NEWPORT NEWS-Skrimp Shack is the latest restaurant to jump on board the food truck bandwagon.
Skrimp Shack, which specializes in fried fish, shrimp, and chicken, unveiled on social media this week a new state-of-the-art food truck. Skrimp Shack also announced…
WILLIAMSBURG-Office Depot in the WindsorMeade Marketplace on Monticello Avenue is closing.
The store will permanently close on May 15 after roughly 15 years in business. WindsorMeade Marketplace first opened in 2005.
Office Depot merged with Office Max in 2013. It is…
WILLIAMSBURG-Yankee Candle Village in Williamsburg will close this spring after 15 years in business.
Yankee Candle’s flagship store announced on March 19 that it will close permanently in mid-April.
Yankee Candle Village first opened on Richmond Road in Williamsburg in 2005…
JAMES CITY-Busch Gardens and Water Country USA are now hiring for the 2021 season. The theme parks are looking to fill more than 700 part-time and seasonal positions. First-time jobseekers and those considering a career in the theme park…
JAMES CITY-James City County Recreation Center is now hiring part-time and seasonal lifeguards. Individuals must be at least 16 years of age and currently certified as an American Red Cross Lifeguard. Position starts at $11.15 per hour. If interested,…
NEWPORT NEWS-More than 300 employees have been let go from Newport News Shipbuilding.
In an official statement released on social media on February 26, Newport News Shipbuilding President Jennifer Boykin announced that 314 salaried shipbuilders have been laid off. In…
JAMES CITY-Virginia Bread Company plans to open a brick-and-mortar restaurant in Toano later this year.
The new establishment will be located at the corner of Richmond Road and Church Lane.
Menu offerings will include Virginia Bread Company’s signature sourdough products including…
YORK-York County is recruiting for several public safety positions including deputy sheriff, firefighter, and 911 dispatcher. York County’s benefits package includes health insurance, paid time off, retirement, and tuition reimbursement. Individuals interested in working with state-of-the-art technology and facilities…
WILLIAMSBURG-The Precarious Beer Project is adding on to its list of restaurants with a new bakery and coffee bar.
The Bake Shop will soon open downtown on Armistead Avenue just around the corner from its sister restaurant, Amber Ox Public…
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…
