NEWPORT NEWS—The first in-person Virginia Living Museum Otter Ball Conservation Gala and Community Challenge since 2019 was held on Friday, May 20 to raise money and awareness for the VLM’s mission of conservation.
More than $200,000 was raised for conservation...
NEWPORT NEWS-On Tuesday, July 19, Virginia Peninsula Chamber will present a free job fair in collaboration with the Military Family Support Center Employment Programs. The event will take place from 7:30am to noon and is open to the public,...
NEWPORT NEWS—The Newport News Police Foundation held its annual golf tournament on Thursday, June 16 at the Kiln Creek Golf Club and Resort in Newport News. The Putts for Our Heroes and K-9 Mutts Golf Tournament was sponsored by...
NEWPORT NEWS-The Southeast Community of Newport News has been without a local pharmacy for the past few years. Dr. James Mitchell filled the void when he officially opened his independently-owned pharmacy, Southeast Community Pharmacy, in January 2022. The pharmacy...
NEWPORT NEWS—The Peninsula Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (PSPCA) recently received a $3,500 grant from the national non-profit Petco Love, to support the PSPCA’s lifesaving work for animals in Hampton Roads, specifically on the Virginia Peninsula.
Since...
NEWPORT NEWS-The City of Newport News recently held a beam signing celebration as construction begins on a second research building at Tech Center Research Park mixed-use development off Jefferson Avenue.
The event was held on June 23 in collaboration with...
NEWPORT NEWS—A grand fireworks display will culminate in an evening of family fun and entertainment on Monday, July 4 from 7pm to 9:15pm at Victory Landing Park in Newport News. The park, which is located at 50 25th Street,...
NEWPORT NEWS-Three new stores will soon open in the Marketplace at Tech Center shopping center in the Oyster Point area of Newport News.
Construction is underway at the site of the former Stein Mart located at 12080 Jefferson Ave. next...
Inflation is hitting almost everyone hard, but it’s delivering a 1-2 punch to food banks, including the Virginia Peninsula Foodbank.
Karen Joyner, the group’s CEO, said visits are up this year and donations are down, making for a tough year...
NEWPORT NEWS— Newport News Williamsburg Airport (PHF) released an Annual Report at the end of December to provide a “state of the union” message to local and state stakeholders, and to give Peninsula residents an update on airport operations.
“Calendar...
NEWPORT NEWS- Jen Mills and Megan Waters decided to go into business together over five years ago and opened their AR Workshop franchise, a wood sign studio and DIY workshop, in Port Warwick. Nearly three years later, the sisters...
NEWPORT NEWS-The Good Feet Store has landed a new location. The market-leading manufacturer and retailer of premium personally fitted arch supports recently moved from the Jefferson Marketplace shopping center to the corner of Oyster Point Road and Criston Drive...
HAMPTON – When Ryan Banas was earning his bachelor’s degree in civil engineering at Case Western Reserve University, the required curriculum didn’t include history, archeology, or marine science classes.
However, all would have been helpful in his current job as...
NEWPORT NEWS-The Virginia Peninsula Chamber of Commerce, in collaboration with Christopher Newport University, is hosting an upcoming discussion on key issues impacting the region’s economic development.
The event, titled “Rising Tide” and scheduled for Tuesday, July 18, will offer the...
WILLIAMSBURG-Eve Otmar, Colonial Williamsburg Master Gardener, has been tinkering in the dirt since she was a child.
“I’ve been gardening my whole life,” she said. “I started gardening with my dad at home when I was a kid.”
For years, Otmar...
