Chesapeake Bay Log Canoes Seminar at ESCC
The next Science and Philosophy Seminar is “Chesapeake Bay Log Canoes and the Annie C.” The free 90-minute seminar will be held at 12:30 p.m. Friday, November 7, in the Lecture Hall of the Eastern Shore Community College, 29300 Lankford Hwy., Melfa. Joe Valentine will describe the history of traditional Log Canoes and their construction, with especial reference to the restored, 45 feet-long, century-old Annie C. on display at Ker Place in Onancock.
Savage Neck Dunes Closed Weekdays During Deer Hunting Season
Savage Neck Dunes Natural Area Preserve will be closed to visitors most weekdays from November 3 through December 19 for managed deer hunts. The preserve will be open to visitors on weekends during this time. The hunts help reduce deer browsing and trampling of the preserve’s sensitive resources. Savage Neck Dunes is located in Northampton County on the Chesapeake Bay. The 298-acre preserve is owned and managed by the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation.
Beach Access Closed at Jefferson Avenue
The Town of Cape Charles has closed the Jefferson Avenue beach access using erosion fence and burlap. This is the worst area where sand blows onto Bay Avenue. There is very little beach to sidewalk ratio in this area and no grass to help hold the sand. The new fence will help build up the sand in this area. A temporary wooden post will also be installed with safety rope fencing along the edge of the sidewalk due to the drop-off in this area. While this entrance is closed, the Public Works crew will be constructing wooden steps with a railing to be installed from the sidewalk to the beach. The maintenance entrance is close by and all other beach access points will remain open.
Donna Bozza Is New CBES Executive Director
CBES President Arthur Upshur, new CBES Executive Director Donna Bozza, and outgoing CBES Executive Director Denard Spady
November 1, 2014
Donna Bozza is the new executive director for Citizens for a Better Eastern Shore. She succeeds Denard Spady who is retiring after nearly 20 years as director.
CBES, a non-profit organization formed 26 years ago to promote balanced growth in Accomack and Northampton counties while enhancing the quality of life for all citizens and preserving natural resources.
Bozza will be the first CBES executive director to serve full-time, which is being done to expand the organization’s role and effectiveness. The change to full-time work mirrors the move made recently by Virginia Eastern Shorekeeper, which was initially established by CBES.
“We have been fortunate in being able to hire, as our Executive Directors, two people of exceptional qualifications: Jay Ford, who became the VES Executive Director and Shorekeeper last November, and now Donna Bozza, the new Executive Director of CBES,” said Jack Ordeman, board member and past president of CBES and president of Virginia Eastern Shorekeeper. “We are confident that both organizations will increase their influence and better fulfill the goals of their Mission Statements under their capable and inspiring leadership,” he said. [Read more…]
Larry McAllen, 66, Retired Bayshore Concrete Employee
October 31, 2014
Larry Wayne McAllen, 66, husband of Margaret Ann McAllen and a Cape Charles resident, passed away Thursday, October 30, at Sentara Heart Hospital in Norfolk.
A graveside service will be conducted 2 p.m. Tuesday, November 4, at Capeville Masonic Cemetery with Rev. Jeff Conrow officiating. Flowers will be accepted.
Mr. McAllen was born October 30, 1948, in Cape Charles, the son of the late William Wesley McAllen and the late Myrtle Frances Swift McAllen. He retired from Bayshore Concrete after 43 years of service.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by two children, Heather M. Pisarcik and her husband, Mark, of Norfolk, Jessica M. Smith and her husband, Keith, of Cheriton; a granddaughter, Madison Jane Pisarcik of Norfolk; and two nieces, Natalie McAllen and Carolyn Phillips. He was predeceased by a son, Larry Wayne McAllen, Jr.; a brother, William McAllen; and a special aunt, Ella Mae Godwin. [Read more…]
GALLERY: Crescent Moon, Drifting, & Antares
GALLERY: Crescent Moon, Drifting, & Antares (October 31, 2014): These photos submitted by two readers tell a story of the past week. From left, Gertraud Fendler captured a sliver of a moon over Cape Charles. Meanwhile, last Sunday’s gale-force winds washed up a large piece of driftwood just south of Bayshore Concrete, photographed by Joseph Corcoran. And lastly, the event that will long be remembered — Ms. Fendler recorded the spectacular explosion of the Antares rocket at Wallops Island.
LETTER: Why Do County Taxes Go to Baltimore?
October 31, 2014
DEAR EDITOR,
Where is our County Treasurer, Cynthia Bradford, these days — is she in the State of Maryland or in Eastville, Virginia?
We are instructed to send our real estate taxes to Baltimore, Maryland. That’s approximately $50 million total. Why should those funds be deposited in Maryland instead of a bank in Virginia that is under the jurisdiction and scrutiny of our state?
As a taxpayer, I care where my money is being held. [Read more…]
EXTRA: County Won’t Drop Seaside Protections
By KEN DUFTY
October 28, 2014
Northampton County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Monday (October 27) to reverse an earlier decision to remove the protections of the Chesapeake Bay Protection Act on the lands east of Route 13 and adjoining the Atlantic, otherwise known as the seaside.
At a March 11 public hearing, dozens of residents and former officials expressed overwhelming concern that removal of the protections of the Chesapeake Bay Act on the Seaside would have a profound adverse impact on the aquaculture industry, which is among the largest on the eastern seaboard. The CBPA requires increased setbacks for structures and septic systems, and calls for a vegetative buffer to protect the sensitive aquatic ecosystem from nutrient loading that could result from agriculture and wastewater runoff. [Read more…]
