FRIDAY 6/27: Shore’s Favorite Musicians Performing ESO Fundraiser
Shore musicians are donating their talents to help raise money for ESO Arts Center’s Scholarship Fund at this Friday’s ESO LIVE! “Originals Show” in Belle Haven. The talent-packed lineup includes musicians known locally and in national music circles, including Angelica Garcia, Scott & Melinda, Peg Volk, Chris Chandler, Folkibart, The New Saturday Night Traditions, and Deedra Ervin, an ABC Rising Star hopeful. [Read more…]
WEDNESDAY 6/25: Name the Artisan Trail
Calling on all who live and work on the Eastern Shore and who have a vested interest in our artisans, agri/aqua cultural community, local businesses and developing artisan trail! Join us Wednesday, June 25, 6-8 p.m. at the Shore Bank building in Onley as we come together in a creatively festive spirit to throw names in the pot in search of “the” Artisan Trail title and tagline that represents all that is wonderful about our community! [Read more…]
Guppie Challenge Kids Tournament Seeks Sponsors
If you have driven through Cape Charles lately you can see that the New Roots Youth Garden is blooming in full swing for this year’s growing season. Our mission at the NRYG is to cultivate healthy children, families, and our community through outdoor, experiential learning, and the profound act of connecting people with food from seed to table. [Read more…]
Wednesdays Are ZIP Days for Kids at Cape Charles Baptist
June 25 is Funny Feet Day at Zip Wednesday. We want to help you ZIP through your summer! Zip Days are for kids Pre-K through 5th grade. [Read more…]
SATURDAY Is Annual Juneteenth Festival Celebrating End of Slavery
For 15 years, the Juneteenth Festival has been an arena to educate and promote cultural enlightenment and diversity to the residents of the Eastern Shore of Virginia. Juneteenth is the oldest known festival to celebrate the end of slavery. This year’s event will be held on Saturday, June 21, at Eastern Shore Community College, Melfa, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Registration for the “Walk for Good Health” hosted by the Sickle Cell Association will begin at 9 a.m. This is a Family Fun Day event. Admission is free and no alcohol is permitted. [Read more…]
County Rezoning Postponed 90 Days
CAPE CHARLES WAVE
June 16, 2014
At its June 10 regular meeting the Northampton County Board of Supervisors agreed to wait 90 days before taking any further steps toward rezoning the county to make it more “business friendly.” The 90 days are for residents to provide ideas on how to revitalize the county’s economy and increase revenues without destroying its fragile habitat.
The June 10 Board of Supervisors meeting came after the Planning Commission informed the Supervisors that it was only halfway through its review of the massive proposed zoning changes. The Supervisors have not yet acted to allow the Planning Commission additional time to complete its review.
“Citizens for Open Government” spokesperson Ken Dufty said, “The 90 days will give us a chance to further our outreach through letters to the editor, flyers, and talking to our neighbors. It will also give us a chance to prepare for a legal challenge to the BOS if they move forward with revising the zoning ordinance in stark contrast to our current Comp Plan.”
Many speakers at the meeting raised their concerns about the draft zoning ordinance for failing to follow the County Comprehensive Plan. Although the plan is currently under review for its five-year update, it remains the legal basis for county decisions about development.
Several speakers questioned why some of the Supervisors want to change the direction of the county so radically.
ORAL HISTORY
Randolph, Tazewell, and Bay Avenue Houses
Mr. E.P. Dryden operated a grocery store on Mason Avenue when he built this residence in 1912 on the corner of Bay and Tazewell. The house was recently magnificently restored by a Richmond family.
June 16, 2014
(EDITOR’S NOTE: Cape Charles Historical Society has for more than a decade been recording oral histories of the area’s earlier days. A grant from the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities enabled 15 interviews to be transcribed, and the Historical Society has made this one available for readers of the Wave. All the transcriptions may be read at the Cape Charles Museum.)
1990 Interview of Virginia Fitzhugh conducted by Virginia Savage
PART THREE
VIRGINIA SAVAGE: Let’s talk about Randolph Avenue. You lived in the Wilkins house. Now that was the Wilkins that built what is now the Methodist Parsonage. And the other Wilkins was Elliott’s grandfather. And then he built both of those houses. The Eleanor Lowe house I believe is next and Mr. Jack Scott built that for her. Do you remember when that was being built?
VIRGINIA FITZHUGH: No. Eleanor was older than me, and I don’t remember. You know, Virginia, back in those days you didn’t roam around town like the kids do today. You just went so far and that was it. You just had your group of friends. He built that and the one next to that is that bungalow and that was built by Sterling, a man named Sterling.
I think a Miss Sterling lived in that when I came here.
No, a Mrs. George Guy. She was a caretaker.
What did the Sterlings do?
Well, you know where Lee Sterling lives. Well, that house was on the corner where the Post Office is now. That house has been moved and turned around and that was the Sterling house.
This is the house across Tazewell Avenue and one from the corner from the Presbyterian Church that you’re talking about. The great big house and they moved it back. There was an explosion in the late ‘60s and it burned. A new house has been built, very close in type to the old houses. Lee Sterling worked at Colonial Store.
That’s right. That’s where the Sterlings lived. I think some of that property still belongs to the Sterling girls, Josephine and I think her sister. [Read more…]
MONDAY 6/16: Sen. Lynwood Lewis Annual Town Hall Meeting
State Senator Lynwood Lewis will convene his annual Town Hall Meeting 5 p.m. Monday, June 16, at St. Charles Parish Hall, 550 Tazewell Avenue in Cape Charles. The purpose of the meeting is to brief local residents on this year’s legislative session and to hear their ideas and concerns.
