Pirates Ball Treasure Chest Raffle Winners
In conjunction with the Tall Ships Festival, Citizens for Central Park held a Treasure Chest Raffle. Winners were drawn at the June 15 Pirates Ball. [Read more…]
Tall Ships Festival Through a Newcomer’s Eyes
CAPE CHARLES WAVE
June 16, 2013
One of our area’s most recent arrivals, Sher Horosko, ventured among Saturday’s throngs of Tall Ships visitors. Everything was new to her, and this is what she saw.
Tall Ships Festival Weekend Event Schedule
SATURDAY 6/15: Vacation Bible School Registration at Cheriton Baptist
Vacation Bible School registration for ages 4-12 at Cheriton Baptist Church is Saturday, June 15, from noon to 3 p.m. Enjoy a Bungee Jump, “Little Italy” style pizza, Moonwalk, Games and more. [Read more…]
Area’s Newest Savior Buys Again: This Time Kiptopeke Inn
Better days ahead for badly deteriorated Kiptopeke Inn. (Wave photo)
By GEORGE SOUTHERN
Cape Charles Wave
June 13, 2013
Robert Occhifinto, the newest millionaire “come-here” to Northampton County, has done it again, purchasing yet another failed property near Cape Charles – this time the crumbling Kiptopeke Inn.
Built in 1963 as a Holiday Inn, the 104-room motel closed last September after going into receivership. Most recently it was owned by developer Nimrod Tavi.
The Kiptopeke Inn was listed for sale at $995,000, but Occhifinto has shown a penchant for offering pennies on the dollar. He bid $300,000 last year, but his offer was refused.
Robert Occhifinto (Wave photo)
So Occhifinto waited, and more than six months later the owner apparently decided that $300,000 was better than nothing. The sale is expected to be completed soon.
That’s good news for the Kiptopeke Inn, as Occhifinto has already demonstrated that he’s no slumlord. Take a look at the now-gleaming Peacock Motor Inn which he rescued from disrepair last year.
The Peacock will always be for travelers on a budget, but the rooms are bright, clean, and nicely furnished.
Occhifinto, 51, is a New Jersey entrepreneur who made his fortune producing and marketing over-the-counter diet supplements. He is famous locally for purchasing Aqua Restaurant, Bay Creek Marina, and related properties last December for $4.6 million. [Read more…]
COMMENTARY: On a Come-Here Meeting Born-Heres
Just outside Cape Charles, the wheat field has gone golden. (Photo by Sher Horosko)
By SHER HOROSKO
June 12, 2013
Outside my window, a fleece of gray wool covers the sky. A white ibis with her pinky-orange beak prowls the ground while a blue bird stands atop his new cedar house. The wheat field has gone golden. I came here a couple of weeks ago to fall into the arms of wonder. I haven’t been disappointed.
The stories of the “born-here’s” captivate me. Your language is filled with color and sound. You may not even know this is so, because you’re steeped in a lifetime of conversation that draws from the storm and bounty of the land and water, that is tuned to the rhythms of harvest and migration.
But I know a living language when I hear it. I came to Cape Charles with ears used to listening to the thin, plain, read “dull” language of people who live as far away from the natural world as they can be. They don’t know when the flounder is running or the sweet corn will be picked. They buy food from six grocery stores, not one. [Read more…]
Tall Ships Festival Features Onboard Entertainment
The second annual Tall Ships At Cape Charles Festival June 14-16 presents a rare opportunity to get up close and personal as you explore the decks and meet the crews of magnificent tall ships and encounter roving pirates, costumed Elizabethan re-enactors, musicians, arts and crafts vendors and all kinds of family fun throughout our picturesque small town and harbor. [Read more…]
Cruising Trawlers Visiting Cape Charles for Tall Ships Festival
The Southern Chesapeake Bay Cruisers, a regional group of the Marine Trawler Owners Association, will be represented by four cruising trawlers at the Cape Charles Tall Ships Celebration June 14-16. [Read more…]
