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Jan 14, 2025 | 
easternshorepost.com | Sarah Barban |Stefanie Jackson Bowmann
BY STEFANIE BOWMANNEastern Shore PostThe Cape Charles Town Council, days before Christmas 2024, changed its mind on the ordinance it had passed in the previous month to regulate short-term vacation rental homes. “Why the total about-face from your decision just a few weeks ago?” said resident Susan Burger in a written public comment that was read into the record on Dec. 19.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
easternshorepost.com | Sarah Barban |Stefanie Jackson Bowmann
BY STEFANIE BOWMANN, Eastern Shore Post —The historic Cape Charles Rosenwald school, formerly Cape Charles Elementary School, is undergoing restoration and expected to reopen as a community center in roughly six months to one year. “We have the opportunity to impact … the children.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
easternshorepost.com | Sarah Barban |Stefanie Jackson Bowmann
BY STEFANIE BOWMANN, Eastern Shore Post —An Arizona-based developer and a global battery supplier held an informational meeting in Exmore on Monday, Nov. 18, to address concerns about a 10-megawatt battery energy storage system that they plan to build in town.
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Nov 8, 2024 | 
easternshorepost.com | Sarah Barban |Stefanie Jackson Bowmann
BY STEFANIE BOWMANN, Eastern Shore Post —About 68% of Northampton County’s registered voters turned out to vote in the 2024 election and cast 6,811 ballots. In the contest for U.S. President, Northampton voters gave 3,547 votes, or 52.56%, to Democrat Kamala D. Harris and 3,132 votes, or 46.41%, to Republican Donald J. Trump. A majority of Northampton voters likewise supported the Democratic candidates for Congress: Sen. Timothy M.
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Oct 18, 2024 | 
easternshorepost.com | Sarah Barban |Stefanie Jackson Bowmann
BY STEFANIE JACKSON BOWMANN, Eastern Shore Post —Kate and John Fitzpatrick planted a seed six years ago when they acquired a historic property near Pungoteague and transformed it into Chatham Flower Farm, one of the first of its kind on the Eastern Shore. Now the region is home to more than 10 flower farms, and the industry continues to grow. Neither of the Fitzpatricks began as a flower grower. Kate Fitzpatrick is an artist and a former horsewoman, an Olympic-level show-jumper.
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Oct 11, 2024 | 
easternshorepost.com | Sarah Barban |Stefanie Jackson Bowmann
BY STEFANIE JACKSON BOWMANN, Eastern Shore Post —A company seeking to build a 10-megawatt battery energy storage system in Exmore presented to the town council on Monday, Oct. 7, hoping to sway the council’s opinion after Exmore’s planning commission voted unanimously to deny the company a special-use permit for the project on Sept. 23.
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
easternshorepost.com | Sarah Barban |Stefanie Jackson Bowmann
BY STEFANIE JACKSON BOWMANN, Eastern Shore Post —The new director of Accomack County Parks and Recreation has a vision that includes a variety of recreation and leisure options for all ages, abilities, and interests. Ethan Watkins has lived on the Eastern Shore for about 15 years and grew up in the small town of Doylestown, Ohio, where “everybody knew everybody” and there were “people helping people all the time,” he said.
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Sep 20, 2024 | 
easternshorepost.com | Sarah Barban |Stefanie Jackson Bowmann
BY STEFANIE JACKSON BOWMANN, Eastern Shore Post —Northampton County supervisors have approved sheriff’s office communications staff bonuses that will be funded by two incorporated towns with police departments. Exmore and Eastville, which have their own police departments but rely on the Northampton County Sheriff’s Office for dispatching, contributed a total of $13,000 for the bonuses.
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Sep 13, 2024 | 
easternshorepost.com | Sarah Barban |Stefanie Jackson Bowmann
BY STEFANIE JACKSON BOWMANN, Eastern Shore Post —As construction of Exmore’s new sewer system nears completion and creates opportunities for the town to expand, elected officials must determine how much growth is in Exmore’s best interests. “We need to decide as a group how big a town you want Exmore to be,” Town Manager Robert Duer told the Exmore Town Council on Monday, Sept. 9. At a joint meeting of Exmore’s planning commission and town council on Aug.
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Sep 13, 2024 | 
easternshorepost.com | Sarah Barban |Stefanie Jackson Bowmann
BY STEFANIE JACKSON BOWMANN, Eastern Shore Post —Northampton supervisors on Tuesday, Sept. 10, passed a resolution requesting the Virginia Department of Transportation to form a long-term strategy to improve safety at a string of intersections on U.S. Route 13 near Cape Charles.
