TUESDAY 11/13: Don’t Use the Water During Town Flush
The Town of Cape Charles Utility Department will conduct a system flush of the water system beginning 9 p.m.Tuesday, November 13, and continuing until 2 a.m. Wednesday.
Residents are cautioned not to use water during that time, as sediment could be drawn into the residence water lines. [Read more…]
TUESDAY 12/11: Nature Conservancy Holiday Open House at Brownsville Near Nassawadox
The Nature Conservancy’s Virginia Coast Reserve invites the public to a Holiday Open House at the Historic Brownsville House 4-8 p.m. Tuesday, December 11. [Read more…]
Broadwater Students Seek Soap & Stuff for Sanford & Saxis Cleanup
A large contingent of Broadwater Academy high school students will be going to the Sanford/Saxis area on Monday to help people there with cleanup after the devastation they suffered during Hurricane Sandy. [Read more…]
THURSDAY 11/8: Cape Charles Town Council Meets
Cape Charles Town Council will meet 6 p.m. Thursday, November 8, at St. Charles Parish Hall. [Read more…]
LINDEMAN:
Picking up Pecans, Selling Them to Watson’s
By BRUCE LINDEMAN
Cape Charles Wave
November 8, 2012
It was brisk Sunday morning as we walked over to the next block to pick some of the giant pine cones from the ground that fall this time of year. They will be useful for dressing the Christmas table with fresh greens such as magnolia, holly, and such and to give away for others’ holiday decorating.
The bag, now full, was big and clumsy so we left it on the front porch before heading out in search of our prime mission: picking pecans.
If you’re a Cape Charles resident, I’m not telling you anything you don’t already know. However, what’s intriguing is that so many residents don’t seem to care about the pecans — or so it seems from the sheer amount of them we found still on the ground this year.
Cape Charles is known for its beautiful crepe myrtles and, more recently, its abundance of rosemary which seems to grow so well in our rich Eastern Shore soil. I could go on about rosemary, but we’re talking pecans here.
Our first visit to town was at the end of winter, oddly. While most people’s first visit is during summer — a time of blooming perennials, parades, harbor parties, and the like — we came when there were no leaves on the trees, under overcast skies. Yet we still fell in love with the place. And we hadn’t even seen the crepe myrtles in bloom yet!
Like most visitors, one of the places I had to go first was Watson’s Hardware. Ever since we were kids helping my dad restore a 1920s bungalow on the south shore of Long Island, I’ve had this thing for old hardware stores. [Read more…]
FRIDAY-SATURDAY 11/9-10: Yard Sale on Madison Avenue
Yard Sale November 9-10 from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Early bird specials on appliances and furniture — best offer accepted. 647 Madison Avenue, Cape Charles.
BENNETT OVERWHELMS BURKE FOR TOWN COUNCIL
Dan Burke and Steve Bennett outside the Cape Charles UMC polling place Tuesday afternoon. (Wave photo)
By GEORGE SOUTHERN
Cape Charles Wave
November 6, 2012
Cape Charles Town Council candidate Steve Bennett was narrowly defeated for re-election in May, but he got a second chance in November — and this time his victory margin was huge.
The final total showed 355 votes for Bennett and 215 for newcomer Dan Burke.
Bennett more than doubled the 146 votes he received in May. Percentage-wise, his win was even bigger, with 62 percent of the vote. In May he received 18 percent of the vote.
Cape Charles has about 700 registered voters, of whom close to 70 percent turned out for today’s Presidential election.
Contrast that with last May, when little more than half as many voters came to the polls.
Today is believed to be the first time Cape Charles has held a town council election concurrent with a Presidential election.
The reason was the passing of councilman-elect Don Clarke in May. Today’s council election was to fill Clarke’s unexpired term.
Following Clarke’s passing, Town Council members chose Larry Veber to serve until a special election could be held.
Veber initially filed to run in the special election along with Bennett and Burke, but dropped out in mid-September.
In other local election results, Northampton County voters endorsed by a nearly 4 to 1 margin a proposal to elect members of the county school board rather than their being appointed by the County Board of Supervisors. [Read more…]
WEDNESDAY 11/7: Awana Youth Registration at Cheriton Baptist Church
Orientation and Registration for children and parents at Cheriton Baptist Church Awana Clubs Children/Youth Ministries is Wednesday, November 7. Awana Clubs will meet from 5:45-7:45 p.m. each Wednesday. Preschool through high school youth are invited.
