Allie Byrum has joined Joss Brown Wealth Advisors as an associate. A Williamsburg native, Byrum graduated from Virginia Tech, where she earned a degree in business with a focus on financial planning and wealth management. Phillip [Read More…]
By Ruth Rasmussen The first thing Tikesha Williams will tell you about Paperbacks Ink, the Newport News bookstore she has owned since 2022, is how amazed visitors are when they initially walk through the door. [Read More…]
Leadership coaching may sound corporate on the surface, but for the team behind Uncommon Influence, the work is much more personal than business strategies and workplace goals. Kevin Harrison, founding partner and executive coach, works [Read More…]
VDOE establishes three regional STEM hubs Three regional STEM hubs serving the Valley (Region 5), Tidewater (Region 2) and Northern Virginia (Region 4) have been awarded competitive grant funding from the Virginia Department of Education [Read More…]
In the short time period between last school year ending and the new one starting this month, Newport News Public Schools (NNPS) has been busy preparing to offer more of a rapidly developing aspect of [Read More…]
When Poquoson native Galen Stewart saw the space her husband had bought for his landscaping business in 2025, Stewart immediately knew she wanted half of the building to be used for a photography studio. The [Read More…]
Sexual assault survivors on the Peninsula need to know two critical facts about The Center for Sexual Assault Survivors: “We’re here, and we’re free.” Kathryn Moore, executive director, explains they are the only rape crisis [Read More…]
By Kyle DeGood, The DeGood Foundation I don’t have children, but I direct a children’s literacy program, and people assume that means I have a house full of tiny bookworms anyway. I don’t! (Unless you [Read More…]
Tucked into a quiet office suite in Oyster Point, City Center Crown & Bridge Lab operates largely out of sight, but its impact is anything but invisible. Inside, dental laboratory owner Stephen McGrew and his [Read More…]
When a parent passes away, most families want to lean on one another. But when the question of who gets what comes up — and it always does — what should be a time of togetherness can quickly turn [Read More…]
It’s one of those words we use frequently and means different things to different people. In education, it’s about the stored-intelligence required to learn information, to have the capacity to retain and recall that information [Read More…]
Once ubiquitous throughout the country, diners were named after restaurant cars on trains. Offering American cuisine in a casual atmosphere, diners typically consisted of booths, tables and sit-down counters. Many diners were found along highways [Read More…]
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