In case you didn’t know, Fort Story has an easy to get to, efficient Post Office.

It works especially well during the Holiday Season as most don’t realize it exists so there’s rarely any lines. Read on to see how you can help.

Based on a preliminary investigation, Ball said, it appeared that Jones, operating a 2000 Harley-Davidson Screaming Eagle, was heading east on Shore Drive when he hit the passenger side of a red 2006 Toyota Camry.
Read entire article in Pilotonline.com.
Also at WTKR.com.

Read entire article.

NoIndigoDunes.com.

Man # 1 – white male, tall, with a slim build, close cut hair with a light beard, wearing a tan baseball cap, dark shirt and jeans, armed with a knife.

Man # 2 – white male, short, with a stocky build, dark brown hair with a mustache and goatee, wearing a dark shirt, wearing dark jeans, blue hat with glasses.
More at WTKR.com.

PRESS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

PROJECT POWER, Protecting our Wetlands with Educators and Regulators

Why are wetlands important?  What is their environmental and societal value?  Why do we have special regulations for water front properties?  How do the wetlands regulations affect you as a homeowner?  Have you ever needed to know when and how to seek a permit for an addition on your home or a new structure on your property?

They apparently entered through a basement door as the lock was broken.  A bass guitar and some jewelry was taken.  The police were notified.  If anyone saw anything regarding this break in, please call the police at 385-5000. 

Todd, SDCC’s President, has asked that you contact City Council to encourage them to add additional funds to improve Shore Drive.

Please continue to read his email….

In a letter to council members Friday, Spore recommended using about half of the surplus to pay for three projects. Spore wants to spend $2.5 million for work on Shore Drive…
Read entire article about City’s budget surplus spending plans.

“I enjoy contributing to a program like this,” he said. “Restoring oysters would be an incredible thing, and I want to help do that.”

Read entire article at Pilotonline.com.

Minutes from August 28th, 2006

Called to order:7:30pm
Adjourned: Motion to adjourn Daphne, seconded Al, passed at 9:28pm. Attendees: 26.

Shore Drive Community Coalition (SDCC)- General Meeting, Monday September 25 , 2006, 7:30pm to 9:00pm at Ocean Park Fire & Rescue Hall.

  Indigo Dunes – This month we will continue our discussion of the proposed Indigo Dunes project (Pleasure House Point).  What do the communities think about it?  Have they taken official positions? 

Letter [PDF] asking for another deferral for Ches Bay Board hearing. As you may already know, Indigo Dunes is looking for permission to rearrange wetlands on Pleasure House Point for the project.

We are starting to get some information from the police as suggestions for how to be safer on Shore Drive.  Do you have any suggestions we can use for the newsletter and television announcement?

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The next meeting of the Shore Drive Advisory Committee, which was tentatively scheduled to be held on Thursday, September 21, has been cancelled.

The Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area Board will convene for a site visit on property owned by F. Wayne McCleskey at Marlin Bay Drive, also known as the proposed Indigo Dunes Project, on Thursday, September 14, 2006 at 9:30 a.m.  The public is invited to attend to observe.

Is it worth walling off these new tax dollars to speed up development? Does the TIF trend stop when every neighborhood and shopping center is its own tax district?
Read entire article & comments at Pilotonline.com.

Thanks to all who ate oysters, and shared the shells to help out Lynnhaven River 2007’s project!

They won’t be collecting oyster shells again until January 2007. About the project.

As you are probably already aware, there is large & growing opposition to the proposed Indigo Dunes.

6th Annual Oyster Roast Flyer [1 page PDF to print]
Scroll down for contact names/phone numbers to purchase tickets.