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We all love our Cape Charles eateries, but if you are on a middle class income, trying to feed a family of four or more can be an expensive proposition. The biggest complaint for many families is the lack of affordable options. Gerry’s Ristorante on Route 13 just outside of town may be just the […]
Head Cook Ramon Soto and Assistant Manager Jon Bloxom spent nearly a week creating a special New England style Seafood Chowder recipe. On Sunday, December 11th they took their perfected Chowder to the Oyster Farm’s 12th Annual Chowder Cook-Off. Their creamy Chowder was filled with clams, shrimp, crawfish, crab meat and sea scallops and topped […]
An effort to bring back the summer Harbor for the Arts festival has failed. Arts Enter, under the direction of Chairman Hank Meyer, along with the Citizens for Central Park acquired $1000 of taxpayer funds from the Town of Cape Charles to go towards a “proposed” Virginia Tourism Leveraged Grant of $2500 which was to […]
The landscape of the Eastern Shore is changing, not just from massive investments in industrial agriculture, but also in more subtle ways. A term we used a few years ago “New Urbanist” is quietly becoming entrenched in the Shore landscape. There are communities all over the country dedicated to reincarnating the feel of a traditional […]
Special Letter to the Cape Charles Mirror by Ken Dufty I appreciate this opportunity to add to the comments of Perdue’s Steve Levitsky regarding finding common ground regarding the poultry expansion on the Delmarva Peninsula, and especially on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. [December 13,Eastern Shore Post]. As your readers know, we here in Northampton […]
Over the summer and fall this year, our favorite blonde bombshell, Barbie had her very own lavish exhibition at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs at the Louvre Palais. “Beauty is also about diversity,” says Anne Monier, curator of the museum’s toy department. “Today you cannot give a child one doll and say, This is a […]
While there was some hope and optimism for the kayaker who was pulled from the water yesterday morning near Cherrystone Inlet, his family has released a statement that he has died. The Coast Guard responded at 9:20 a.m. Wednesday with a 45-foot response boat from Station Cape Charles and a MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Air […]
The CCPD is urging all residents and visitors to always lock your vehicles and homes. We have received a report of a vehicle break-in in the Town of Cape Charles and we want to remind everyone that the best deferent to theft is to take the small step in simply utilizing your vehicles locking devices. […]
Citizens reported this to the Mirror, but details were confirmed in this WTKR news report. As requested, this story is re-posted from WTKR News. CAPE CHARLES, Va. – A kayaker reported to have overturned off the coast of Cape Charles has been found alive after a search. Coast Guard officials say they were notified around […]
Scientific research indicates sea levels worldwide have been rising at a rate of 0.14 inches (3.5 millimeters) per year since the early 1990s. The trend, linked to global warming, puts thousands of coastal cities, like Cape Charles at risk of being submerged by the ocean. Climate Central has produced a Surging Seas global Risk Zone […]
Citizen submitted report to the Cape Charles Mirror Inspired by the research of wetland scientists in the Netherlands, the Jefferson Parish in Louisiana took discarded Christmas trees and—rather than abandoning them in a landfill—used the trees to protect and help restore the marsh. They are used to construct shoreline fences, creating a wave break to […]
Whether through deliberate abandonment or through accidental loss, derelict traps have significant negative effects on both the economic and ecological status of the Chesapeake Bay. A new report from NOAA, Ecological and Economic Effects of Derelict Fishing Gear in the Chesapeake Bay, estimates that 12% to 20% of blue crab pots deployed annually in Chesapeake […]
President Obama announced on Tuesday a ban on oil and gas drilling in the Arctic and along the Atlantic coast from Virginia to Maine, a move that would protect more than one hundred million acres of federal land as a last-ditch effort to shore up and preserve Obama’s environmental legacy before Donald Trump takes office […]
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The U.S. Coast Guard plans to analyze comments received in response to the Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) titled “Anchorage Grounds; Lower Chesapeake Bay, Cape Charles, VA, (81 FR 22939)” released on April 19, 2016, to better understand public sentiment and concerns regarding the proposed rulemaking. The Coast Guard published the […]
In a study released by the Farm Manure-to-Energy Initiative, which was hosted on the Shore last week by Eastern Shorekeeper, poultry litter ash and biochar sources appear to be suitable and comparable phosphorus and potassium fertilizers for crops for our soils in the Mid-Atlantic. Other groups concerned about the manure problem on the Eastern Shore, […]
Volunteering Runs in the Family at Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital Mondays are generally regarded as the least popular day of the week. But for two special Eastern Shore couples, Mondays are volunteer days and their favorite day of the week. Cathey and Vernon Bell of Wachapreague and Ruth Gaskins of Melfa volunteer at Riverside Shore […]
Special to the Mirror by Tina LeCato LPN, Riverside Health Services As a full-time working nurse, mother and wife, I am appreciative of any opportunity to lessen the stress of achieving my college education. Given the updated requirements of a nursing career, I suddenly found myself in a position of having to go back to […]
The Department of Environmental Quality is pleased to announce the solicitation of applications for financial assistance through the Stormwater Local Assistance Fund (SLAF). DEQ will have approximately $20 million in matching grant funds available for distribution. Applications are being solicited for stormwater projects including: i) new stormwater best management practices; ii) stormwater best management practice […]
After three years of review and public hearings, meetings and input, the Cape Charles Town Council voted to accept the Planning Commission’s amendments and adopt the current version of the Comprehensive Plan. As required by Section 15-2-2230 of the Code of Virginia, the Planning Commission began reviewing the 2009 Comprehensive Plan in the summer of […]
In the Historic District, we have witnessed all forms of restorations, some good, some bad, some just plain ugly. It seems the projects that achieve the most success are the ones that begin with solid design principles based on a coherent understanding of the Historic District Guidelines and the general flavor of old Cape Charles, […]
The former Straight Line Automotive Service shop at 401 Mason is about to become part of the Intelligentsia—that is, it will someday become Peach Street Books. The Historic District Review Board received a Certificate of Appropriateness from the property owners for renovations to a commercial, contributing structure. The cottage style filling station unit was built in […]
ESPN reported on December 11th that a Masters Golf Tournament Trophy purchased for Arnold Palmer sold for $444,012. The report, which was copied and pasted across many other outlets, also noted that Bay Creek Resort purchased the trophy in 2005: Palmer had three trophies in his possession, but he authorized the fourth to be purchased […]
With the harbor continuing to run deficits close to $50k, Cape Charles Town Council has sanctioned the formation of a “six-member focus group consisting of the harbor master and assistant harbor master along with a number of stakeholders.” On Thursday Town Council appointed Dora Sullivan as the town’s representative to the group. Along with Sullivan, […]
Jay Ford and Eastern Shorekeeper hosted a presentation by Kristen Hughes Evans, Executive Director and founder of Sustainable Chesapeake, a non-profit environmental organization supporting the Farm Manure-to-Energy Initiative, “a regional effort to evaluate the potential for manure-to-energy technologies to provide alternative markets for excess poultry litter nutrients.” The Farm Manure-to-Energy Initiative has evaluated the performance of […]
The Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 directed the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to prepare a study that would evaluate the role of animal manure as a source of fertilizer, and its other uses, including evaluating the effects on agriculture production contributable to the increased competition for animal manure use due to bioenergy production, […]
Beyer Introduces Wildlife Corridors Conservation Act To Protect Biodiversity Legislation Endorsed By Leading Environmental Organizations and Scientists, Including Biologist E.O. Wilson This week, Representative Don Beyer introduced the Wildlife Corridors Conservation Act of 2016 to begin reversing the tide of habitat loss and fragmentation for U.S. fish, wildlife, and plant species. See Mirror Article on […]
Special Opinion to the Cape Charles Mirror by Paul Plante. In FEDERALIST No. 62 for the Independent Journal to the People of the State of New York circa 1788, although it sounds as if it could have been written today, either James Madison or Alexander Hamilton, writing as Publius, stated as follows: Every nation, consequently, […]
Critically endangered North Atlantic right whales are now migrating south for the winter. A big portion of the migratory route and calving area is just outside Cape Charles at the mouth of the Bay. While heading for blue water, or for your favorite Rockfish spot, be on the lookout for right whales. To help protect […]
The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) seeking input on its management plan for menhaden. ASMFC is reviewing a series of options for managing the fishery and requesting feedback from the public. The new menhaden management plan will address catch quotas for the fish along the Atlantic Coast, however comments particular to catching juvenile fish […]
Special to the Cape Charles Mirror by Jose Alavardo. Jose is a full-time student at Eastern Shore Community College. He also works 35+ hours a week in the college maintenance department. When he graduates from the community college, he plans to attend Old Dominion University and major in Health Services Administration. He is also interested […]
At the November 28th Northampton Board of Supervisors work session, the need for a new school complex was discussed. While the Board of Supervisors have begun to float a number of scenarios for funding, Chairmain Spencer Murry was quick to remind the Board that potential tax increases, the total cost of the new complex, how […]
Alternative A of the Hampton Roads Crossing Study which lays out a design that expands the I-64/Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel corridor to a six-lane highway from I-664 in Hampton to I-564, as well as a new bridge-tunnel at the existing HRBT has been approved by the Commonwealth Transportation Board. The approval exposes a state-wide concern for […]
This VDOT-DRPT guidebook updates the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Rural Transportation Planning Consultation Processes and documents the methods used by VDOT and DRPT in interacting, participating and cooperating with Virginia’s non-metropolitan regional and local officials regarding transportation planning and programming. To meet federal requirements, this document is separate and discrete from documentation provided on the public […]
The Planning Commission has re-classified the 1996 Town Preservation plan as purely historical reference document. The Town will no longer use it for policy-making or community planning. The Preservation Plan came about to help the Town deal with what it perceived as rapidly declining structures (building stock). The Plan was used to help Cape Charles […]
The Planning Commission set January 3rd 2017 as the date for public hearing regarding a conditional use permit for a residential dwelling unit above the first floor commercial units at 3 Fig Street, the former Kellogg Building. According to the staff report, the structure “is in the 2 zoning district, which according to Article III, […]
The Cape Charles Planning Commission approved amendments to the 2009 Comprehensive Plan. At the December 6th meeting, the commission received public comments, and then approved a resolution to send the document to Town Council for possible adoption. Only one public comment, which referenced the use of accessory dwellings within town limits was given. Language in […]
Nassawadox, VA–The Commission on Cancer (CoC) of the American College of Surgeons (ACoS) has granted a Three-Year Accreditation with Commendation to the cancer program at the Riverside Shore Cancer Center. To earn voluntary CoC accreditation, a cancer program must meet or exceed 34 quality care standards, be evaluated every three years, and maintain specified levels […]
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