The Planning Commission approved a conditional use permit for a 960 square foot two-story accessory dwelling unit in the rear of 615 Monroe Avenue. Jeff and Heather Gray propose adding a unit with a garage on the first floor and a dwelling unit on the second floor.

The applicant proposes to remove the existing shed to build the 960 square foot accessory structure.

The proposed structure will be less than 45% of the floor area of the principal building, be located six feet from the alley, five feet from the side lot lines, and 15 feet from the primary structure, and have a height of 23 feet and 1 inch.

There is the availability of off-street parking for the accessory dwelling unit, which can be accessed from the alley in the rear of the property, and/or from Monroe Avenue.

The applicant has stated that they have no plans to rent the property at this time and that the accessory dwelling will create a place for guests to stay when they visit.

Jim Baugh Outdoors TV returns to film one of our favorite adventures, offshore deep drop sea basin! We filmed this feature during opening weekend of sea bass Feb 2, 2019. Our charter was out of the Virginia Beach Fishing Center and we boarded at 2am Saturday and returned at the dock around 3:30pm. Excellent day and everyone limited out.

The 100th Anniversary Committee of the Cape Charles Memorial Library hopes you are planning on attending the free showing of the movie The Magnificent Ambersons at the Historic Palace Theatre.

The showing is Sunday, February 17 at 3 p.m.

Also, from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. – Lemon Tree Gallery and Studio presents Conversation Cafe “Romancing Dance” featuring Ballroom Dancing and Love Stories. Light Refreshments and cash bar. Come early before the movie.

The movie culminates the town-wide read of the novel by the same name. The novel was written by Booth Tarkington and the recipient of the Pulitzer Prize in 1919, the year our library was founded.

The movie is being offered for free, with complimentary popcorn and beverage for everyone, regardless of whether they read the novel. A cash bar will also be available.

The Magnificent Ambersons stars Joseph Cotton and was produced by Orson Welles. It was four times nominated for an Academy Award and was released in 1942.

Welles adapted Booth Tarkington’s novel, about the declining fortunes of a wealthy Midwestern family and the social changes brought by the automobile age.

Welles lost control of the editing of The Magnificent Ambersons to RKO, and the final version released to audiences differed significantly from his rough cut of the film.

More than an hour of footage was cut by the studio, which also shot and substituted a happier ending.

Although Welles’s extensive notes for how he wished the film to be cut have survived, the excised footage was destroyed. Composer Bernard Herrmann insisted his credit be removed when, like the film itself, his score was heavily edited by the studio.

Even in the released version, The Magnificent Ambersons is often regarded as among the best U.S. films ever made, a distinction it shares with Welles’s first film, Citizen Kane.

The winners of the 100th Anniversary Essay Contest for students in grades 3-4 and 5-6 will be announced, and prizes presented, prior to the start of the movie. 

Celebrate Valentine’s Day with a Special Carriage Ride.

Take that special someone on a horse and carriage ride to dinner. Packages can include a massage and / or manicure, pedicure.

Services provided by Cape Charles Wellness Massage & Spa Nails and Marshall’s Anchor Down Ranch.

Book early – times slots are going fast. Call 331-0589 for more information or to make a reservation.

 “A Celebration of Negro Spirituals” in the gym of Mary N. Smith Cultural Enrichment Center, 24577 Mary N. Smith Road in Accomac.

Friday, February 15 at 6:30 to 8 p.m. – Admission: $10 at the door; cash or check only; no advance ticket sales.      

In a collaboration of the Eastern Shore of Virginia Historical Society; Mary N. Smith Alumni Association; and local church choirs, performers from all over the Shore will share their talents while we explore signal and map songs used by slaves in their journey along the Underground Railroad.

Choirs will include the United Voices of Jerusalem Baptist Church in Temperanceville; choirs from Gaskins Chapel A.M.E. Church in Onancock and Macedonia A.M.E. Church in Accomac; and the Anointed Word Choir from Anointed Word Church of God and Christ in Keller.

Several Shore soloists, including Catrina Satchell of Anointed Word and Inayah Mason, an Arcadia High senior who attends Painter’s New Mount Zion Baptist Church, also will take the stage.

For more information, call the Historical Society at 787-8012 or visit shorehistory.org.

 Barrier Islands Center’s Coffee Hour Lecture and Performance Series presents: Don Mann “Reaching Beyond Boundaries”.

Friday February 15th at 10:30.

Don Mann’s highly-accredited and popular presentation come from his colorful and action-packed life as a Navy SEAL Team SIX commando, an internationally renowned endurance athlete and as a New York Times Best-Selling Author.

He has changed countless lives by sharing his unique “Reaching Beyond Boundaries” philosophy.      

He shares insights into his personal philosophy of setting micro-goals to achieve macro-goals, while instructing organizations how to employ that same philosophy to achieve both personal and professional success.

Don’s message includes equal doses of inspiration and strategy.

Enjoy a fascinating morning hearing about his unique story and the lessons he has learned in his accomplished life. Don Mann is a resident of Cape Charles.

Friday, February 15 at 10:30 a.m.

Register online at barrierislandscenter.org or call 678-5550. FREE

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) have unveiled their Green New Deal resolution — a call to arms on climate and jobs that’s long on ambition, but lacking in details and a political path to becoming policy.

This marks the next phase for a movement that has risen quickly to play an outsized role in the climate policy conversation and influence the Democratic 2020 White House contest.

The non-binding resolution envisions a massively expanded federal role in emissions-cutting and economic intervention that takes its cues from World War II and New Deal-era programs:Details: Some of the resolution’s top-line goals include…

• Achieving net-zero U.S. greenhouse gas emissions through a “fair and just transition for all communities and workers” while creating millions of jobs.
• Decarbonizing all the major segments of the economy — power, manufacturing, buildings, transportation and more.
• Protections for indigenous people, communities of color, the poor and others under the heading of “frontline and vulnerable communities.

The many broad concepts in the resolution include “meeting 100 percent of the power demand in the United States through clean, renewable, and zero-emission energy sources.” That phrasing seems to leave the door open to technologies that some activists oppose (such as fossil fuels with carbon capture and nuclear energy), but doesn’t name-check any of them.

It also calls for energy efficiency in “all existing buildings” and new buildings, too, as well as cutting emissions from transportation as much as technologically possible.

Note: That means retrofitting 39,179 buildings/housing units every day for 10 years straight. 137,403,460 housing units in U.S – Census Bureau (2017) 5.6 million commercial buildings in the U.S. (87 billion sq of floorspace) -Dept of Energy’s EIA (2012)

There’s no specific projected cost for what would be massive federal investments under the resolution.

The plan is silent on whether it would impose a carbon tax.  

Just when lustrious Festive Fridays was kicking off the holiday season, visitors came to Cape Charles to take in the “small town charm” of our quaint little village.

Instead, some, such as this couple from Bentonville, felt the heavy hand of Cape Charles, and were slammed with a parking ticket for not understanding the ludicrous reverse-angle parking scheme:

This July marks the 225th anniversary of the martyrdom of  Carmelite Nuns during the Reign of Terror. On July 17th, 1794, 16 nuns were found to be a danger to society and subsequently sentenced to death by guillotine for “refusing to obey the Civil Constitution of the Clergy” which demanded the suppression of the order. Instead of abandoning their monastic vows, the sisters took a new vow of martyrdom. They renewed their vows together at the foot of the scaffold and then sang as they mounted the steps. 

This July, Saltworks Opera invites you to share their story as told through the experience of young novitiate, Blanche de la Force. Dialogues of the Carmelites was completed by Francis Poulenc in 1956. Since its premier it has earned its place as a gem of operatic repertoire. True to Poulenc’s desire for the opera to appear in the vernacular, this production will be in English.

If you wish to become a sponsor or co-producer of Dialogues of the Carmelites, simply click the link below to visit our Star Sponsors’ page. There you may make a donation through PayPal; just include “Carmelites” in the memo line.
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checks can be made out to and mailed to A.C.E.S. just write “saltworks opera’ in the memo line on your check and send to:

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Exmore, VA 23350