by James Ritch | Sep 2, 2022 | Features
A career Navy officer was installed Aug. 26 as the leader of Surface Combat Systems Center, Wallops Island, the Eastern Shore of Virginia’s largest military base. Cmdr. Jason Flanagan is the new commanding officer of the center, which includes administrative offices...
by Carol Vaughn | Aug 18, 2022 | Features
By Carol Vaughn — Walt Chandler is building a boat in the well-equipped workshop behind his house outside Onancock. The boatis so large, he will have to remove part of a wall to bring it outside when the hull is complete. It’s not the first boat Chandler has built....
by James Ritch | Aug 11, 2022 | Features
By Adolphus Ames – “Everything I do relates to the body and movement,” said dancer, artist, and entrepreneur Renata Sheppard. “My performance, research, and creations. Movement is the essence of all communication.” Sheppard’s specialty is dance. “I was trained in...
by James Ritch | Aug 4, 2022 | Features
By Adolphus Ames – Experimental Film Virginia hosted its Reel & Raw film premiere Saturday, July 30, at the Historic Palace Theatre in Cape Charles. Fifteen short films were screened in front of a packed house. The films were produced by an international group of...
by James Ritch | Aug 4, 2022 | Features
By Adolphus Ames – “My life is like Forrest Gump’s,” said Cape Charles resident and visual arist Leland Sharp. “I’ve done so much you’ve got to see it to believe it.” Sharp, born in Harlem, N.Y., has lived a remarkable life. He has worked in the music industry, been a...
by James Ritch | Aug 4, 2022 | Features
By Carol Vaughn — Brinia Vargas Acosta, a university student from the Dominican Republic, is spending her summer as a cashier at Food Lion stores in Cape Charles and Hampton Roads. The 21-year-old modern languages major is part of the grocery chain’s program that...
