Saturday, April 21, 1:00 – 3:00 PM Melfa, Virginia – For immediate release. The Eastern Shore Resource Conservation and Development Council (ES RC&D) and the Eastern Shore Watersheds Roundtable are pleased to present the Third Annual Earth […]
Belle Haven, VA — ESO Arts Center today announced its acquisition of the current ESO Building at 15293 King Street, comprised of the Belle Haven School building, adjoining acreage and on-site parking. John Custis of Custis, Dix, Lewis & Custis LLP, represented ESO Arts Center in the acquisition. ESO has resided in the building formerly […]
Pet-friendly local craft beer festival featuring 30+ craft beers, live music, world famous Chincoteague oysters and clams, local food trucks, vendors, and children’s activities Berlin, MD, April 9, 2018: The Shore Craft Beer Fest is returning to Chincoteague Island from 12:30 – 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 28 at the Chincoteague Fairgrounds. Shore Craft Beer […]
Attention Middle School Students and Parents – Come out on Tuesday, April 17th for NMS School Info Night. Access will cover the early college awareness program and SOL preparation from teachers. Dinner will be served. A $100 VA 529 Scholarship drawing will take place. See you there.
Onancock, Va –New mom, Maggie Thompson, was “scared, disappointed and tired” when she found out that she would need an emergency c-section after spending 30 hours trying to deliver her baby. But the potentially stressful situation was instead positive and uplifting due to the skillful and compassionate care from Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital (RSMH) nurse […]
VIRGINIA BEACH — A press release by Chuck Payne, environmental planner for the city said Virginia Beach will host a conference of regional environmental organizations. In affiliation with the Albemarle-Pamlico National Estuary Partnership, Virginia Institute of Marine Science and The Nature Conservancy, and the City of Virginia Beach will host the “2018 North Landing River/Albemarle […]
1093: Dedication of Winchester Cathedral, the nominal home of King Arthur’s roundtable. 1388: An army of Swiss soldiers, outnumbered 16:1, defeats a Hapsburg army of over 6,500 in the Battle of Nafels, a rout by about 400 armed citizens of the cantonment of Glarus and a handful of knights from other parts of Swiss Confederation. […]
Science and Philosophy Seminar of the Eastern Shore of Virginia has scheduled its next seminar, “The Opiates Crisis: Medical and Law Enforcement Perspectives”. The free 90-minute seminar will be at 12:30 p.m. on Friday, Apr 13 in the Lecture Hall of the Eastern Shore Community College, 29300 Lankford Hwy, Melfa, VA 23410. Virginia State Police […]
After a week-long retreat up the Appomattox River from Petersburg, a lengthy and hard engagement with Union forces at Saylor Creek, Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia was surrounded by the Union army. On April 8th, Robert E. Lee agrees to surrender the Army of Northern Virginia to Lieutenant General U.S. Grant. In the week leading […]
WACHAPREAGUE, Va.- U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine invited local businesses and community leaders to Wachapreague on Monday morning to start a conversation about the Trump Administration’s proposal to open up Virginia’s waters to offshore oil and gas drilling. Leaders and officials gather around the table discussing their concerns, focusing on the effect an oil spill could […]
A press release from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says that 2.5 million cubic yards of mud, silt, sand and other material will be dredged from the Cape Henry Channel at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay near Norfolk. This channel leads into the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay. The approach is critical for […]
RICHMOND, Va. – Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, D, vetoed a bill Monday that would have prohibited the establishment of sanctuary cities, an issue that dominated his race for governor last year. The bill was a single sentence: “No locality shall adopt any ordinance, procedure, or policy that restricts the enforcement of federal immigration laws.” Northam […]
New Voluntary Slow Speed Zone to Protect Right Whales NOAA Fisheries announces that the voluntary vessel speed restriction zone (Dynamic Management Area or DMA) has been established to protect a group of five right whales sighted 69 nautical miles northeast of Virginia Beach on April 10. Mariners are requested to route around this area or […]
