New Sand Trap for Bay Creek Golfers
Hurricane Sandy washed out the bank on Bay Creek’s Jack Nicholas course holes 4 and 5, bringing golf cart traffic to a standstill. The orange pipe is part of the remains of the underground sprinkler system. Like Icarus, who flew too close to the sun and melted his wings, the Golden Bear appears to have designed his course too close to the relentless Bay. A roving photographer sent the picture to the Wave.
‘Reality Store’ Volunteers Needed to Give 9th Graders a Feel for Life’s Demands
Would you like to help 9th graders in Northampton County become aware of the realities of the cost of living and the demands on their income as an adult? [Read more…]
Buy a Thanksgiving Pie and Support New Roots Youth Garden
It’s Pie time of year again! We are now accepting orders for November 20 pickup of our delectable homemade pies just in time for Thanksgiving. [Read more…]
SATURDAY 11/10: Nashville Nite at ESO LIVE
The Eastern Shore’s an amazing place. Exmore sign painter by day and for five decades by night he played with THE country greats! [Read more…]
Wetlands Public Hearing on South Port Proposal Tonight
CAPE CHARLES WAVE
November 2, 2012
The Wetlands and Dune Board will hold a public hearing 6 p.m. Friday on the proposed modification of a wetlands mitigation permit obtained by South Port Investors LLC in 2008.
The planned South Port yacht repair facility is adjacent to the Coast Guard station, and entails removal of a portion of wetlands. Government regulations require any removal of wetlands to be mitigated.
South Port previously received permission to mitigate the removal at Eyre Hall. Now, the firm is asking to change the mitigation site to town-owned property leased to South Port.
The proposed mitigation site has received tentative approval by the Army Corps of Engineers.
CAPE CHARLES NATIVE
Sunday Service for Carlisle Lamar Nottingham, 92
Carlisle Lamar Nottingham, 92, husband of the late Faye Phillips Nottingham and the late Hattie Brunley Nottingham and a resident of Heritage Hall Healthcare in Nassawadox, passed away Thursday, November 1, at his residence.
A graveside service will be held 2 p.m. Sunday, November 4, at the Wachapreague Cemetery with the Rev. Tammy L. Estep officiating.
A native of Cape Charles, Mr. Nottingham was the son of the late Dr. Carlisle L. Nottingham and the late Eliza Caine Nottingham. He was a retired postmaster of the Wachapreague Post Office, a former deacon and member of Powelton Presbyterian Church, Past Master of Ocean Masonic Lodge AF & AM, member of Loyal Order of the Moose #683, and member of American Legion Post #56. He was a US Air Force Lieutenant, having served in World War II, and was a P.O.W. [Read more…]
EDITORIAL: Town Staff Should Not Manipulate Elections
HOW THE WAVE SEES IT
November 1, 2012
The flier on the right was produced by Town of Cape Charles staff and distributed through the official Town Gazette.
It advertises last week’s Candidates Forum, sponsored, so it claims, by Arts Enter.
The flier is a falsehood. Arts Enter did not sponsor the forum — town staff, in their official capacity, did.
This should be of deep concern to every resident of Cape Charles, regardless of political viewpoint.
Town staff apparently realized the impropriety of conducting a political event, and so claimed that an independent organization, Arts Enter, was in charge.
But Arts Enter’s sole involvement was to allow the Palace Theatre to be the venue.
If our town staff were federal employees, under the Hatch Act they would be liable for prosecution for engaging in political activities while on duty.
The Hatch Act also extends to municipal employees who have oversight of federal grant funds.
The fact that both candidates participated in the town-sponsored forum does not lessen the seriousness of the impropriety. Town staff had the opportunity to manipulate the event however they felt might benefit their favored candidate.
Town staff required questions from the audience to be in written form, including the name and address of the questioner.
The assistant town manager then “screened the questions for appropriateness.”
This same “screener” displays in his yard a sign for candidate Steve Bennett. It was clear to a number of observers by the way he shuffled through the cards that he was not submitting questions at random.
Town staff determined that Steve Bennett would have the first opening statement and the last closing statement.
This is not the first time that town staff have attempted to manipulate an election. Our town manager and assistant town manager actively schemed to influence the previous Town Council election in May — when Steve Bennett was also a candidate. [Read more…]
Making Halloween a Real Treat
MAKING HALLOWEEN A REAL TREAT: Paul Yates and Amanda Hurley of Tazewell Avenue (shown with the Bride of Frankenstein) do Halloween right. After all, is any Halloween house fully decorated without a 1969 Cadillac hearse in the front yard? And this hearse comes complete with coffin — which may or may not be secured after midnight. Yates’ hearse is a fixture in town parades, although it went missing for a while. Last summer, in a weak moment, he sold the hearse to a Pennsylvania collector and bought a pair of jet skis in its place. It was a big mistake, as he realized how much he missed the big black Caddy. After a few months he persuaded the Pennsylvania buyer to sell it back to him, and Yates swears he’ll never part with it again. Both Yates and Hurley are town employees, but they commute to work separately. Hurley usually rides her bicycle, while Yates occasionally takes the hearse. (Wave photo)
