FRIDAY 10/11: Water Quality, Fish, Shellfish Seminar at ESCC
“Water Quality, Fish, and Shellfish in the Chesapeake Bay” is the next Science and Philosophy Seminar, 12:30 p.m. Friday, October 11, in the Eastern Shore Community College lecture hall, 29300 Lankford Hwy, Melfa. [Read more…]
SATURDAY 10/12: Sidewalk Chalk Art on Strawberry Street
Join artist Eden Ertle and Arts Enter Cape Charles for “Sidewalk Chalk Art” on Saturday, October 12, from 10:30 a.m. to 12 noon. [Read more…]
Cape Charles Business Association Presents Fall Festival
By GEORGE PROTO
President, Cape Charles Business Association
October 5, 2013
“Oktoberfest, Products of the Shore” is the theme of this year’s Cape Charles Fall Festival next Saturday, October 12, from 10 a. m. to 5 p. m. downtown along Mason Avenue.
The festival is aimed at promoting the Town of Cape Charles and enlightening visitors as to the things produced on the Shore and in the immediate area of the Chesapeake Bay.
Various service organizations will be on-hand to publicize their activities and raise money to continue their valuable contributions to our community. Participating organizations include the Cape Charles Volunteer Fire Department, Citizens for Central Park, Cape Charles Christian School, New Roots Youth Garden, and Rotary Club.
An underlying goal of this festival is to establish a format on which the Business Association can produce future festivals as a way to provide ongoing education to visitors and others as to who Cape Charles is, what we make, and what we do. [Read more…]
21st Annual Harvest Festival Hits All the Right Spots
All photos courtesy of Sunset Beach Inn and Grille.
October 5, 2013
What a beautiful day on the Shore for the 21st Annual Harvest Festival at Sunset Beach Resort — sunny and hot but not sweltering. “Things seemed to flow smoothly and people had a good time enjoying the event,” according to an organizer.
With 2,500 tickets sold at $40 far in advance, $50 beginning in September, it would be hard to imagine that anyone with a ticket stayed away.
“The new layout with the corporate tables in the center did seem to work well,” was the general opinion. But the time change (food was served at 11 a.m. instead of noon) got “lots of comment and mixed reviews.”
And for people who just won’t go home, there was the traditional “After Party” at Sunset Grille, which “did well and we had a lot fun!”
Planning Commissioners Want Hotels on the Highway
Entrance to Rittenhouse Motor Inn, the closest highway motel to Cape Charles. Planning commissioners believe that a chain motel would attract more customers.
By DORIE SOUTHERN
Cape Charles Wave
October 4, 2013
Cape Charles Planning Commissioners cast their eyes outside Town limits at their October 1 meeting, as Town Planner Robert Testerman asked for ideas about kinds of highway businesses that could benefit the Town, as well as those that could hurt it.
“Good” businesses suggested by the planning commissioners for Route 13 included chain motels, an antique center, outlet stores, fast food restaurants, adult daycare, a tutoring center, family practice, an emergency care facility, retail seafood, a veterinarian, dog grooming, and eco-tour businesses.
Businesses judged as hurting the Town included a chain drugstore and chain restaurants.
Commissioner Andy Buchholz noted, “In town there are taxes and licenses. Out of town there aren’t.”
Development outside of town was on the agenda as the result of a recent joint work session by the Town and County planning commissions. Routes into Cape Charles make up the Historic Town Entrance Corridor Overlay District, as designated in the 1991 Annexation Agreements.
Town planning commissioners agreed that Route 13 needs more motels. The existing ones (Rittenhouse Motor Inn, Peacock Inn, Shore Stay Suites, Sunset Beach Inn) are not chains, which they saw as a negative. Speaking about the nearest motel, the Rittenhouse, for example, Buchholz said, “People won’t stop there. They’ll stay at a Red Roof Inn. They will not stop unless it is a known chain.” [Read more…]
New Roots Kicks Off Fall Garden Club for Kids
Children water swiss chard and spinach at New Roots Youth Garden Fall Garden Club. (Photo: Tammy Holloway)
By TAMMY HOLLOWAY
October 3, 2013
A total of 25 kids from Cape Charles Christian, Kiptopeke, Home School, and Broadwater are participating in New Roots Youth Garden’s Fall Garden Club, a 7-week program held Thursdays from 4-5 p.m.
Club participants are planting and tending fall crops to be harvested and sold at the New Roots Farm Stand, an initiative that began during the 2013 Summer Garden Club. By creating and running a farm stand, the children learn many facets of business, including economics, handling money, sales, and customer service.
NRYG received several generous donations that made it possible to create the farm stand. The Virginia State University Farm Stand Extension donated many supplies, including a canopy tent, baskets, chalkboards, a calculator and a cash box. Also, the United Way of Virginia’s Eastern Shore selected New Roots Youth Garden as a Community Partner in 2013, allocating over $4,500 to supplement the existing program. Part of the United Way funds will be used to expand and market the farm stand, and the remaining funds will be used to perform infrastructure upgrades in the garden, such as installing a dry well, a shallow well, and a pump station. [Read more…]
Edward ‘Ned’ Doughty, 83, Fishing, Canning Entrepreneur
October 3, 2013
Edward J. “Ned” Doughty, III, passed away at his Norfolk home Tuesday, October 1, after a long and courageous battle with cancer. A graveside ceremony will be held 1 p.m. Saturday, October 5, at Cape Charles Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters, PO Box 2156, Norfolk VA, 23501-9873.
Condolences and remembrances may be shared with the family at www.doughtyfuneralhome.com. Funeral arrangements are by Wilkins-Doughty Funeral Home, Cape Charles.
Ned, as he was affectionately known to his family and many friends, was born November 30, 1929, in Oyster on his beloved Eastern Shore and was a self proclaimed “Oyster Rat”. [Read more…]
SUNDAY 10/6: K9 Nose Fun at Barrier Islands Center
Introduction to K9 Nose Work, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, October 6, at Barrier Islands Center. [Read more…]
