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-Lowe’s has announced that THRIVE Peninsula’s future headquarters is one of 100 community projects to be completed this year as part of Lowe’s Hometowns, the company’s largest-ever community impact program. Launched in 2022, Lowe’s Hometowns is a five-year,…
NEWPORT NEWS—On Wednesday, June 28, volunteers from Dominion Energy brought trucks, tools, equipment, materials, and volunteers to create a new “enrichment” area for the temporary residents of the Peninsula SPCA.
This marks the second partnership between Dominion Energy and the…
YORK–Back Creek Park, located at 3000 Goodwin Neck Rd. in Yorktown, is getting a makeover that both boaters and pickleball players will enjoy.
Two of the park’s tennis courts are being converted into six pickleball courts. Weather permitting, Assistant County…
NEWPORT NEWS—Newport News City Council fielded a request to approve a resolution that would appropriate $23,920,350 for the Harwood’s Mill Dam Improvement Project at its meeting held on Tuesday, June 13. Harwood’s Dam Reservoir, located in York County, is…
WILLIAMSBURG–Representatives from the Colonial National Historical Park invite the public to hear details about the upcoming, extensive rehabilitation of the parkway at a June 22 informational meeting.
The meeting will be held from 6pm to 8pm in multi-purpose room 2…
WILLIAMSBURG–The plan to build more than 160 homes on a former golf course owned by Colonial Williamsburg has hit the rough, with the developer, a luxury home builder based in Norfolk, announcing it has temporarily withdrawn its request for…
JAMES CITY – The owner of a popular wedding planning company has big plans of her own and on Tuesday, June 6, the James City County Planning Commission gave her the go-ahead.
Jessica Aiken, the founder and owner of the…
JAMES CITY-James City County Administrator Scott Stevens recently shared updates of ongoing projects within the county during his monthly podcast at the end of May.
James City County is looking to build a new government complex, as it has outgrown…
GLOUCESTER – Starbucks, the Seattle-based coffeehouse giant, bought almost four and a half acres of land from Chesapeake Bank in Hayes to build a store next to the bank.
The address is 3029 George Washington Memorial Highway, and it’s on…
JAMES CITY-Residents and businesses in James City County will have another option for cable and broadband services starting this summer.
Installation of Glo Fiber, a 100 percent fiber network, by Shenandoah Cable Television LLC, or Shentel, is underway. The company…
YORK – Could relief from truck traffic be en route for the residents of Springfield Road? York County Administrator Neil Morgan has tasked the county’s engineering contractor, AH Environmental of Newport News, to study a way to create an…
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…
