Sunday Fire House Service for VFD’s Douglas Walker, 45
Douglas DeLeon Walker, better known as Doug, 45, husband of Margaret “Ann” Walker and a resident of Cape Charles, passed away Tuesday, October 9, at his residence.
A memorial service will be held Sunday, October 14, at 2 p.m. at Cape Charles Fire House, 501 Mason Ave., Cape Charles with the Rev. Russell Goodrich officiating.
A native of Chesapeake, he was the son of Donnie V. Hensley of Virginia Beach and Cosmo Walker and his wife, Denise, of Chesapeake.
In addition to his wife and parents, he is survived by a son, Thomas Lee Stevens and his wife, Ellen, of Cape Charles; a daughter, Candie Leigh Walker of Cape Charles; four brothers, Cosmo L. Walker, Jr. of Moyock, NC, Bobby Walker of Chesapeake, Johnny Walker of Mechanicsville, VA, Cosmo D. Walker of Virginia Beach; three grandchildren, Ryan, Zachary, and Sophia Stevens. [Read more…]
THURSDAY 10/11: Town Council to Discuss Bank/Library, Sale of Old School, Trail Project
Cape Charles Town Council will hold its regular monthly meeting 6 p.m. Thursday, October 11, at St. Charles Parish Hall. The meeting is open to the public, and comments can be addressed to the Council.
New business includes:
— October 5 purchase of the former Bank of America building for the library;
— Need for additional funds for the Town Trail Project; and
— Old school developer Echelon Resources and status of litigation. [Read more…]
Dedication Today in Central Park for Policeman Slain in 1918
This letter from Virginia Governor Robert McDonnell will be read by Cape Charles Mayor Dora Sullivan at Wednesday’s Memorial Service in Central Park. Click on letter to view second page.
October 10, 2012
Cape Charles Police Department and fellow law enforcement officers are holding a dedication service 2 p.m. Wednesday, October 10, at Central Park.
The event commemorates the Cape Charles police officer James A. Taylor, who died November 29, 1918 in the line of duty.
Taylor was killed while attempting to arrest a shooting suspect. He left behind a wife and eight children.
The Cape Charles Police Department notes that “Sgt. Taylor gave his life to protect the citizens of Cape Charles, and this would be even more tragic if he is forgotten.”
Cape Charles Mayor Dora Sullivan will read a letter from Virginia Governor Robert McDonnell honoring Sgt. Taylor. A memorial stone will be placed in his memory. [Read more…]
Old School Cape Charles Questions Developer Moonlighting
By GEORGE SOUTHERN
Cape Charles Wave
October 9, 2012
The fight in Cape Charles over the old school, basketball court, and playground parking has spilled over into Hanover County.
Hanover County, 12 miles north of Richmond, is perhaps best known as the home of King’s Dominion theme park. The county has a population of 100,000 and a full-time director of economic development: Edwin Gaskin.
Gaskin is also president of Echelon Resources, Inc., the development firm set to receive from the Town of Cape Charles the old school, park property, and $41,000 in insurance proceeds. According to a contract signed by Mayor Dora Sullivan, Echelon gets the property and the insurance money for the nominal sum of $10.
The local group Old School Cape Charles, LLC, is working every angle to try to stop the deal from going through. They have filed two lawsuits in Northampton Circuit Court against the Town and Echelon. And now they are taking their case to Hanover County.
In an October 4 letter to Hanover County Board of Supervisors Chairman Ed Via, the community relations spokesperson for Old School Cape Charles, Deborah Bender, requests copies of telephone logs and emails “to establish how much time Mr. Gaskin devoted to his development project in Cape Charles while employed by Hanover County.”
The request was made under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, which allows public access to most state and local government records. [Read more…]
SEASON ENDS: A Great Summer on the Eastern Shore!
Master Falconer Ray Peña thrilled Cape Charles spectators at Saturday’s Eastern Shore Birding and Wildlife Festival raptor demonstration. (Wave photo)
By GEORGE SOUTHERN
Cape Charles Wave
October 8, 2012
September 21 saw the official end of summer, but the “season” actually ended only yesterday — appropriately with a cold rain.
And this last week presented a spectacular finale to what might be Cape Charles’ most upbeat summer since the last ferry boat steamed away in 1949.
(Photo courtesy Chris Glennon)
The season unofficially began with the June 8-12 Tall Ships at Cape Charles festival, drawing 7,000 visitors (and 43 vendors). The first-time event is now planned to repeat annually.
Nearly concurrent with the Tall Ships spectacular was the opening of three new businesses and one new building — all having a big impact on the Town.
The new building is the Cape Charles Harbor Bath House — a quarter-million dollar better mousetrap designed to attract high-roller yachts to the Harbor’s newly expanded floating docks. And it’s working — at the height of the season, more boats called at the harbor in a month than previously visited in a year.
Dockside is another new building — the Shanty — the restaurant/bar that quickly became the watering hole for the “in crowd” — especially after the owners gave in and installed air conditioning in place of the original open-air design.
Across the railroad tracks in Town, two other businesses opened. First came the tony boutique Hotel Cape Charles, where owner David Gammino has bet $2 million that upscale tourists will increasingly make Cape Charles their destination.
The other new business was Brown Dog Ice Cream, where owner Miriam Elton quickly discovered the crowds could eat ice cream faster than she could make it by hand. [Read more…]
Eastern Shore Birding & Wildlife Festival Sunday Schedule
For complete information on schedules and pricing, visit the Festival website at http://www.esvafestivals.com/.
SUNDAY 10/7: Free Piano/Cello Concert at Historic Palace Theatre
Lee Jordan-Anders and Jeff Phelps will perform a free piano/cello concert 4 p.m. Sunday, October 7, at the Historic Palace Theatre.
Works by Beethoven, Debussy and Rachmaninoff will be featured.
Eastern Shore Birding & Wildlife Festival Weekend Schedule
Based in Cape Charles, the October 5-7 Eastern Shore Birding and Wildlife Festival is the perfect opportunity to experience the wonders of wildlife — from the keynote presentation by David Allen Sibley, America’s leading ornithologist/illustrator and author of the Sibley Guide to Birds, to unparalleled guided tours, boat trips, nature hikes, and much more.
It’s an incredible chance to catch sightings of species one may never have seen before. As one of the most important migration stopovers on the East Coast, millions of songbirds and butterflies and thousands of raptors will converge here on their long journey south. With the Eastern Shore of Virginia National Wildlife Refuge and Kiptopeke State Park nearby, this is a migration celebration to remember.
For complete information on schedules and pricing, visit the Festival website at http://www.esvafestivals.com/.
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