The Northampton County Sheriff’s Office is hosting a Halloween Safe Night Out at Northampton High School on October 31st from 5:30 to 7:30. There will be plenty of treats including goodie bags, hot dogs, and popcorn.
Archives for October 2020
Vote 2020: Back the Blue
In the wake of the George Floyd death in Minneapolis, the idea of defunding police departments has gained momentum in the national conversation about law enforcement and race.
However, according to Manhattan Institute Fellow Rafael Mangual, the data shows an entirely different story. Only .003 percent of all interactions between a resident and a cop results in the use of deadly force. And of the over 10 million interactions with police officers every year, only 1000 of them involve deadly shootings.
While 1000 is still too many, the narrative that illegal actions within a police force should characterize the policing institute as a whole is unsubstantiated.
As we vote in the next few weeks, remember which party is antagonistic towards law enforcement.
Interviews with 54 Democratic National Committee members, convention superdelegates and members of a criminal justice task force convened by Mr. Biden and Senator Bernie Sanders found a near-unanimous sentiment that local governments should redirect more money away from the police.
A Siena College national poll found that 63 percent of registered voters oppose spending less money on the police. But among Mr. Biden’s supporters, 55 percent favor reducing the amount of resources spent on law enforcement.
New Book by Metty Pellicer: Growing Up Colored in Cape Charles, Virginia
Metty Pellicer’s new book on sale from the publisher’s website, Invisible History: Growing Up Colored in Cape Charles, Virginia
by A Memoir by Tom Godwin, As Told To Metty Vargas Pellicer.
A personal recollection of growing up Black in Cape Charles, Virginia that is surprising in its details of family and community life and how robust was the parallel universe that evolved in response to the segregation of the Jim Crow era. This one man’s account hopefully will contribute to move the races towards equality and social justice.
The book is a memoir about growing up Black in Cape Charles, Virginia on the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake. It details the origin of the town as a railroad terminus and connecting to ferry barges across the Chesapeake Bay to Norfolk, through its golden age in the Jim Crow South and its decline with the ascendancy of automobiles and the building of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel. Its rise again as a tourist destination in the past decade and how the fortunes of the town is chronicled, without acknowledgment of the role of the Black community, which was a robust and thriving parallel community, that evolved in response to the segregation of the Jim Crow South. Now the town is rising again as a tourist destination and replacing the Black section with White weekend second home owners, and the Black presence has considerably diminished. Without a recording of its history, its entire memory will be gone, as if it was never there at all.
The memoir details the life of one Black man who is the grandson of a slave but became the first elected Black member of the Town Council and the first Black member elected to the Northampton County Board of Supervisors. It addresses Black and White relations and the experience of being Black and how one navigates the Jim Crow racist era. By reading this account of a Black man’s life one may develop a better understanding of why we are experiencing still racial injustice and inequality, after legal barriers had been abolished by the passage of the Civil Rights Act in 1964.
Its target audience would be all who are interested, both Blacks and Whites, in learning how they still carry the legacy of slavery in their hearts and how it informs their behavior at present and how by acknowledging their racist beliefs, they can choose to correct them, with actions that help realize the dream of true equality of the races and fulfill the lofty promise of the Revolution: its declaration of the self- evident truth, that all men are created equal, with unalienable rights to Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.
Available below at the publisher’s and will be available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble , Walmart and other outlets in a few weeks.
Use the discount code Save20, to get 20% discount on your order below.
https://booklocker.com/11257
Going Vertical: Jim Baugh Nightscapes
Yes, this time of year that is what the Milky Way is doing just after the Sunsets. This is the latest Jim Baugh has filmed the Milky Way during the end of the season, still an awesome sight. Filmed on location lower Eastern Shore south of Cape Charles, Mermaid Bay. Looking southwest across the Chesapeake Bay.
Photo Info: Foreground / 68 Raw Exposures that were selected and used to stack. Exposures ranged from 4-20 seconds. F2.8 ISO 100. Light painted with GVM RGB 7s, a variable spotlight and remote-controlled candles.
The filming was remotely controlled through WIFI.
/// Milky Way: One single 5-minute exposure on an Ioptron Sky Tracker Mount, 200 ISO, F2.8. Post-processing was done in the NEW Photoshop 2021.
Lens Tokina 11-16, everything filmed at 11mm.
Application Process Underway for COVID 19 Small Business Recovery Grant
Cape Charles Main Street, in partnership with the Town of Cape Charles, is pleased to announce the opening of the application process for the COVID 19 Small Business Recovery Grant.
You can access an application in several ways:
1. Online through the town website, capecharles.org, or by clicking here. This is a fillable PDF that once completed, may be printed and attached to the other required documentation OR, download a copy here.
2. Hard copies of the application may be picked up at the Cape Charles Main Street office at 718 Randolph Ave, between 9 AM-3PM Monday through Friday, OR at the town offices by contacting Libby Hume at the Town offices at 2 Plum Street
3. Or by email request to Cape Charles Main Street at capecharlesmainstreet@gmail.com. Please put COVID RELIEF REQUEST in the subject line.
Main Street has done their best to answer questions you might have about eligibility, amounts available, items allowed to be claimed in our Frequently Asked Questions document you can find by clicking here.
No one is more excited and ready to get this money out to our businesses. I look forward to receiving your applications ASAP.
For more information, contact Karen Zamorski,Program Director
Cape Charles Halloween Update
The Town of Cape Charles and Cape Charles Main Street have joined together to bring a little extra “Spooktacular” fun to Cape Charles.
Cape Charles Main Street invites all businesses in the historic district to
decorate your windows and doors for Halloween. There will be 1st, 2nd and 3rd place awards.
Please email CapeCharlesMainStreet@gmail.com to register. Decorations must be in place by October 24 and the winners will be announced on October 30.
The Town of Cape Charles will be judging decorated homes in the Historic District and will be placing 1st, 2nd and 3rd place signs in the yards of the winning properties. Town staff will be picking up the signs after one week.
Everyone is invited to participate. Let’s get our spooky on and help make Cape Charles a Halloween Happening.
Trunk-or-Treat has been cancelled this year as a precaution for the safety of our citizens.
The normal trick-or-treating on Halloween day, October 31, will be permitted if you choose to participate. We ask that you be mindful of those who do not wish to participate (normally identified by the absence of a porch light).
For those passing out candy, please try to provide individually wrapped goodie bags that are lined up to grab and go for social distancing. Do not use a costume mask as a substitute for a cloth mask, instead consider using a Halloweenthemed cloth mask.
As a reminder, the Town has an 8:00 p.m. curfew for anyone under 18 years of age.
Enjoy FAT at Ambrogia Caffe:Fun Authentic Tasty
Ambrogia Caffe & Enoteca is having fun with our beautiful Eastern Shore Fall,
FAT (Fun Authentic Tasty) Tuesday: features a menu that includes your favorite brunch items like frittata, fettuccine alla carbonara and crespelle (Italian crepes) for both lunch and dinner.
Locals’ night Wednesday: 23310 special. 2 people, $33 dollars/per person, $10 off bottles of wine. $33 includes 2 pieces of focaccia, a cup of soup or side salad, an entrée per person and a dessert to share (for 2 people).
Wine flights on Thursday: 4 different wine flights and food pairing combinations. (No regular dinner menu available).
For further details visit Facebook.com/AmbrogiaCC. Come and check these exciting events; reservations are highly recommended (607-3026).
Fall hours: Tuesday 10:30-2:30 and 5-8; Wednesday 5-8; Thursday 4-8; Friday and Saturday 11-2:30 and 5-8
Central Green Fiasco Comes to a Merciful End
The ridiculous, stupid, futile fiasco involving the old Central School has mercifully come to a close, as three Pennsylvania residents have agreed to purchase the dilapidated structure in Painter.
Once again, the plan is to restore the main building.
The school was purchased by New York artist Tucker Robbins several years ago, with the grand promise of turning it into, well, we’re not really sure but it had something to with an art studio focusing on indigenous art, as well as being a prototype for sustainability, as well as a new home for exotic veggies.
Mistakes were made. Robbins paid $50,000 to remove the asbestos from the main building, which is not what you want to do. The best mediation for asbestos is drywall–just cover it up.
The whole idea collapsed under its own weight, and it involved most of the individuals on the Virginia Shore’s Most Dubious List. Robbins did manage to get historical recognition for the school, but in 2015, he bagged the whole idea.
Artist Carol-Lynn Moran, of Valley Forge, and her two sons, are the new owner, and don’t have a clue what they are going to do with it.
Moran owns the Woodland Apartments, in Melfa.
Central was purchased for $157,500.
Help an Awesome Dog at Eastern Shore Regional Animal Facility
This girl came from us at ESRACF. She is an amazing girl and would be such a wonderful addition to anyone’s family! Please think of Gemma when looking to adopt. She may not be in danger of euthanizing, but adopting her will make room for one that is in danger.
So please, go to your rescues, adopt don’t shop!! Save a shelter dogs life!
Pet of the Week: Meet Nugget
Hi, I’m Nugget and I am a 1 year old chihuahua mix little guy.
I will be neutered Nov 3 and can go home shortly afterwards.If interested in adopting me, 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.
This picture makes me look much larger than I am, as I only weigh 7 lbs.I can be a little timid at first and shouldn’t go to a home with small children because of this. I have been going out with a small boy and do ok, but I’ve shown a little aggression with another male here.
I might be best suited as an only pet. I haven’t been around cats yet.I am heartworm negative and started prevention and am up to date on vaccines.
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