Blessing of the Fleet: Cape Charles Is Proud of Its Watermen
April 10, 2013
Last Saturday a rainy, wet
morning turned into a beautiful
late afternoon — perfect for the
6th Annual Cape Charles
Blessing of the Fleet.
There was a great turnout
for a very nice ceremony,
demonstrating that Cape Charles
is proud of its watermen.
Photos by Ron Wrucke
COMMENTARY:
Why I Went to Court over the Park Bathrooms
Site of future Central Park bathrooms. Due to flooding conditions, bathroom floor will be elevated to height of wooden crossmember behind yellow tape. Access will be via a 60-foot winding ramp. (Wave photo)
By DONALD RILEY
April 10, 2013
Do the people of Cape Charles want a bathroom in the park that mirrors a 1980s sewer pump station?
Do we want a bathroom that is closed in the winter? Does no one live in Cape Charles in the winter?
Do we want bathrooms with two stalls on each side? Are there safety concerns about that?
Those are some questions Citizens for Central Park might have considered when they decided to construct a bathroom in Central Park. They might have polled the residents of Cape Charles to learn their thoughts.
The location also could have been the subject of community input. Do we want the bathroom at the east end of the park, far from the children’s playground in what becomes a lake when it rains? The floor of the bathroom house will be three feet above the ground in order to avoid flooding. Do we want that kind of towering bathroom? [Read more…]
