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Home2023July

Month: July 2023

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Three estate planning lessons we can learn from the pandemic

July 19, 2023 Geneva Perry, Esq., Promise Law 0

Life is full of surprises. This is something that the pandemic drove home for all of us. It’s crazy to think about how fast our lives changed. Remember February 2020? Kids were in school. Employees [Read More…]

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Wine and Design: Bringing out the artist

July 19, 2023 Eleanor Hardy 0

“When we open the doors, it is so exciting to see generations of families come in. Nothing makes me prouder than that,” says Brandon Gist, owner of Wine and Design in Newport News. Originally from [Read More…]

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Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers: One dream. One love.

July 19, 2023 Cathy Welch 0

Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers founder Todd Graves wrote the lowest scoring paper in his Louisiana State University class proposing an upscale fast food restaurant exclusively offering chicken fingers. With faith in his idea, Graves went [Read More…]

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Leading well in a virtual workplace

July 19, 2023 Oyster Pointer 0

By Dr. Steven M. Ruggerio and Ron J. Clark, MPP, LEADwell, LLC Things are not what they used to be. Once upon a time, supervisors would regularly see and meet with staff in an office [Read More…]

Beside the Point

Sam’s Hot Dog Stand: Where hot dogs and friendships are made

July 19, 2023 Kayla Brundick 0

With its first establishment opening in West Virginia in 1983, Sam’s Hot Dog Stand gained unbelievable popularity as the American hot dog became one of the most well liked foods of the 1980s. Today, Sam’s [Read More…]

Features

Hampton Stationery: “Our business is iconic”

July 19, 2023 Anna Dorl 0

Finding the ideal additions to our office spaces can be a massive task to undertake, no matter what we’re looking for. In nearby Historic Downtown Hampton, a great local option has stood ready to meet [Read More…]

Features

Yasmin Kettani

July 19, 2023 Oyster Pointer 0

Yasmin Kettani is a full-time student at Christopher Newport University, studying political science and journalism. From an early age, Yasmin has always had a passion for advocacy and writing, and in the future she hopes [Read More…]

Columns

Greetings from the Editor

July 13, 2023 Sylvia Weinstein Craft 0

If you’re like me, you have box after box of old theater programs, wedding invitations, graduation notices, children’s artwork, newspaper clippings, waiting for that rainy day to organize and categorize. Funny thing — it hasn’t rained in [Read More…]

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