The Town’s new security camera system (Digital Watchdog surveillance systems) helped the Cape Charles Police track down and apprehend suspects that had vandalized the fishing pier and park gazabo. Below is a video captured by the surveillance system. The suspects are awaiting court dates.
Main Street to Develop a Transformational Strategy for Cape Charles
Cape Charles Main Street is asking citizens to take a survey that can help them develop a transformational strategy for the town. Cape Charles Main Street has received full designation by the State of Virginia, and is now receiving support to develop a transformational strategy for the town.
“The road to community recovery and growth depends on a focused, deliberate path to strengthening a local economy. This important service is provided to assist our Main Street program in defining community-informed and market-driven strategies that can direct and strengthen our revitalization efforts” — Cape Charles Main Street
Faith & Blue Weekend October 9th
Join the Northampton County Sheriff’s Office for Faith and Blue Weekend at Cape Charles Central Park on October 9th 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM.
National Faith & Blue Weekend is based on the premise that strong communities are built on mutual respect and understanding. Law enforcement and faith institutions are key pillars of each community, and when they work together, neighborhoods thrive.
At the heart of this initiative is the reinforcement of connections between law enforcement professionals and the communities they serve through the reach of houses of worship. There is no resource that can match the depth of the faith community in facilitating a productive engagement with law enforcement, which is needed now more than ever.
What Happens if we eliminate the Grocery Tax?
Both candidates for Virginia Governor favor of removing the grocery tax, which could cost the state up to $500 million. Where will the state recoup the revenue? More than likely they will raise the ‘General Sales Tax’ to make up the difference. Younkin’s overall tax cuts are over a billion, including repealing gas tax increases, as well as increasing tax deductions.
On the surface, this seems like a good thing, putting more money back in the pockets of shoppers.
At a purely local level, once that revenue is lost, how is the state actually going to backfill to help us balance the Northampton County budget? Refreshingly, no one seems more concerned about this than former District 1 Supervisor Granville Hogg.
According to Hogg, Northampton County gets 1% of the Grocery Tax. However, the actual amount of income to the County is very difficult to track. County gets 1 check that includes the portion of 5.3% Sales Tax, (as of July 6.3%, 1% for schools) and the 1% of the grocery tax.
But, there is no itemized total, and basically, it comes in a lump sum.
There are approximately 27 entities in Northampton that are collecting a grocery tax. The Food Lion stores Cape Charles and Exmore are the major players, but there are smaller retailers that offer groceries such as Royal Farms, Shore Stop, Dollar General, and niche markets such as Quail Cove, Gull Hummock, Tim’s, and Drizzles. There are also seasonal operations such as Shockley and Shore Breeze Farms.
The effects of tourism on the grocery tax are certainly a factor. Looking at revenues from the 2nd and 3rd quarters (Oct 1 to March 31) to 1st and 4th quarters (April 1 to Sept 30) 2 and 3 Quarters are basically the locals, 1 and 4 are the combination tourists and locals.
Certainly, more research is needed to determine the impact of losing this revenue stream.
Mosquito Spraying Tuesday, September 28
The Town’s contractor will be spraying for mosquitoes on Tuesday, September 28, 2021, starting at 7:00 p.m. in Bay Creek. Spraying in the Historic District should begin around 8:30 p.m.
In or area, trucks fitted with special spray equipment are used to treat areas with larvicides or adulticides to kill mosquito larvae or adult mosquitoes. This process is called truck spraying:
- Control and reduce the number of mosquitoes that can spread viruses. This can reduce your chances of getting sick.
- Control and reduce the number of nuisance mosquitoes that bother people but do not spread viruses.
- Treat entire neighborhoods in a short period of time compared to some other methods.
Cobb Family And Cobb’s Island Lecture Oct. 14
On Thursday, October 14 at 10:30 a.m. the Barrier Islands Center’s Coffee Hour Lecture Series will present The History Of The Cobb Family And Cobb’s Island with speaker Dr. Lloyd Newberry, author of Wings of Wonder: The Remarkable Story of the Cobb Family and the Priceless Decoys They Created on Their Island Paradise.
Cost: Free.
Dr. Newberry offers a fascinating glimpse into the history of the Cobb family who settled on Cobb Island in the 1800s. Dr. Newberry’s talk details the thrilling adventures of three Cobb family generations on their island paradise of fishing and waterfowl hunting.
The lifelike decoys they produced are some of the most highly sought after by collectors and historians today. But equally interesting are the many adventures that this family experienced for a century before a major hurricane put an end to it all. After his talk, Lloyd will sign copies of his book, Wings of Wonder.
To register and reserve your seat, click on this link: https://www.barrierislandscenter.org/events-calendar/2021/10/14/the-history-of-the-cobb-family-and-cobbs-island
7295 Young St | 757.678.5550 | barrerislandscenter@gmail.com
Republican candidate for Governor Glen Youngkin on the Shore Sept. 29th
Republican candidate for Governor Glen Youngkin will be on the Shore at 6507 Seaside Road, located between Nassawadox and Exmore, for a Barbeque supper. Come One, Come All!
Wednesday, September 29, 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. – This is a great opportunity to meet the candidate and discuss some of the real issues facing folks on the Shore.
Lecture on the Lawn at Arlington House and the Custis Tombs
Northampton Historic Preservation Society Lecture by Dr. David Scott Sunday, October 10 at 2:00 pm
Please join us for the next NHPS Lecture on the Lawn at the site of Arlington House and the Custis Tombs. Arlington House was a late 17th Century brick mansion built by John Custis II in 1670. In 1696, the property was inherited by his grandson, John Custis IV, who lived there until sometime after his marriage. He then moved to Williamsburg but, when he died, he wished to be buried at Arlington. His son, Daniel Parke Custis, married Martha Dandridge who, following Daniel’s death, married George Washington. All that remains of the house today is the brick foundation and the tombs of John Custis II and John Custis IV.
The site was saved from development by the Arlington Foundation and is now owned by the Archaeological Conservancy, who will preserve and manage it for the future. NHPS is partnered with the Archaeological Conservancy for the interpretation and promotion of the site.
This will be an outdoor lecture at the site by Dr. David Scott who will present the history of the Arlington mansion, the Custis tombs, and the Custis family. There will also be a presentation on the Archaeological Conservancy and their plans for the site.
Please refer to https://www.northamptonhistoricpreservationsociety.com for more information about NHPS and for any rescheduling of the event due to weather.
Advance tickets are not required but a donation ($10 per person) is suggested. All donations will go toward the NHPS restoration of the 1907 Jail in Eastville.
Directions to the program: The Arlington house and Custis Tomb site is off Route 13 about three miles south of the Cape Charles light. Follow the “Custis Tomb” sign off the highway onto Arlington Road (Rt. 644). Continue straight onto Custis Tomb Road (still Rt. 644) where Arlington Road makes a left turn. The site is about two miles on the right. NHPS “red arrow” signs will be in place to direct you.
Pet of the Week: Bonnie, and Scotch still needs a forever home
Hello, I’m Bonnie and I am one of the sweetest dogs you’ll ever meet. I am still young, at around 3 years old, and I weigh 57 lbs. I’m a Heeler/Lab mix female.
My fur has beautiful black and silver marbling, subtle but eye-catching, and I love to roll over on my back for a friendly belly rub.
I arrived here at the shelter with heartworms, but the nice folks here made sure I got treatment for them, and that treatment will be over this week!
I’ve also been spayed now. I’m really excited because that means I’m all ready to go to my forever home. Will it be at your house? We could have a great time together!
You can get an adoption application by stopping into the shelter or by emailing shorespca@gmail.com.
Click on the link below for more photos of Bonnie:https://www.petfinder.com/…/spca-eastern-shore-inc-va226/
Hi, I’m Scotch and I’m a 4-year-old Hound. I’m a bit underweight now, but I still, weigh 55 lbs, so I’ll be a little heavier when I gain some weight.I am a sweet, gentle boy who really enjoys people’s company and getting attention.
I seem to be ok with other dogs, as most hounds are kept together in kennel environments. I enjoy counter surfing and let my nose lead me into trouble when it comes to trying to always get people food, which seems to be a hound trait we just have to learn our boundaries on.
I’ll need a fenced yard for my safety, or to always be walked on a leash, otherwise, I’ll run for miles following a scent. Already neutered and up to date on vaccines, I’m also negative for heartworms and have started prevention.
Visits with me can be done after being approved for adoption; you can email shorespca@gmail.com to request an application, or stop in at the SPCA to pick one up.
Click below to see more photos of Scotch:https://www.petfinder.com/…/spca-eastern-shore-inc-va226/
History Notes this week of Sept. 18
1187: The great Saracen general Saladin invests* Jerusalem in a bid to break the nearly 100-year reign of Christian kings over the city.
1519: Portuguese explorer and navigator Ferdinand Magellan, on commission Spanish King Carlos I (later Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire), departs on a voyage of circumnavigation in order to confirm a westward connection between Spain and the Spice Islands of the South Pacific. Magellan’s fleet consists of five ships and 270 men.
1598: English playwright and poet Ben Jonson is briefly jailed for manslaughter after killing an actor in a duel. He is released after reciting a Bible verse and getting a tattoo on his thumb. Jonson’s career did not suffer from the episode, and he went on to become one of the most popular men of letters during the Elizabethan era in merrie olde England. He was a peer and theatrical competitor of William Shakespeare, and although he always considered himself the better intellect, he eulogized Shakespeare as the “Sweet Swan of Avon” and “Soul of the Age!”
1641: The British merchant ship Merchant Royal founders at sea and sinks off of the coast of Cornwall, with a cargo of £100,000 of gold, 400 bars of Mexican silver, and 500,000 pieces of eight. It has never been found.
1676: At the climax of three months of agitation by 29-year-old planter Nathaniel Bacon, a makeshift “army” of nearly a thousand angry Virginia frontiersmen and farmers, furious that Governor William Berkeley will not stand with them against Indian harassment and raids, storm into the colonial capital at Jamestown and burn the city to the ground. Although Bacon’s Revolt (a.k.a. Bacon’s Rebellion) represented a clear danger to the colonial government, it rapidly fell apart when Bacon himself contracted dysentery and died in late October.
1776: Death of twenty-one year old American patriot Nathan Hale (b.1755), hanged as a spy after being caught scouting around the British encampment of British General William Howe on Long Island. You probably remember his final words as the noose was placed around his neck: “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.”
1776: Guarding the northernmost portions of Alta California, Spain establishes the Presidio of San Francisco on the tip of land that borders the entrance to San Francisco Bay. It remained in Army hands until the BRAC rolled through. The facility was turned over to the National Parks Service in 1994 as mixed-use historic, recreational, and commercial sector of the City. One of Presidio’s distinguishing features was its lack of a perimeter fence
1780: Arrest of British major John Andre, General Clinton’s primary aide-de-camp, who coordinated Benedict Arnold’s treasonous surrender of West Point. Andre was captured inside American lines while wearing civilian clothes, along with Arnold’s handwritten copy of the defensive plan for the fort tucked into his stockings. He was tried and convicted as a spy, and with the bitter memory of Nathan Hale (9/22) still fresh, was sentenced to be hanged by the neck until dead instead of being shot like a soldier.
1789: Representatives from the Several States, in congress, after over two years of intense discussion and negotiation, sign The Constitution of the United States in Philadelphia, and send the document to the States themselves for ratification.
1806: Leaders of the 1803 Corps of Discovery, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, arrive in Saint Louis three years after their westward departure, completing their epic exploration and recording of the United States’ new Louisiana Territory.
1845: In New York, the Knickerbockers Baseball Club is formed, becoming the nation’s first professional baseball team.
1861: Birth of Robert Bosch (d.1942), who came into prominence in the nascent automobile industry with his invention of a dependable magneto for spark plug ignition. He continued to invent and manufacturer a line of the highest quality electrical equipment in his Stuttgart plant. Today, the company that bears his name has added retail electrical tools and equipment to its product line.
1862: The Union Army of the Potomac halts Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s first foray into the northern states a the Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg), the single bloodiest day of combat in American history, with 23,000 casualties (10,000 Union, 13,000 Confederate)
1863: The Battle of Chickamauga is fought on the approaches to Chattanooga, Tennessee. The huge clash is a pyrrhic Confederate victory that halts a major Union advance, but at such a cost that the Confederates never really recovered their full fighting capability in the Western theater. The battle carries the distinction of creating the second-highest number of casualties in the entire Civil War, (Union 16,170 (1,670 KIA), Confederate 18,454 (2,312 KIA)), second only to the casualty count at Gettysburg in July.
1881: Death of President James Garfield (b.1831), eighty days after being shot by a disgruntled federal employee. Garfield’s major accomplishment during his short term as President was initiating a massive civil service reform program, beginning with the post office. His attack may be noted as the act of ‘going postal’.
1893: American bicycle maker and inventor Charles Duryea, along with his brother Frank, perform a road test on their first gasoline-powered vehicle, a 4 horsepower single-cylinder model. It worked. They performed a second test in November and then decided to go commercial with the idea. You’ll notice in the second picture below that the Duryeas recognized the marketing potential of racing, which they did, and it also worked.
1904: Death of Chief Joseph, last leader of the Nez Perce tribe of the Pacific Northwest (b.1840).
1908: On an Army demonstration flight at Fort Meyer, Virginia, the Wright Brothers’ first commercial aircraft Model A, piloted by Orville Wright, crashes when one of the propellers breaks, slicing a guy wire and severing the rear control surfaces of the machine. Wright is severely injured by the plunge into the ground, and his passenger, Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge dies, becoming the world’s first aviation fatality.
1927: Heavyweight boxing champs Gene Tunney and Jack Dempsey clash in the famous “Long Count” re-match for the title championship. Exactly a year prior (less one day), Tunny defeated Dempsey in a ten-round unanimous decision. Promoting a second competition between the principals created a great deal of buzz, and the fight met all expectations. The popular name of the match grew out of a furious set of blows that drove Tunney to the mat during the seventh round. Dempsey stood still over his opponent, per the old rules, ready to knock him down again. The referee did not start the count until Dempsey returned to a neutral corner, which gave Tunney an additional few seconds to recover and continue the fight, hence: the “long” count. Tunney, in turn, knocked Dempsey down in the eighth, and finished in complete control for his second heavyweight title. At the completion of the fight, Dempsey raised his opponent’s arm and said, “You were best. You fought a smart fight, kid.” Controversy endures to this day that Dempsey could have won the title if he had gone to the corner sooner, allowing the count to begin right away.
1929: Birth of Sir Stirling Moss (d.2020), often referred to as the “greatest driver never to win the World Driving Championship.”
1937: Publication of J.R.R. Tolkien’s magnum opus, The Hobbit. The book has never been out of print.
1939: Death of Austrian psychiatrist Sigmund Freud (b.1856), who gave us such useful tools such as: the Freudian Slip; the use of free-association as a means to identify the relationship between the unconscious self and conscious actions; the Id and super-ego; the Oedipus Complex; and the famous and universally un-answered question, “What do women want?”
1942: First flight of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress, a pressurized, high altitude bomber which provided the Army Air Corps with a dramatic increase in range and payload over their B-17s and B-24s.
1943: Birth of Spanish singer Julio Iglesias, who has sold over 300 million records in 14 languages.
1944: Birth of Italian mountaineer Reinhold Messner, first man to climb all of the world’s 14 peaks over 8,000 meters (26,000 feet), and the first to solo to the summit of Mount Everest (29,029 feet) without supplemental oxygen.
1952: American silent film icon and long-time left wing political advocate Charlie Chaplin leaves for a trip to England, and is immediately barred from re-entry by the Immigration and Naturalization Service and the behest of the House Un-American Activities Committee and J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI.
1962: Civil rights activist James Meredith is barred from entering the University of Mississippi.
1964: The first flight of the Mach 3 North American XB-70 Valkyrie supersonic bomber.
1973: Death of singer-songwriter Jim Croce (b.1943), less than a week after finishing his album “I’ve Got a Name.” He was working his way through a nationwide university concert tour. Having just finished a gig at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana, he wanted to leave immediately for the next show in Texas; the chartered Beech 18 crashed into a tree on the late-evening takeoff, killing Croce and his entire road crew.
1973(b): Professional tennis star Billie Jean King defeats retired professional tennis star Bobby Riggs in what was billed as the ultimate Battle of the Sexes, this time on the tennis court. Riggs instigated the matchup during an interview earlier in the year when he contended that the reason women’s and men’s tennis was segregated is because men would consistently beat the women. Paraphrasing: “Even I [at age 55] can beat any woman out there!” Two match-ups ensued; in May, Riggs trounced Margaret Court 6-2 6-1, and after weeks of public goading, King agreed to meet him in the Houston Astrodome. Both sides played to the press, and when the big event arrived, King won, 6-4 6-3 6-3.
1981: The Senate unanimously confirms Sandra Day O’Connor as the first female Justice of the Supreme Court.
1991: Discovery of 5,300-year-old Copper Age mummy, “Otzi the Iceman” by German mountaineers.
1997: Death of comedian Red Skelton (b.1913). “All men make mistakes, but married men find out about them sooner”
1999: Death of George C. Scott (b.1927), best known for his portrayal of General George S. Patton in the 1970 film.
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