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Home2019October

Month: October 2019

Features

Friendship on two wheels

October 23, 2019 Nancy P. Sykes 0

Brothers-in-law Alfred “Brick” Clendenin and Roland Porter “R.P.” Norton have been biking together for more than 11 years. They cover 12 to 15 miles on most days and estimate they have traveled about 30,000 miles [Read More…]

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Milan: Italy’s best kept secret

October 23, 2019 Nancy B. Alligood, CTC 0

If you have visited Rome, Florence and Venice but not Milan, this city should be high on your list. It is a city that defines romance, where fashion, art, music and architecture create an indelible [Read More…]

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Johnson Mortgage Company, LLC: Putting people into homes

October 23, 2019 Christian Chance 0

“We’re small but we have access to everything out there. If you need a large loan, we can lend you the money, and having everything under one roof makes it all easier. Many larger companies [Read More…]

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Pure Barre: Giving clients a workout and a community

October 23, 2019 Kelli Caplan 0

Crystal Wojciechowski fell in love the minute she took her first Pure Barre class in Northern Virginia in 2014. There was just something about it that appealed to her, spoke to her mind and body [Read More…]

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Hampton University Proton Therapy Institute: Progress for patients with tumors

October 23, 2019 Tess Goldblatt 0

“Four years ago, I’d been smelling perfume that wasn’t there. I Googled it and found the term ‘olfactory hallucination,’ which had a number of possible causes. Ultimately, I had a seven-hour craniotomy — brain surgery — to remove a [Read More…]

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Sean Hirsekorn – Owner, Gabba Gabba Salon

October 23, 2019 Oyster Pointer 0

The goal I have accomplished in my life that I am most proud of is two goals for sure! First is having my family and my girls! Second is being able to be a part [Read More…]

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Charting Smithfield’s art pathway

October 23, 2019 Allan Hanrahan 0

In Isle of Wight County, Virginia, the town of Smithfield was incorporated in 1752 and is known for its hams and ambience of yesteryear, but this town of 8,100 boasts a flourishing community of artists [Read More…]

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Columns

More fun for lexophiles

October 23, 2019 Oyster Pointer 0

“Lexophile” describes a lover of words, especially in word games and puns such as “you can tune a piano, but you can’t tuna fish” and “to write with a broken pencil is pointless” and the [Read More…]

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