SATURDAY 3/16: Tribute to Titanic at Arts Enter

Saturday, March 16, Arts Enter will pay tribute to Titanic with a day of food, film and friends. [Read more…]

SATURDAY 3/16: March Madness Art Sale at Stage Door Gallery

The Stage Door Gallery will have the opening of MARCH MADNESS beginning with a reception at 6 p.m. Saturday, March 16, at 301 Mason Avenue in Cape Charles. [Read more…]

SATURDAY 3/23: (CANCELED) Romeo and Juliet Opera at Palace Theatre

(CANCELED) Saturday, March 23, at 8 p.m., an evening with Romeo and Juliet. [Read more…]

Wastewater from Highway Could Mean Higher County Taxes

By DORIE SOUTHERN
Cape Charles Wave

March 7, 2013

Cape Charles wants more sewage for its new treatment plant, and if the Public Service Authority gets its way, County taxpayers will contribute.

PSA Chairman Bob Panek told Northampton County Board of Supervisors January 8 that a 1-cent real estate tax increase could help fund sewer infrastructure for commercial properties on Highway 13.

Panek  proposes that the Board approve a sewer line from Highway 13 to the new Cape Charles treatment plant.

Additional funding would come from “private capital contributions from the business owners,” Panek told Cape Charles Town Council February 21.

Panek is also Assistant Town Manger for Cape Charles. Reached at Town Hall by the Wave, he was not willing to discuss non-Town business.

Funding could be arranged through a “moral obligation bond,” Panek told the Board of Supervisors. He said that the PSA could arrange primary funding through government bonds.

But local funding is required for debt service on the bonds. There could be a special tax district, a county-wide property tax increase, or connection and availability fees, or a combination of all three. [Read more…]

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Catherine Kellam, 93, Caterer and Cookbook Author

March 6, 2013

Catherine Lavinia Kellam, 93, wife of the late William Matthews Kellam, Sr., and a resident of Cheriton, passed away Tuesday, March 5, at Heritage Hall Healthcare in Nassawadox.

The funeral will be 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 12, at Cheriton United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Patricia Money officiating. Interment will follow in Cape Charles Cemetery.

A native of Exmore, Mrs. Kellam was the daughter of the late Harry Rosser Kellam and the late Ida Lois Killmon Kellam. She was a member of Cheriton United Methodist Church, member and past Worthy Matron of Northampton Chapter #2 Order of the Eastern Star, and will be remembered for the many weddings she catered and as author of a local cookbook, Kitty Caters. [Read more…]

LETTER:
Group Seeks to Preserve Cape Charles Colored School

Rosenwald School at November 19, 2011 dedication of historic marker (ESVA.net photo)

Rosenwald School at November 19, 2011, dedication of historical marker (ESVA.net photo)

March 6, 2013

DEAR EDITOR,

There are no front yard signs in support of “the other Old School Cape Charles.” However, there is definitely an effort gaining momentum to preserve the history of another Cape Charles former public school building.

This movement has been characterized not by spirited debate and public hearings, but by the same quiet dignity and determination that led to the creation in 1928 of the Cape Charles Colored School.

The school is situated just over the hump from the Historic District to the Bay Creek golf community. It is an unassuming red brick building. Spray paint evidences its brief history as an eel processing plant. The modest structure belies the storied and important history of the school. [Read more…]

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SUNDAY 3/10: Cape Charles Band Rehearsal at ArtsEnter

Interested in joining the Cape Charles Band? Come on out 2 p.m. Sunday, March 10, at ArtsEnter on Mason Avenue for the next rehearsal. [Read more…]

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FRIDAY 3/8: Linda Schulz Speaks on Early Childhood Education

The Science and Philosophy Seminar of the Eastern Shore of Virginia will present  “Early-childhood Education: When Does Workforce Development Begin?” 12:30 p.m. Friday, March 8, in the Eastern Shore Community College lecture hall, 29300 Lankford Hwy, Melfa. [Read more…]

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