Chesapeake Requiem

Chesapeake Requiem

Earl Swift takes up residence on Tangier Island—again—for new book By Jim Roberts   Earl Swift first visited Tangier, the 1.2 square mile island in the Chesapeake Bay, in 1999. The concept of global warming was just an ember compared to the firestorm it is today,...
Norfolk Spotlighted on Nautical Channel

Norfolk Spotlighted on Nautical Channel

By Larry Bonko Hello, 2015. I begin a new year of covering television with a question. Is Norfolk really “a blue-collar town constantly fighting for respect among more elite coastal communities.”? Lucia Metzbauer of the Nautical Channel thinks so. Those...