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Tidbits – December 2021

November 11, 2021 Oyster Pointer 0

December events scheduled by the Virginia Peninsula Chamber of Commerce include December 7, 2021 Annual Meeting and First Citizen Recognition recognizing outgoing board of director members, welcoming 2022 board of directors, recognizing 2021 annual partners [Read More…]

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Newport News Public Art Foundation: Making the city an open-air gallery

November 11, 2021 Kelli Caplan 0

To see works of art, people often must venture to museums or art galleries. Not in Newport News. That’s because the city itself is an open-air art gallery. Really. There are 22 pieces of public [Read More…]

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Intrepid USA Healthcare Services: Hospice hearts doing the right thing

November 11, 2021 Cathy Welch 0

Intrepid USA Healthcare Services is a healthcare and hospice service provider committed to sustaining a culture of togetherness, diversity and inclusion. The organization’s hospice division has 19 locations in 17 states; six in Virginia. It [Read More…]

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Newport News Public Schools – Update December 2021

November 11, 2021 Oyster Pointer 0

Dual-language immersion grant prepares world citizens The U. S. Department of Defense Education Activity recently awarded a World Language Advancement and Readiness grant valued at $1.6 million to Newport News Public Schools. The grant will [Read More…]

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Nhu Yeargin: Life is short, so make a difference

November 11, 2021 Nancy P. Sykes 0

Nhu Yeargin was born in Vietnam. Her father and mother are Chinese. Her first languages were Mandarin and Cantonese Chinese. She is still fluent in Cantonese. “I speak it every day,” she says. She lived [Read More…]

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Five must-haves for working from home

November 11, 2021 Peter Johns 0

By Peter Johns, Empower Information Systems, Inc. Do you have staff working from home? The answer to that question is most likely a “Yes.” And that makes sense. Why risk the safety of your staff [Read More…]

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Peninsula School at the Faison Center: Completing the autism puzzle one piece at a time

November 11, 2021 Kelli Caplan 0

Carolyn Abbitt is proud to show off the Peninsula School at the Faison Center in Oyster Point. She knows first-hand the huge impact that it makes in children’s lives, as her grandson went to school [Read More…]

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Exploring the Canary Islands —  a tropical paradise!

November 11, 2021 Nancy B. Alligood, CTC 0

Located in the North Atlantic Ocean off the southeast coast of Morocco, you will find a Spanish archipelago of islands called the Canary Islands. The archipelago is economically and politically European and is part of [Read More…]

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Afghan crisis leads to surge in Virginia immigration

November 11, 2021 Trevor Anderson 0

With the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban in August, tens of thousands of refugees have traveled to the United States in the hopes of avoiding persecution at the hands of the new regime. As [Read More…]

Columns

Life after the sale of your business

November 11, 2021 Eric Thompson 0

Where you are today is the result of your passion for the business you’ve built — and a lifetime of work. But what is your vision for life after you walk away from your business? What you [Read More…]

Columns

I’m confused…

November 11, 2021 Brian Cole 0

Clearly I’m missing something. While I’m not old, I’ve been around a while and I’ve been paying attention. But I don’t understand some pretty relevant stuff. So I’m hoping some of my consistent readers who [Read More…]

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Is it time for an account review?

November 11, 2021 Sharon Martin 0

When was the last time your bank accounts were reviewed? If you’ve never had a bank account(s) reviewed, you could be paying unnecessary fees or not taking advantage of benefits that may be available to [Read More…]

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