Arts Enter announced that Kim Fehrer will be working as the new Business & Facilities Manager effective August 14th.

Ms. Fehrer has extensive administrative management experience, including having being the Administrative Director of the Assateague Coastal Trust (ACT) in Berlin, MD for 15 years before moving to Cape Charles in 2013 with her husband Joe Fehrer(current Chairman, CC Historic Review Board). ACT is a 501c(3) organization whose mission “to promote and encourage the protection of the health, productivity, and sustainability of the coastal bays watershed of Delmarva through advocacy, education and conservation.”

SEEKING TALENT FOR SHOOT ON EASTERN SHORE! Males and Females in late 20s/early 30s – any ethnicity. Will act as a couple during this shoot. Films on August 1 with travel day before and return on August 2nd. Rate is $700 plus travel/lodging.

If interested and available, please email headshot to bias@liquidtalentgroup.com and specify EASTERN SHORE PROJECT.

In 2016 top chef Jason Van Marter took up residence in the former Cheriton establishment Paul’s, renting the cafe counter space and creating the one of the most innovative, artistic, fresh and sustainable menus on the Eastern Shore, The Local.

Success is always a good thing, but the growth and popularity of The Local means it’s time to expand. Chef Jason is in need of several updates, and would like to expand The Local by serving beer and wine as well as opening up for dinner service.

To help the process, The Local has started a GoFundMe campaign which hopes to raise $50k for the renovations.

Chef Jason working at The Local in Cheriton

The Local is asking for assistance so that they can renovate the old kitchen space in the back of the building:
-Refinish existing walls
-Update Plumbing and Electric
-Repair hood exhaust and fire supression
-Add equipment to increase onsite services as well as catering
-Place a small aquaponics system to provide fresh produce all year long

They would also like to remodel the inside dining area to provide more efficient services:
-Add gas line and equipment to counter
-Build a separate bar area for beverage services
-Update lighting to provide a better ambiance experience

Then to provide more means for people to find The Local and assist the county in the drive to build upon tourism on the Shore:
-Add website with online store
-Create and print marketing materials such as rack cards to be placed at locations throughout the Shore
-Add signage on the highway to help drive people into Cheriton

They would also like to:
-Add to their catering profile and useful equipment to accommodate events
-Participate more in community events and help to grow them
-Assist the Town of Cheriton with their community events to help bring awareness to the town and revive a once flourishing community. #cheritonrevival

With renovation and expansion The Local will be able to offer more catering operations as well as work with the town and county to provide services and help expand charity events.

Link here to donate to the campaign: https://www.gofundme.com/building-the-local-for-the-locals

Chincoteague Bay Field Station is hosting its third annual farm to tale dinner, Serving up the Shore, in mid- August and tickets are on sale now. The owner of the cafe The Local in Cheriton, Jason Van Marter, is one of the featured chefs preparing the sustainably grown and locally produced multi course dinner.

WALLOPS ISLAND, VA – Chincoteague Bay Field Station will host its annual Serving up the Shore farm to table dinner on Friday, August 18. Distinguished chefs Jason Van Marter, owner of the café The Local, Amy Brandt, of Amy B Catering, and Rosie Moot, co-owner of Pico Taqueria will prepare a multi course dinner consisting entirely of meat and produce from local farms.

“This year’s menu is more creative and cutting edge than years before,” event founder and Chincoteague Bay Field Station Interim Executive Director Elise Trelegan said.
The chefs visited the 10 featured farms across the Delmarva Peninsula to craft a unique, gourmet menu featuring nationally known and loved Chincoteague oysters and clams, locally raised pork and lamb, and sustainably grown fruits and vegetables.

“Chefs tour the farms and get to know what they have to offer, it really makes the menu more authentic,” Trelegan said. [Read more…]

Special to the Cape Charles Mirror by Chas Cornweller.

Namaste is a Hindu greeting of respect and recognition. It can be used both as a greeting or salutation and/or as a farewell in parting. Somewhat in the same manner as the Jewish greeting or parting use of the word, Shalom or the Hawaiian usage of the greeting or parting use of Aloha. At this juncture, am I the only one with raised eyebrows? Three very distinct places on the earth, three very distinct and ancient languages using nearly the exact phrase (albeit different wording) to convey nearly the exact same meaning. Let me break it down to you, the reader.
Aloha (Hawaiian) taken directly from the website Aloha International article “The Deeper Meaning of Aloha” The spirit of Aloha was an important lesson taught to the children of the past because it was about the world of which they were a part. One early teaching goes like this:

Aloha is being a part of all, and all being a part of me. When there is pain – it is my pain. When there is joy – it is also mine. I respect all that is as part of the Creator and part of me. I will not willfully harm anyone or anything. When food is needed, I will take only my need and explain why it is being taken. The earth, the sky, the sea are mine to care for, to cherish and to protect.

Shalom (Hebrew) taken directly from the encyclopedia context from the blog site, Wikipedia: is a Hebrew word meaning to impart peace, harmony, wholeness, completeness, prosperity, welfare and tranquility and can be used idiomatically to mean both hello and goodbye.

Namaste: (Hindu) I bow to the divine in you. The greeting can be, but not always be accompanied with the usage of a slight bow with palms pressed together and fingers pointing upward, thumbs close to the chest. Also, the gesture may be given in the same pose without the word, Namaste being spoken, but understood as such by the receiver.

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